Wikipedia labels Domainers as CyberSquatters - SiteTalkZone

navjotjsingh · 08-14-2009, 03:53 AM

Earlier this month Wikipedia started redirecting queries for Domaining to CyberSquatting Page. Though they have stopped the redirect but the article is now marked for deletion.

How can a big site like Wikipedia label the Domaining industry with such a cheap word. It is highly irresponsible on part of Wikipedia by doing so.

Here are some related stories on it:

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Wikipedia Labeling All Domainers as Cybersquatters - NamePros.com

Well now the article has been marked to redirect to Domain name speculation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Your views please.

BTW here is another article by someone who does not know about Domaining industry: Mark Madsen: Clipper, ex-Laker and domain name speculator | Technology | Los Angeles Times

Quote from this article:

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In a strange series of events befitting the shady world of domain name speculation, New Jersey state police arrested a man on suspicion of stealing the rights to p2p.com and selling them to Los Angeles Clipper forward Mark Madsen

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An “odd subculture of people who buy domain names like beer.com and yeti.tv, hoping to resell them down the road at awesome profit”.

BlueAltitude · 08-14-2009, 09:57 AM

Thats really odd. I don't think that everyone who (i hope i understand this correctly) bids and gobbles up some domains is doing it to cybersquat and sell the trademark to other companies. If I was looking for a domain name about houses am I a cybersquatter for doing that?