Why .wiki?
What can you use a .wiki for?
Like other domain endings created in the 2010s, the .wiki domain ending was, in part, created to address the saturation of traditional domain endings like .com or .net by offering new domain endings that are not directly related to geographic zones (countries, regions, even cities). The .wiki domain ending has been open for anyone to register since May 2014 and is in particular focused on everything to do with knowledge and general culture.
The domain ending for sharing information: .wiki
The .wiki domain name refers to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, which today is maintained and used by internet users around the world in a great many languages. Individuals, organizations, and businesses that want to create a site for encyclopedic information can get a .wiki domain name for their site. This domain ending can just as well be used to create and update informative articles on a wide variety of topics as well as it can be used for discovering them.
Guarantee security with a .wiki domain ending
On a global scale, the majority of internet users will trust a .wiki domain name since Wikipedia is well known and trusted not just as a knowledge source but in terms of its information security.
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Rules and particularities of .wiki domain names
2014
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.WIKI domain names at Gandi.net
Accreditation: Gandi has been accredited by Top Level Design since February 2014
Terms and Conditions
Assigning: .WIKI domain names are open to everyone
Syntax: from 3 to 63 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first, third and fourth, and last place)
IDN (accented domain names): yes
Registration period: 1 to 10 years during general availability, 1 year during Sunrise and Landrush periods
Second-level extensions: no
Procedures
Renewal: domains are deactivated upon expiration, it is possible to renew up to 45 days following the expiration date
Disputes: URS and UDRP
Transfer (change of Registrar): the process is started on the new registrar's interface with an auth code. Ensure that your domain does not have a TransferProhibited status, does not expire soon, is older than 60 days and has not been transferred in the last 60 days. The effective transfer depends on your validation (by email) and renews the domain name for one year
Change of Ownership: available on our interface, the current procedure consists in email confirmation by both former and new domaine name owner. Expiration date is unchanged.
Deletion process: quarantine of 30 days, see this table
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