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hunterp at gmail

Dec 5, 2004, 4:11 PM

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Short Domain Name

A generic (eg non country-specific) top level domain that is short (on
the order of 2 - 3) letters would be ideal. sourceforge.net has sf.net

The two most ideal domains are wp.net and wp.org

whois says that wp.org is owned by telepathy.com, a us based internet
focused group that does not seem to be greedy.

A well placed email by a wikipedia official asking for release would
be a good thing.

Please keep the list aprised of your activity regarding short domain name search

slowpoke at gmail

Dec 5, 2004, 4:18 PM

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On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 18:11:33 -0500, Hunter Peress <hunterp [at] gmail> wrote:
> A generic (eg non country-specific) top level domain that is short (on
> the order of 2 - 3) letters would be ideal. sourceforge.net has sf.net

Sourceforge doesn't have to deal with brand though.

>
> The two most ideal domains are wp.net and wp.org

What about all the different languages: wp.de, wp.ja, etc, are they
available? If not it will lead to more abuse.

>
> whois says that wp.org is owned by telepathy.com, a us based internet
> focused group that does not seem to be greedy.

No matter who it is, if it's taken it will be a pain.

>
> A well placed email by a wikipedia official asking for release would
> be a good thing.
>
> Please keep the list aprised of your activity regarding short domain name search

It's already a pain to keep track of the domains that are owned (not
to mention expensive). This would make it a lot worse.

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[[en:User:Dori]]

hunterp at gmail

Dec 5, 2004, 4:38 PM

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>What about all the different languages: wp.de, wp.ja, etc, are they
>available? If not it will lead to more abuse.

? en.wp.org de.wp.org zwinger.wp.org download.wp.org mail.wp.org

this is the point of having a non-country-specific generic tld

im not asking for wp.us... im asking for wp.org wp.net wp.info wp.coop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTLD

hunterp at gmail

Dec 5, 2004, 4:40 PM

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>What about all the different languages: wp.de, wp.ja, etc, are they
>available? If not it will lead to more abuse.

? en.wp.org de.wp.org zwinger.wp.org download.wp.org mail.wp.org

this is the point of having a non-country-specific generic tld

im not asking for wp.us... im asking for ONE of wp.org wp.net wp.info wp.coop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTLD

slowpoke at gmail

Dec 5, 2004, 4:43 PM

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On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 18:40:07 -0500, Hunter Peress <hunterp [at] gmail> wrote:
> >What about all the different languages: wp.de, wp.ja, etc, are they
> >available? If not it will lead to more abuse.
>
> ? en.wp.org de.wp.org zwinger.wp.org download.wp.org mail.wp.org
>
> this is the point of having a non-country-specific generic tld
>
>
> im not asking for wp.us... im asking for ONE of wp.org wp.net wp.info wp.coop

Yes, but they'd be needed to maintain brand

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hashar at altern

Dec 6, 2004, 12:11 AM

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Hunter Peress wrote:
> A generic (eg non country-specific) top level domain that is short
> (on the order of 2 - 3) letters would be ideal. sourceforge.net has
> sf.net
>
> The two most ideal domains are wp.net and wp.org
>
> whois says that wp.org is owned by telepathy.com, a us based internet
> focused group that does not seem to be greedy.
>
> A well placed email by a wikipedia official asking for release would
> be a good thing.
>
> Please keep the list aprised of your activity regarding short domain
> name search

Hello,

The problem is that even if we got wp.org we will want to get other wp
entries in info. fr. uk. ... That will just double the cost of domain
registration.

We should just stick with wikipedia.org. , don't let registrars make
more money than what is really needed.

cheers,

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hashar
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scott at penguinstorm

Dec 6, 2004, 1:39 AM

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On Dec 5.2004, at 15:11, Hunter Peress wrote:

> sourceforge.net has sf.net

That's fascinating; I actually didn't know that.

I'll try to remember that the next time I type
http://www.sourceforge.net/

> The two most ideal domains are wp.net and wp.org

Why would we want to associate wikipedia with WordPerfect? They've got
nothing to do with each other :)
--
Skot Nelson
skot [at] penguinstorm

scott at penguinstorm

Dec 6, 2004, 1:39 AM

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wikipedia at earthlink

Dec 7, 2004, 12:15 AM

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Scott Nelson wrote:

>> The two most ideal domains are wp.net and wp.org
>
> Why would we want to associate wikipedia with WordPerfect? They've got
> nothing to do with each other :)

Similarly, I wonder why so many emails seem to be referring to the World
Monuments Fund. For those who share my interest in Wikipedia as a
trademark, I would suggest that one helpful way to protect its trademark
status is to practice actually using the word (properly, of course), and
*not* constantly acronymize it. The same applies to helping the world at
large learn that the nonprofit organization behind all of this is the
Wikimedia Foundation (not Wikipedia Foundation).

--Michael Snow

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