Unfortunately, I misread the deadline on the website and thought that the deadline for applying for the domain names was the 22nd - instead, that's the deadline for paying the application fee, and the deadline for putting in an application was the 15th. I was planning on putting the application for them in this evening (which was my first opportunity this week - it's been a mad week). Apologies about that.
Mike On 9 Jun 2011, at 20:22, Deryck Chan wrote: > I can see their use as a URL shortener. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}} gets a bit unweildy at > times, compared to, for example, http://wp.org.uk/{{REVISIONID}} or > something. > > We already have enwp.org . > > I think wm.org.uk or wm.co.uk will be very useful as URL shorteners for the > WMUK website. Registering some of the others (wp.org.uk etc) defensively > won't hurt either, although the idea is that we back off if another > legitimate organisation also want them. > > Deryck > > On 9 June 2011 20:18, George Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > I can see their use as a URL shortener. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}} gets a bit unweildy at > times, compared to, for example, http://wp.org.uk/{{REVISIONID}} or > something. > > There's no pressing need, but it's a possibility. However, we'd probably > be better off getting something more international for that (wp.org, for > example). > > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 20:12 +0100, Mike Peel wrote: > > With these domain names, there is an extra £10 application fee, and if the > > domain name is contested then it goes to auction with the highest bidder > > winning - so the costs of these domains could be substantially higher than > > usual. > > > > If there was a really pressing reason for them - e.g. if they would be well > > used for linking to wikipedia - then I think it would be worth getting > > them. Otherwise, I'm not sure we're any different from other (bigger) > > organisations that share the same abbreviation... > > > > Mike > > > > On 9 Jun 2011, at 19:08, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 9 June 2011 13:16, geni <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Because it all adds up and if you actually use the names you have to > > >> keep paying for them. > > > > > > It does all add up, but to a very small number. Let's say it's £5 per > > > year per domain (which I think is about right). 6 domains for the next > > > 10 years would cost us £300. That would mean keeping the fundraiser > > > going for an extra hour to fund. It think it's worth that. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
