[Wikimedia-l] Naming for the Travel Guide project

[Itzik Edri]

I didn't know WMF have so many domains :)

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org>wrote:

> Thanks Philippe,
>
> just as clarification: do I understand correctly that people can only
> suggest names that are either owned by the WMF or they are willing to
> invest money to buy the domains for at least the .org and possibly some
> more? Or would the WMF also be willing to buy/reimburse the domains that
> would likely be serious candidates? This wasn't entirely clear from the
> page to me.
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
> 2012/9/27 Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com>
>
> > Thanks for keeping this rolling, Philippe.
> > It's great to see the names turned up already.
> >
> > SJ
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:24 AM, Philippe Beaudette
> > <philippe at wikimedia.org>wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > The straw poll [1] for the name of the new travel guide project has
> > closed.
> > >  While there's been strong support for the name Wikivoyage, there have
> > also
> > > been strong arguments expressing the desire for a more open-ended
> process
> > > and no overall consensus to go forward without it. The Wikimedia
> > Foundation
> > > therefore would like to invite participation in an open process, which
> is
> > > described at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel_Guide/Naming_Process
> > ,
> > > and begins immediately with the submission of suggested names (please
> > note
> > > the submission process).  Thank you for your participation.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > pb
> > >
> > >
> > > [1] -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel_Guide/Naming_straw_poll/en
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