[Wikipedia-l] Domain parking

[Brad Patrick]

I very much appreciate the discussion about problem domains.

It would benefit WMF greatly if we had the following:

-List of problem domains (is there a page?)
-Petition engine to capture usernames against use of said domains

That will give us what we need to pursue action as laid out by Akash with a
minimum of WMF resources having to dedicate time to it.

Thanks.

-Brad

On 9/12/06, Liviu Andronic <landronimirc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/12/06, Akash Mehta <draicone at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Oh, and a google i'm feeling lucky for 'wikpedia' returns [[Bruno
> > Bettelheim]] :)
>
> Here, I'm feeling lucky opens as expected
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page.
>
>
> On 9/12/06, Akash Mehta <draicone at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > A thousand? I can guarantee a whole lot more than 1000. How about I
> > > build a prototype site to handle the petition where people can
> > > register their Wikipedia username as someone supporting the petition?
> > > It wouldn't be too hard, and if we can find hosting with reasonable
> > > database space, we can build it, post about it on village pump /
> > > community portal / whatever else. I bet we can get 10000 in a matter
> > > of weeks.
> > >
> > > On 9/12/06, Michael Billington <michael.billington at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > You could also come up with a petition, having all Wikipedia users
> > > > > sign it, and present it to domain owners. Anyone else have any
> > ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > Having all wikipedia users would be near-impossible, but I think it
> > would be
> > > > possible to drum up a thousand or so.
> > > >
> > > > Just about every time I've typed "wikipedia" wrong, i get a parked
> > > > domain.... so it is an annoying problem, but is it worth the
> trouble?
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