I can see their use as a URL shortener. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%7B%7BFULLPAGENAMEE%7D%7D gets a bit unweildy at times, compared to, for example, http://wp.org.uk/%7B%7BREVISIONID%7D%7D 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@gmail.com wrote:
On 9 June 2011 13:16, geni geniice@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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