[Foundation-l] [Fwd: Re: Do WMF want enwp.org?]

Martijn Hoekstra martijnhoekstra at gmail.com
Sun May 8 15:25:30 UTC 2011


On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 4:20 PM, David Levy <lifeisunfair at gmail.com> wrote:
> Martijn Hoekstra wrote:
>
>> > Back to the issue at hand though: Thomas is (quite generously)
>> > offering the enwp.org domain. Would the foundation like to have it?
>
> Gerard Meijssen replied:
>
>> The wp.org is probably for sale ... It makes more sense to acquire
>> that domain.
>
> Why is this an either-or proposition?
>
> Even if the wp.org domain name is worth acquiring (most likely at a
> substantial cost, as Waldir Pimenta noted), why does this mean that
> the Wikimedia Foundation should decline Thomas Wang's generous
> donation of the enwp.org domain name?
>
> —David Levy

Which already is in fairly widespread use



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