[Wikipedia-l] www.wikipedia.de points to domain seller

[Ray Saintonge]

Daniel Mayer wrote:

>Brion wrote:
>
>>Various people are under the impression that Jimbo owned it, 
>>which is  supported by a perusal of the list archives:
>>http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/intlwiki-l/2002-June/000465.html
>>
>Well that changes everything (I missed that email). I don't agree with his 
>decision but what is done is done. Precedent has been set and now we will 
>have to pony up the money to reactivate wikipedia.de and also start to buy up 
>other country code wikipedia domains as well (prioritizing based on use/size 
>of the particular language versions). 
>
>Sigh. IMO that would be money better spent on hardware. 
>
This sounds very much like dumping money into a bottomless pit.

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