[Wikimedia-l] Naming for the Travel Guide project (James Heilman)

Samuel Klein meta.sj at gmail.com
Fri Sep 28 18:50:31 UTC 2012


If there is a squatted name that people *really* like, there could also be
a ranked vote and if the most popular name is one that is being squatted or
is in light use we could see if it was reasonably available before moving
to the next name on the list.

SJ

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:21 AM, James Heilman <jmh649 at gmail.com> wrote:

> We need to make sure we own the names before voting on them. Else we
> risk someone else buying it or choosing a name that is either already
> used or too expensive. Domain names that are not already owned
> typically go for $10. There are some like Wikiplanet that are being
> sold for $25,000. The latter is thus not an option.
>
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