Yann wrote:
I think that might be interesting for European people who want to make donations.
This is potentially great news! Do you know if they will *finally* have translated interfaces for the major European languages soon?
Which reminds me - we really need to get the Wikipedia and Wikimedia trademarks registered in the U.S. and in Europe so that when .eu domains become available we can be more certain of obtaining wikipedia.eu, wikimedia.eu and wikimediafoundation.eu. Whatever we do with those domains, I think that it is important for us to control them (at the very least they would make for great portals).
The proliferation of "pre-registration" sites disturbs me. Example: http://www.domainregistry.de/eu.html
OIC, that may be a scam: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1144248
Either way we may have to fight for .eu domains - better to have the paperwork ready before the great .eu grab starts.
It would be nice, but from what I've read we don't *need* an official business presence in the EU to buy .eu domains once they become available. We just need an EU resident to act as our proxy and official .eu domain holder until a Wikimedia Europe affiliate organization is set-up.
-- mav
Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com writes:
Whatever we do with those domains, I think that it is important for us to control them (at the very least they would make for great portals).
No, don't play this game. wikipedia.org is perfectly okay, no need to waste money for additional domains. Just do nothing and people will learn to take care on their own.
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:23:53 +0100, Karl Eichwalder wrote:
No, don't play this game. wikipedia.org is perfectly okay, no need to waste money for additional domains.
Well- domains aren't expensive. .de costs 6€ ,.org 10€ per year, don't know what .eu will cost. If it's available- then why not? I don't like the thought of a porn company or similar taking it...
Gabriel Wicke wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:23:53 +0100, Karl Eichwalder wrote:
No, don't play this game. wikipedia.org is perfectly okay, no need to waste money for additional domains.
Well- domains aren't expensive. .de costs 6€ ,.org 10€ per year, don't know what .eu will cost. If it's available- then why not? I don't like the thought of a porn company or similar taking it...
One has to see the point in Karl's approach. The number of names that could cause confusion is endless. I considered getting several of the relevant .ca names at C$50.00 each per year, but I've wondered whether it would be a worthwhile expense.
Ec
Gabriel Wicke groups@gabrielwicke.de writes:
Well- domains aren't expensive. .de costs 6€ ,.org 10€ per year, don't know what .eu will cost. If it's available- then why not?
It's stupid to send money for nothing; also it depends on the context whether you think that's much money or not.
I don't like the thought of a porn company or similar taking it...
It's not our mision to fight against those companies; what they are doing most probably is illegal and thus it must be solved with appropriate actions. Hiding the evil ist not the solution.
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