This won't solve it completely, but I think at least some of the less experienced squatters would give up immediately after an email from the Foundation, just to avoid the threat of further trouble. But at the end of the day, why should the Foundation let people steal their trademarks and traffic? Those that have the domains will probably not be looking to give them up, so the idea being reinforced wouldn't really be an issue.
Andrew Archer
On 13/09/06, Delphine Ménard notafishz@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/12/06, Lorenzarius lorenzarius@gmail.com wrote:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Squatted_Wikimedia_domains
I just copied the list from [[m:Domain names]], could tidy up the format
more.
Just for the record. Mentionning those domains in a "readable" format gives them traffic.
Listing people as "squatters" just like that is a dangerous game, because people who just have the domains, are potential friends and forgot to connect them might not like being called a *squatter* (and I know what I am talking about, we almost lost one of our important domain extension because the guy who bought it was called a "squatter" constantly on our lists - he was not).
In the end, I personally do not believe that making all this noise is the solution, because it only comforts real squatters in their conviction that squatting "wikipe-somethingorother.stuff" domains is a great idea. Not something we are particularly looking for.
And to finish, as Ray points out, there is no way the Foundation will ever have the means to take every single domain/extension that sounds or looks or even is one of their trademarks.
Listing those somewhere is also very tempting for squatters...
Delphine
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