I can see their use as a URL shortener.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}} gets a bit unweildy at
times, compared to, for example,
http://wp.org.uk/{{REVISIONID}} or
something.
.
I think wm.org.uk or wm.co.uk will be very useful as URL shorteners for the
WMUK website. Registering some of the others (wp.org.uk etc) defensively
won't hurt either, although the idea is that we back off if another
legitimate organisation also want them.
Deryck
On 9 June 2011 20:18, George Watson <george.watson(a)wikinewsie.org> wrote:
I can see their use as a URL shortener.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}} gets a bit unweildy at
times, compared to, for example,
http://wp.org.uk/{{REVISIONID}} or
something.
There's no pressing need, but it's a possibility. However, we'd probably
be better off getting something more international for that (
wp.org, for
example).
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 20:12 +0100, Mike Peel wrote:
With these domain names, there is an extra £10
application fee, and if
the domain name is contested then it goes to auction with
the highest bidder
winning - so the costs of these domains could be substantially higher than
usual.
If there was a really pressing reason for them - e.g. if they would be
well used
for linking to wikipedia - then I think it would be worth getting
them. Otherwise, I'm not sure we're any different from other (bigger)
organisations that share the same abbreviation...
Mike
On 9 Jun 2011, at 19:08, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9 June 2011 13:16, geni
<geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Because it all adds up and if you actually use
the names you have to
keep paying for them.
It does all add up, but to a very small number. Let's say it's £5 per
year per domain (which I think is about right). 6 domains for the next
10 years would cost us £300. That would mean keeping the fundraiser
going for an extra hour to fund. It think it's worth that.
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