On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 05:52:27 -0800, Jimmy Wales wrote: <snip>
One example: in my research yesterday (admittedly limited) it is not possible to register wikipedia.fr unless we have a French organization. I am as yet unsure if there are services (as there are for many countries) that will hold the name in trust for us.
I wonder if perhaps ouvation can do that?
(But, I do not know the politics of ouvation, nor whether they are trustworthy, so I only give them as an example.)
--Jimbo
Hello Jimbo,
Unfortunatly the french NIC doesnt allow this kind of thing. Upon domain registration you need to provide a document about your company / fundation whatever and you can't register for a name that isn't the name of your company.
Is wikipedia name registered as a trademark worldwide ? That might lead to a wikipedia.tm.fr for france :0)
cheers,