[Wikimedia-l] Naming for the Travel Guide project (James Heilman)

[Risker]

I think there are enough options that we don't need to look further than
domains that are already under the control of the WMF or a person/group who
has stated in writing that they are willing to transfer the ownership.

Further, allowing voting on any name that comes to people's minds (a)
pretty well guarantees squatting and (b) has the potential to create so
many options that there's no reasonable way to suggest there's anything
close to agreement.

Risker

On 28 September 2012 14:50, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:

> If there is a squatted name that people *really* like, there could also be
> a ranked vote and if the most popular name is one that is being squatted or
> is in light use we could see if it was reasonably available before moving
> to the next name on the list.
>
> SJ
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:21 AM, James Heilman <jmh649 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > We need to make sure we own the names before voting on them. Else we
> > risk someone else buying it or choosing a name that is either already
> > used or too expensive. Domain names that are not already owned
> > typically go for $10. There are some like Wikiplanet that are being
> > sold for $25,000. The latter is thus not an option.
> >
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