Proposal:.WIKI. and .WK. top level domains
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[edit] Background
Rod Beckstrom, the new leader of ICANN, has recently expressed a willingness to assign top level domains in proportion to an internet site's success and their demand.
[edit] Proposal
The Foundation should ask for both the .wiki. and .wk. top level domains.
[edit] Motivation
Given the site's success, it would lead to saving a lot of typing and expand the ability to cite articles in short messages, especially if the url substring "wiki/" can be avoided or shortened after the shorter domains. For example, URLs such as http://en.wk/Article , http://en.wiki/Article or perhaps http://en.wk/w/Article , etc., would save large aggregate amounts of typing time and short message space.
[edit] Key Questions
Is it reasonable to expect that the .wk. domain could be otherwise more efficiently assigned? Are there any countries with initial w and k sounds likely to petition the ISO for recognition?
- I'd be interested to hear the thoughts on this matter of wiki inventor w:Ward Cunningham, who has been closely involved with ICANN in the past (and for all I know, still is). Ward is a very clear thinker about the directions wiki is evolving, and his reflections would be helpful in evaluating a proposal like this. -Peteforsyth 03:18, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Potential Costs
Possibly much lower than expected based on previous domain quotations. Possibly almost zero!
There is only one way to find out: ask.
[edit] References
@RodBeckstrom on Twitter, personal communication
[edit] Community Discussion
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[edit] Want to work on this proposal?
- Vibhijain 10:02, 6 May 2011 (UTC) Would save time
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