I looked into this once...the domain price was quite steep or I would have gotten it. However, a donation might be possible.
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Waldir Pimenta <wal...@email.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Béria Lima <berial...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I preffer wp.org (if is possible) to make internationalization easier. So >> to >> en.wiki would be "en.wp.org", de.wiki "de.wp.org" and etc. >> > > For the record (sorry I'm late btw :P), I had independently contacted the > owners of wp.org shortly before this thread came up, and they basically said > that even though they supported Wikipedia (they had even donated in the > past), the domain has too much potential value (WordPress, the Washington > Post, etc) for them to hand it over. > > I also thought about this multi-language facet of Wikimedia, which is > further aggravated by the existence of multiple projects. That is, even > wp.org would have problems too, since we'd then need to get one for > wikinews, commons, etc. The best solution would be IMO getting the domain * > wi.ki*, since this could be adapted either through prefixes (i.e., > subdomains, such as en.wi.ki) or suffixes (e.g. wi.ki/en) for languages > and/or project codes. In addition to that we could generate links as the > current shorteners do, like wi.ki/x23yz. > > Now, the wi.ki domain at first seems to be unused, but > http://whois.nic.kireveals it is registered at least until 9 Jan 2012, > by > domaininfo.com. A search on that page reveals that wi.ki is not available > for registration, but seems to be buyable for 696 €. We could contact them > and ask for a partial donation, but it would work best if the request comes > from the WMF itself. Before figuring it was already registered, I sent an > email to organization that manages the .KI domain. The text of that email > might be useful for this effect: http://pastebin.com/L0v6uz1i > > Here's a quote from that message that points out some of the advantages of > having these short urls: > * > * >> >> *"[Wikipedia] links are often long and hard to read (for instance: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=.ki&oldid=408287624 ), which >> makes them not only inconvenient, but also prone to reproduction errors. >> Since the practice of citation is such a critical component of journalism >> and scientific publication, minimizing this risk would bring very >> significant benefits for scholars, journalists, and even users who want to >> share links in social media.* >> > > So, who supports that we request them a donation of that domain? And is > anyone from the WMF willing to send them the request? (Moka?) > > It's fine if the tech team doesn't want to manage the domain; I'm sure > plenty of volunteers could offer to do that. But it we'd be much more likely > to get it in the first place if the request is made officially by the WMF. > > So what do you guys think? > > Waldir > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l