Conflict of interest : #ISOC sale of #ORG saga spills over to #Wikipedia
The sale of dot .ORG Registry, PIR, by ISOC has now spilled over to Wikipedia. There are now allegations that the ISOC page is being edited by an Internet Society associate, without declaring this conflict. These edits are reversing a recent addition of information that – according to its editor – paints ISOC in a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Wikipedia deleted the #Domain King’s page on Christmas eve!
Wikipedia has deleted Rick Schwartz’s page, and did so on Christmas eve. The now extinct page, received a series of updates in recent months, indicating that a strict set of rules was at play. Rick’s function as an American domain investor, was changed to “speculator”. Despite the subsequent addition of factual content about Rick Schwartz’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wikipedia CTRL-Z : Rick Schwartz’s entry changes got undone
Domain entrepreneur, Rick Schwartz, has his own Wikipedia entry, just like numerous other professionals of various industries. In a recent story about the Domain King, we covered the change that someone made to Rick’s Wikipedia entry, from “domain entrepreneur” to “domain speculator.” That coverage seems to have piqued Rick’s interest, and he expanded his Wikipedia […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rick Schwartz : Domain entrepreneur or domain name speculator?
Domain investors of a higher caliber, like Rick Schwartz, define their business model long term. By visiting DomainKing.com, Rick Schwartz’s primary domain portfolio web site, one can realize the extent and reach – long term – of his investments, and his 20 year business plan. In fact, it was the latter’s completion, that led Rick […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wikipedia surpasses 5 million articles, but no ‘domainer’
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia, has reached a major milestone. There are now more than 5,000,000 articles in Wikipedia, according to the latest statistics. Wikipedia, the 7th most visited destination on the world wide web, according to Alexa, is also actively pursuing cases of infringing trademarks. We found at least 34 UDRP cases filed by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain lifting : Is Frank Schilling working out?
A great new portrait shot of domain investor, Frank Schilling, was added to his Wikipedia profile in December of last year. Why did we just find out? Because the photo came up today, when typing his name in Facebook, linking to Wikimedia where the photo is stored at. The great photo was taken by Amy […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wikipedia domain UDRP respondent cites Valuate.com
The Respondent to a recently decided UDRP at the WIPO used a novel way to attempt to extract unreasonable fees from the Complainant. In a UDRP case involving the domain name OnWikipedia.com, the Complainant – Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. – was sent back this response from the domain’s registrant: “What is this email requesting I do? […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Gold overlays work best: Wikipedia *begs* for donations
There’s nothing wrong with asking for contributions, when you serve almost half a billion users – for free! Wikipedia – the online, open encyclopaedia – is once again seeking donations from its readers. This time around, instead of using a subtle gray overlay and short copy, the message is presented in bold black letters against […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wikipedia adds its 4 Millionth article
The English version of Wikipedia – the primary web site visited by millions of people worldwide – has just added article number “4 million“. Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, made the announcement a few minutes ago, stating: “I am informed that English Wikipedia has passed the 4 million article mark. Awaiting final confirmation on which is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.10 Questions with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales was on PBS earlier tonight, and while a lot of folks don’t seem to like the lack of special effects and dramatic visual transitions of the Public Broadcasting Service, the channel maintains an old school journalistic attention to detail. The Wikipedia founder stated that Wikipedia needs more female editors, to offset the number […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wikipedia pulls out of GoDaddy
Despite the reversal of GoDaddy with regards to their support of the controversial SOPA bill, Jimmy Wales – co-founder of Wikipedia – announced that his company will regardless pull its domains away from the world’s biggest registrar. “I am proud to announce that the Wikipedia domain names will move away from GoDaddy. Their position on […]
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