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.
We already have enwp.org .
I think wm.org.uk or wm.co.uk will be very useful as URL shorteners for the WMUK website. Registering some of the others (wp.org.uk etc) defensively won't hurt either, although the idea is that we back off if another legitimate organisation also want them.
Deryck
On 9 June 2011 20:18, George Watson george.watson@wikinewsie.org wrote:
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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