10,369
edits
Difference between revisions of "Westarctica Domain Name"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
adjusted the position of the recapture section
Westarctica (talk | contribs) (→Westarctica.org: added note about new site) |
Westarctica (talk | contribs) (adjusted the position of the recapture section) |
||
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
This tragic loss of the official website resulted in numerous micronationalists declaring Westarctica's government dead and its claim to [[Marie Byrd Land]] no longer valid. Seemingly overnight, hordes of restless [[micronations]] crawled out of the woodwork to fight over the scraps of Westarctica's seemingly abandoned claim to its sovereign territory. These events were part of the misunderstandings that led to the [[Siple War]]. | This tragic loss of the official website resulted in numerous micronationalists declaring Westarctica's government dead and its claim to [[Marie Byrd Land]] no longer valid. Seemingly overnight, hordes of restless [[micronations]] crawled out of the woodwork to fight over the scraps of Westarctica's seemingly abandoned claim to its sovereign territory. These events were part of the misunderstandings that led to the [[Siple War]]. | ||
===Re-capture of Westarctica.com=== | |||
After seven years of nearly continuous negotiations, Grand Duke Travis was finally able to persuade the domain parking service to lower its asking price for the Westarctica.com domain. The transfer of ownership was finalized on 3 March 2018 and it became property of Westarctica once again. The recapture of the domain name is a [[Public Holidays in Westarctica|public holiday]] in [[Westarctica]] and is celebrated on 3 March as Technology Day. | |||
==Westarctica.org== | ==Westarctica.org== | ||
| Line 29: | Line 32: | ||
On 12 February 2018, the German-language subdomain de.westarctica.info officially went live. | On 12 February 2018, the German-language subdomain de.westarctica.info officially went live. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||