[Foundation-l] Short Domain Name

Sun Dec 5 23:18:01 UTC 2004

On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 18:11:33 -0500, Hunter Peress <hunterp at gmail.com> 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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