Wikileaks.com expires but fate of domain name unknown
Elliot Silver has written a series of articles about Wikileaks.COM, a domain name that was registered at Go Daddy.
Here’s something else that’s interesting: wikileaks.com is expired.
I noticed this after reading a TechDirt article today about how the domain name is owned by the group behind Wikipedia. Wikia registered the domain name defensively after Wikileaks said it would be a “Wikipedia of secrets”.
Since then the company has offered to transfer the domain names to Wikileaks but the latter hasn’t accepted the transfer, according to an article on BBC.
The domain name expired on January 3. Will Go Daddy just let it go through the entire delete cycle? Or will it go to Go Daddy Auctions?
Neil @ DomainNamesIndex says
…and if it drops, what would you bid for it?
kandyjet says
my bid would be low xxxx$ since the wikileaks found in trouble and the future is questionable. just imo…
chandan says
really a stupid move by wikia for not renewing and wikileaks for not accepting transfer
but why it not showing any expired godaddy page ads ?
DOT mail TLD says
A: CIA 🙂
Andrew Allemann says
@ DOT mail TLD –
Your link was removed b/c it used a URL shortener. Please use the full URL next time.
Joey Starkey says
What would you do with it? Hold it for possible seizure by ICE?
theo says
imo it is a tainted domain. i can’t imagine godaddy putting it up for auction.
So whoever dropcatches it …
you lose.
JF Mayer says
It seems that Wikia.com renewed it in the meantime, if I read the current Whois entry correctly.
Andrew Allemann says
@ JF Mayer – not according to the registrar’s whois. I think you’re looking at the registry expiration date, which automatically tacks on an extra year.
JF Mayer says
You mare entirely right, Andrew, I was wrong. I overlooked that – thank you for correcting!
Andrew Allemann says
@ JF Mayer –
The domain name was just renewed and transferred to Wikileaks.