Related to this task: I've registered wikimedia.social, so we are free to use that to host a Mastodon server. I would recommend against using wikimediafoundation.org for this purpose, as volunteers having @wikimediafoundation.org handles could cause confusion about what their relationship with the Foundation is. If there are any other domain names we're considering using, let me know and I'll look into registering them.

@BCornwall No updates at the moment. We have a lot of items in our enforcement queue, so it can take a while. If there is a particular need to have these domain names registered so that they can be put to use, let me know and we can make them a higher priority.

Thanks for flagging these domain names. I'll make sure they're in our queue to review for trademark enforcement. We should be able to use the UDRP process (or similar—ccTLDs sometimes have their own processes) to claim them.

Hi @Walter: We'll be happy to take wikkipedia.be off of your hands. If you can email me at croslof@wikimedia.org, I will connect you with our domain name registrar to complete the transfer of ownership. Thank you!

The change to the nameservers should now be completed. I submitted the nameserver change request on November 16, but it took a while for the .tr registry to approve/implement it.

I have updated the nameservers to the ones requested.

Usually, only chapters are allowed to use wikimedia.[ccTLD] domain names. We may be able to make an exception in this case, however. One question I have first, though, is whether the domain name would be used only by Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey or whether it would also be used for Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group. I do not want the use of the domain name to cause tension between the two groups. @HakanIST, I know you are involved in both groups, so hopefully it will not be an issue.

These domain names have now been transferred to the Foundation and I've updated them to use the Foundation's nameservers.

I've registered wikipersonas.org. If it turns out we aren't actually going to use it, though, or if we are going to use a different domain name instead, please let me know.

I've updated the nameservers. Let me know if there are any issues and you would like me to change them back.

In T204056#5181204, @tramm wrote:

Previously I didn't understand your desired solution because I didn't get what @CRoslof means by "retaining ownership of domain" but delegating "control of nameservers" at the same time. I even consulted colleagues about it who couldn't help either.

In T204056#4584966, @CRoslof wrote:

@tramm We can retain ownership of the domain name but change the nameservers to ones you control. What nameservers should we use?

Is giving us full control of wikimedia.ee domain the solution? That would be awesome!

Transferring the domain name from WMDE to the Foundation requires that WMDE complete an ownership change form. I emailed with @Abraham and the Foundation's domain name registrar about it a while back, but the paperwork was never completed. Let me know when WMDE is ready to move forward with the transfer.

@Dzahn Yes, we plan to renew all our current .ee domain registrations.

It sounds like adding a delegation for wikimediaeesti would just allow you to change the nameservers, but we can change the nameservers now without adding a delegation. Either way, there would need to be nameservers that you control that we could set as the nameservers for wikimedia.ee.

@tramm We can retain ownership of the domain name but change the nameservers to ones you control. What nameservers should we use?

I've changed the domains we have with Porkbun to use our nameservers. (I didn't change anything about w.wiki.) It might take a little while for them all to update.

It would be fine with me to make the "other" field not required.

The form has worked in the past for requestors selecting one of the "proposed use" options other than "Other".

All good with me.

One- and two-character .org domain names aren't available for general registration. See, for example, this press release from Public Interest Registry (the registry for the .org TLD) when they made 94 of them available for the first time: https://pir.org/org-releases-94-never-before-registered-one-and-two-character-domain-names/

Send me an email and I can help you get the process started:
croslof@wikimedia.org

Update: The Wikimedia Foundation has acquired nlwikipedia.org

So, as I understand it, there is no problem with the current state of affairs that the requested change would fix. Also, I have not seen any argument that the requested change would actually benefit anyone. We shouldn't change our DNS templates if there is no clear reason to do so.

It would be better for office.wikimedia.org to display

In T144508#2740901, @Naveenpf wrote:

@Aklapper Can you please change title to.... add new IP address ? We have changed to new server for better performance.

If @Naveenpf or SRE is still interested in pursuing this task's specific request, I'd appreciate an answer to my clarifying question above so I can better understand the request's brand/trademark implications. Otherwise, I suggest we resolve the task.

I'm not sure I understand this task's specific request. Is it that:

1. wikipedia.in be changed to redirect to an IP address rather than a URL,
2. wikipedia.in be changed to redirect to wikimedia.in/index.html instead of wikimedia.in/wikipedia.html, or
3. both?

We'll look into it and contact the site owners as appropriate.

Thanks for flagging this domain. We have internal tracking documents on the legal team, and I'll make sure nlwikipedia.org is on them. Since it seems that it's currently being used maliciously, it'll be at the top of our list for domain enforcement. If you encounter other domains that are misusing Wikimedia trademarks, please email legal-tm-vio@wikimedia.org.

We're in touch with @Nicolas_Raoul about this app. We're making sure it meets the criteria for becoming an official app, and we're working out a trademark license. Hopefully it won't be too much longer!

WMF-Office-IT directed me here to ask SRE

Those experiences with keeping up content that you believe to be public domain do indeed sound frustrating. Thank you for providing more specific examples.

One often frustrating aspect of U.S. fair use law is that it is very difficult to make categorical conclusions about what is or is not a fair use. The statute lists four factors, but those factors are not necessarily exhaustive, nor do they provide clear guidance in all situations. Courts have subjected each factor to much discussion and further analysis, creating additional tests and sub-factors and so forth. As a result, I can't say with certainty that, for example, a strong argument against fair use based on one factor will never outweigh a strong case for fair use based on the other three.

Thanks for reaching out to WMF-Legal on this!

The Wikimedia Foundation is protected by U.S. law, including fair use. Individual users outside the U.S. do not necessarily have the same protections. So, though it may be legal for WMF to host non-free content on a project, it may not be legal for that project's users to upload or reuse the non-free content.