[Wikipedia-l] Domain parking

Tue Sep 12 12:10:42 UTC 2006

I think the petition is the only way, I've heard it can get nasty. But
stealing traffic from a free resource like ours is just not right.

Andrew Archer

On 12/09/06, Akash Mehta <draicone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> vvikipedia, anyone? (that's a v v, not a w)
>
> I'm not really sure the foundation can do anything. I'm experienced
> with domain issues, and these are three of the most commonly followed
> options:
>
> * Contact the owner of the domain (WHOIS record must be accurate per
> ICANN policy) and request transfer for a nominal sum
> * Contact the owner of the domain and demand transfer of the domain,
> possibly paying for minimal expenses
> * Contact the owner of the domain and demand transfer, threatening
> legal action and (preferably) citing some international law
> * Be evil and apply for an ICANN transfer, hoping that the owner has
> supplied false info to ICANN and therefore will not be notified about
> the transfer request, and once the period of a few weeks has passed
> the domain will be transferred to Wikimedia
>
> You could also come up with a petition, having all Wikipedia users
> sign it, and present it to domain owners. Anyone else have any ideas?
>
> -- Akash/Draicone
>
> On 9/12/06, Andrew Archer <archer.andy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > "enwikipedia.org" is really starting to annoy me now. There are hundreds
> > more like that stealing Wikimedia traffic. Is the Wikimedia Foundation
> > planning to do anything about domain parking infringing on their
> trademarks,
> > or would it cost too much?
> >
> > Andrew Archer
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