Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-07 Thread Brad Jorsch (Anomie)
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Brian Wolff wrote: > Some of the responses are from people who work for the Wikimedia Foundation > (not the same thing as being a Wikimedian), however i am almost certain > they are responding in a personal capacity not an official one. If you are > looking for so

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-06 Thread Jeremy Baron
On Apr 6, 2014 12:47 PM, "Brian Wolff" wrote: > > Is ray king is working with wikimedia? > > Nope. He does not work for WMF. He doesn't work for WMF but the answer for "is working with Wikimedia?" is "Yes, he is." -Jeremy ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wi

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-06 Thread Brian Wolff
> > Who are you? The emails have from headers... > Are you a WikimediaN. Everyone responding to this thread is a Wikimedian (almost by definition). Some of the responses are from people who work for the Wikimedia Foundation (not the same thing as being a Wikimedian), however i am almost certain

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-06 Thread VP Singh
Who are you? Are you a WikimediaN. Is ray king is working with wikimedia. True? wikimedia said that ray is not related to anyone of their organisation. Clarify On 4/5/14, Chad wrote: > Poor non-Wikipedias won't get shorteners then... > > -Chad > On Apr 5, 2014 3:22 PM, "Steven Walling" wrote: > >

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-05 Thread Antoine Musso
Le 06/04/2014 00:20, Steven Walling a écrit : > For Wikimedia, there's a lot of potential for use as a good URL shortener > (en.wiki/Dog in instead of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog). What is the point of having shorter URLs anyway? -- Antoine "hashar" Musso ___

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-05 Thread Chad
Poor non-Wikipedias won't get shorteners then... -Chad On Apr 5, 2014 3:22 PM, "Steven Walling" wrote: > On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Chad wrote: > > > There's no point to any of these new gTLDs. > > > > For Wikimedia, there's a lot of potential for use as a good URL shortener > (en.wiki/Dog

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-05 Thread Steven Walling
On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Chad wrote: > There's no point to any of these new gTLDs. > For Wikimedia, there's a lot of potential for use as a good URL shortener (en.wiki/Dog in instead of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog). The fact that Ray is working with us to try and make that kind of thing hap

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-05 Thread Chad
There's no point to any of these new gTLDs. As its been pointed out in many places, including here, the whole thing is a massive scam (not just .wiki). Nobody should be indulging in these domains but I'm sure everyone will. -Chad On Apr 5, 2014 10:11 AM, "VP Singh" wrote: > This guy http://ica

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-05 Thread VP Singh
This guy http://icannwiki.com/index.php/Raymond_King who is director of icannwiki and also the co-founder of "Swapnames" He has right on .wiki tld but he does not have right on media.wiki ( for example) . http://whois.domaintools.com/media.wiki (proof) Then what's the point in registering MNCs a

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-05 Thread David Whitten
wiki is from Hawaiian. wiki-wiki means "very quick" On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Anthony wrote: > The Chinese word for "wiki" is not "wiki". > > As far as sharing my own personal certainties, > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark would be a start, but for > the most part certaint

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-05 Thread Anthony
The Chinese word for "wiki" is not "wiki". As far as sharing my own personal certainties, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark would be a start, but for the most part certainties aren't something that can easily be shared. On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: >

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-04 Thread phoebe ayers
> On 4 April 2014 09:37, VP Singh wrote: > > > I want to ask wikimedia , about the .wiki tld. I am AN IT expert and I > > was going to register science.wiiki (example) in epa ( early phase > > access) which will be in may for my firm. > > > > I was surprised to find that it was already registered

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-04 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
"wiki" is a generic term, not a trademarked one. You sure? Please share your certainties! Nemo ___

Re: [Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-04 Thread Oliver Keyes
"wiki" is a generic term, not a trademarked one. On 4 April 2014 09:37, VP Singh wrote: > I want to ask wikimedia , about the .wiki tld. I am AN IT expert and I > was going to register science.wiiki (example) in epa ( early phase > access) which will be in may for my firm. > > I was surprised t

[Wikitech-l] Top Level Design, LLC greedy registrar!

2014-04-04 Thread VP Singh
I want to ask wikimedia , about the .wiki tld. I am AN IT expert and I was going to register science.wiiki (example) in epa ( early phase access) which will be in may for my firm. I was surprised to find that it was already registered by Top Level Design. Visit: http://whois.domaintools.com/scienc