Unfortunately, I misread the deadline on the website and thought that the deadline for
applying for the domain names was the 22nd - instead, that's the deadline for paying
the application fee, and the deadline for putting in an application was the 15th. I was
planning on putting the application for them in this evening (which was my first
opportunity this week - it's been a mad week). Apologies about that.
Mike
On 9 Jun 2011, at 20:22, Deryck Chan wrote:
I can see their use as a URL shortener.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}} gets a bit unweildy at
times, compared to, for example,
http://wp.org.uk/{{REVISIONID}} 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(a)wikinewsie.org> wrote:
I can see their use as a URL shortener.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}} gets a bit unweildy at
times, compared to, for example,
http://wp.org.uk/{{REVISIONID}} 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(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9 June 2011 13:16, geni
<geniice(a)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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