I've recently raised the following issues on this list:
1. I am seeking to donate the wikipaedia.net domain name (which I have registered) to the Wikipedia Foundation. (I also expressly emailed Jimmy on this... no reply yet...) 2. A particularly bad serial cybersquatter is controlling wikipaedia.org, wikipaedia.com and wikipaedia.de. We really should get these domains off him (and would be able to do so). 3. That same cybersquatter is infringing our copyrights, large scale. 4. That same cybersquatter is imposturing as us.
I didn't get much of a response when I first wrote about these things (not even after a 3 day wait). This despite their (perceived, by myself) severity. I did however send most of what I wrote _as an attached HTML file_.
So maybe most people didn't get the HTML attachment?
I have thus now posted my "little paper" on my website, at: http://www.ropersonline.com/Area_51/wikipaedia.html
Note that Area 51 is restricted access only. Please log on as follows: user name: guest password: 1ns4nI+y The clear text password is of course only a modest precaution -- I just don't want to give the rascal I'm exposing there easy opportunity to sue me. Please feel free to pass these account details on to other *trusted* Wikipedians.
_Please, PLEASE DO have a look at it and read it!_
Please, let's start tackling these issues! If there is a better place to take this, please tell me so! -- I am still fairly new and chances are I'm just not aware of it. I really do want these issues addressed!
Thanks and regards, Jens Ropers
There are two types of IT techs: The ones who watch soap operas and the ones who watch progress bars. http://www.ropersonline.com/elmo/#108681741955837683
(moving thread from wikien-l to foundation-l. Please reply there)
Jens Ropers wrote:
- I am seeking to donate the wikipaedia.net domain name (which I have
registered) to the Wikipedia Foundation.
Thank you for offering us this. My only concern is that confusion could arise if we own wikipaedia.net but not the other wikipaedia domains. If we don't own any of them, it's more obvious that wikipaedia is nothing to do with us.
- A particularly bad serial cybersquatter is controlling
wikipaedia.org, wikipaedia.com and wikipaedia.de. We really should get these domains off him (and would be able to do so).
I asked in the German IRC channel about this. Maybe I'm assuming too much good faith, but I think we ought to approach that site owner in a friendly way at first before we get too heavy handed. Sansculotte is going to take this to the VereinDE-l mailing list and discuss it there. Hopefully someone who speaks German can contact the site about this. We might well get no reply, but at least we can say we tried before taking this any further. It is worth noting that Akl was successful in getting the wikipedia.ch and wikipedia.at domains back, so perhaps this can be successful too.
Angela.
The nice thing about "particularly bad serial cybersquatters" is that they tend to offer reasonable prices. Once upon I time, I foolishly allowed bomis.net and bomis.org to expire and they were promptly squatted. I was horrified at what it might cost to get them back, but it turned out to be quite reasonable, given the fact that it was completely tragic in the first place, of course.
If this person is a professional, he's going to be smart and know that this isn't worth *that much* money to us. He'll charge us a small nuisance amount, like double what he paid, and that'll be that.
Angela_ wrote:
(moving thread from wikien-l to foundation-l. Please reply there)
Jens Ropers wrote:
- I am seeking to donate the wikipaedia.net domain name (which I have
registered) to the Wikipedia Foundation.
Thank you for offering us this. My only concern is that confusion could arise if we own wikipaedia.net but not the other wikipaedia domains. If we don't own any of them, it's more obvious that wikipaedia is nothing to do with us.
- A particularly bad serial cybersquatter is controlling
wikipaedia.org, wikipaedia.com and wikipaedia.de. We really should get these domains off him (and would be able to do so).
I asked in the German IRC channel about this. Maybe I'm assuming too much good faith, but I think we ought to approach that site owner in a friendly way at first before we get too heavy handed. Sansculotte is going to take this to the VereinDE-l mailing list and discuss it there. Hopefully someone who speaks German can contact the site about this. We might well get no reply, but at least we can say we tried before taking this any further. It is worth noting that Akl was successful in getting the wikipedia.ch and wikipedia.at domains back, so perhaps this can be successful too.
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