Re: Domain-grabbing: wikipedia.it also taken. Take care of your country...

Hi,

On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 16:49, Fantasy wrote: 

> today, just surfing a bit, I found that wikipedia.it was already taken 
> by someone. 

Not sure whether I saw it on another list but someone predicted that
Wikipedia will soon be a household name.
So surely these types of domain registrations will be on the increase.
So how do we know the sincererity of the registrar.
He/She could be meaning to be a portal to it.wikipedia.org or have plans
for something naughty.

> We had that this year for wikipedia.de (and it was solved 
> fortunately without problems), but how many more are to come?

I assure you there will be many many more.

> *Please check your country*. 

My language Tamil, about 70 million people has no country, no flag ...
like many many more.
But there is an ISO code for the lang.
What is wrong with the current arrangement with virtual hosts?

> The later we find out, the more difficult 
> it is, to get the domain back :-(
> 
> Whoever knows anything about wikipedia.it, please help at
> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bar#URGENTE_www.wikipedi.it

As Italian can be easily seen to be centered around Italy this makes
some sense.  I worry about the precedence this type of domain based
pattern sets though.


> PS: Sorry for crossposting, but the domain-issue has many aspects, 
> technical, international and legal...

Please tell me if this must be posted anywhere else suitable.
The international aspect is important.

Regards,

Ramanan