Shouldn't ENWorld be ".com"?

[DaveMage]

How so? It's just pictures.

...but it ends in .org so it must all be true *and* a good source of information.

 

[Morrus]

There are no rules concerning .com, .org, etc. Technically, if anything, your logic means it should be .co.uk.

However, I have no plans to change EN World's URL at all. Everybody knows it - there's no point in confusing people.

Yes, EN World is a business. While a donation structure has worked in the past, I'm not very comfortable with the concept, and it does cause problems. I really want to move away from every having to do that again.

And yes, I have a day job. EN World certainly isn't non-profit, and is no longer "negative profit", thank goodness, and hasn't been for a while now.

Part of the problem you may be noticing in the news is that we're in a pretty quiet news period. There's not a lot of crunchy, interesting stuff to report other than new product releases and reviews. That always goes up and down, though - maybe next week there will be something really cool on the news page. When 4E is eventually announced, you can expect months and months of rumours, leaks and so forth there.

 

[Truth Seeker]

On that day...when it happens...heaven helps us all

There are no rules concerning .com, .org, etc. Technically, if anything, your logic means it should be .co.uk.

However, I have no plans to change EN World's URL at all. Everybody knows it - there's no point in confusing people.

Yes, EN World is a business. While a donation structure has worked in the past, I'm not very comfortable with the concept, and it does cause problems. I really want to move away from every having to do that again.

And yes, I have a day job. EN World certainly isn't non-profit, and is no longer "negative profit", thank goodness, and hasn't been for a while now.

Part of the problem you may be noticing in the news is that we're in a pretty quiet news period. There's not a lot of crunchy, interesting stuff to report other than new product releases and reviews. That always goes up and down, though - maybe next week there will be something really cool on the news page. When 4E is eventually announced, you can expect months and months of rumours, leaks and so forth there.

 

[diaglo]

.gov is still owned by the US govt.


diaglo "who works for the guys at www.cdc.gov " Ooi

 

[Henry]

www.enworld.gov - where the rules lawyers are, well, actually lawyers.

 

[Len]

.gov is still owned by the US govt.

So is .edu.

Len "I'm not American and neither is Hong" Ooi

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Originally Posted by diaglo
.gov is still owned by the US govt.

So is .edu.

.edu is not owned by the government, but can only be used by educational institutes (public or private)


Cthulhu's Librarian "Works for a .edu" Ooi

 

[Len]

.edu is not owned by the government, but can only be used by educational institutes (public or private)

If not "owned" then certainly "controlled". Only American post-secondary institutions meeting criteria set by the U.S. Dept. of Education can register under .edu.
References: IANA, Educause (the administrator of .edu)

 

[Lobo Lurker]

ENWorld.org is a forum/News Site

ENPublishing could be a .org as well.

ENStore should be a .com, but just because it is doesn't preclude the rest of ENWorld from being a .org

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

No, it's better for a non-profit organization to support itself by donations for its purpose rather than by operating a buisness with the intention of not making a lot of money out of said buisness. Otherwise, the buisness tends to overshadow and divert the focus from the organization's original goals.

Whoa, I'd hate to own a non-profit hospital under your ideas of how to operate a non-profit.