is probably for sale ... It makes more sense to acquire that
domain.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 8 May 2011 15:18, Martijn Hoekstra <martijnhoekstra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Back to the issue at hand though: Thomas is (quite
generously)
offering the
enwp.org domain. Would the foundation like to have it?
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6:58 AM, Mono mium <monomium(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I looked into this once...the domain price was
quite steep or I would
have gotten it. However, a donation might be possible.
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Waldir Pimenta <waldir(a)email.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Béria Lima <berialima(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> I preffer
wp.org (if is possible) to make internationalization easier.
So
>> to
>> en.wiki would be "en.wp.org", de.wiki "de.wp.org" and etc.
>>
>
> For the record (sorry I'm late btw :P), I had independently contacted
the
> owners of
wp.org shortly before this thread
came up, and they basically
said
> that even though they supported Wikipedia
(they had even donated in the
> past), the domain has too much potential value (WordPress, the
Washington
> Post, etc) for them to hand it over.
>
> I also thought about this multi-language facet of Wikimedia, which is
> further aggravated by the existence of multiple projects. That is, even
>
wp.org would have problems too, since we'd then need to get one for
> wikinews, commons, etc. The best solution would be IMO getting the
domain *
> wi.ki*, since this could be adapted either
through prefixes (i.e.,
> subdomains, such as en.wi.ki) or suffixes (e.g. wi.ki/en) for languages
> and/or project codes. In addition to that we could generate links as the
> current shorteners do, like wi.ki/x23yz.
>
> Now, the wi.ki domain at first seems to be unused, but
>
http://whois.nic.kireveals it is registered at least until 9 Jan 2012,
> by
>
domaininfo.com. A search on that page reveals that wi.ki is not
available
> for registration, but seems to be buyable for
696 €. We could contact
them
> and ask for a partial donation, but it would
work best if the request
comes
> from the WMF itself. Before figuring it was
already registered, I sent
an
> email to organization that manages the .KI
domain. The text of that
email
> might be useful for this effect:
http://pastebin.com/L0v6uz1i
>
> Here's a quote from that message that points out some of the advantages
of
> having these short urls:
> *
> *
>>
>> *"[Wikipedia] links are often long and hard to read (for instance:
>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=.ki&oldid=408287624 ), which
>> makes them not only inconvenient, but also prone to reproduction
errors.
>> Since the practice of citation is such a
critical component of
journalism
>> and scientific publication, minimizing
this risk would bring very
>> significant benefits for scholars, journalists, and even users who want
to
>> share links in social media.*
>>
>
> So, who supports that we request them a donation of that domain? And is
> anyone from the WMF willing to send them the request? (Moka?)
>
> It's fine if the tech team doesn't want to manage the domain; I'm sure
> plenty of volunteers could offer to do that. But it we'd be much more
likely
> to get it in the first place if the request
is made officially by the
WMF.
So what do you guys think?
Waldir
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