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wiki.org wiki.org.uk wiki.com wiki.co.uk (but for sale) wikiuk.com wikiuk.co.uk Available: wikiuk.org wikiuk.org.uk wiki-uk.org wiki-uk.co.uk wiki-uk.com wiki-uk.org.uk On Jan 24, 5:28 pm, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > I've raised a similar point to this with Mike, and I would be > extremely surprised if they decided that the wikimedia domains > shouldn't be controlled by the appropriate chapter. > > wiki.org.uk seems to be registered by Mintra (mintra.co.uk), although > it doesn't seem to host a website. wiki.co.uk is registered by D M > Robins Limited, but requires a password to access the site. As we > don't have a trademark for "Wiki", I would imagine that they'd be > difficult to get hold of; at the least we should probably wait until > we've got the website set up before contacting the owners about them. > > Mike > > On 24 Jan 2009, at 16:55, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > > > >> Wikimedia UK is an independent organisation from the Wikimedia > >> Foundation. We (WMUK) need a website of our own that we control, and > >> ideally, where we own the domain name. > > >> If the WMF or James F want to keep control of wikimedia.org.uk that's > >> very disappointing and frankly very unhelpful - particularly > >> considering they're doing nothing with it. But if it is true, WMUK > >> should not host its information on this domain and should seek to > >> register a different one - maybehttp://www.wiki.org.uk/? > > >> Personally, I think setting up a website whose content we control but > >> where the domain name is registered to James or the Foundation is a > >> particularly bad idea. We would have full liability for the content > >> but control would be a constant struggle. Obscuring the ownership > >> would not be particularly helpful. > > >> Either it's ours or theirs. If they want to keep, so be it. > > > I agree, it is far from ideal to have our website on a domain we don't > > own. Even if we do get control of wikimedia.org.uk, we should probably > > try and get wiki.org.uk as well and redirect it (since we are Wiki UK > > Ltd.). > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > >http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK > >http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.orghttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UKhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
