Where's the website gone?

JohnK · Pieces of me you've never seen

RE: Where's the website gone?

Hani · Big Gay Al

hmmm, well whilst i think that the old domain name should really be reinstated as it is easier and more professional looking and doesnt really cost that much i think everyones making a bit of bigger deal out of this than need be. It really doesnt make that much of a difference either way. The information is still up there in exactly the same format and its not like its a long-winded and complicated name - its pretty self explanatory address really as we are a society at leeds uni union. When i first looked it up thats what i assumed the address would be. really guys, not worth all this fuss. Although i do have to say that its not really a great thing for the committee to dismiss the views and requests as unimportant as you're meant to be there to represent us.

ChrisH · Mmm eyebrows!

PatrickT wrote:

On a side note, perhaps the blurb about the lgbt society needs to be checked on the LUU website:
http://www.luuonline.com/societies/lgbt

It currently states that John K and Ally are committee co-chairs!

We've already filled out and handed in the forms for that I think... just taking its time to change around a bit

chemicalfears · Queen of Quips

look, it´s simple. stump up the measly 5 quid for the domain name, and you don´t have all this p1ss-arsing about. i myself am beginning to get bloody sick and tired of having to google to get to the forum.

this ´debate´ has now taken up TWO PAGES: over a stupid domain name...

...lordy!

sash
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Polo fiend · Lord Gay Van Gay of Gayville

We as a committee do value our members' opinions, as it's you guys that make us! I think there have been some valid points raised, for both sides of the argument, and no-one should feel as though their contribution is 'unimportant'. However, as the domain name has expired now, its' not quite as simple as people may think, and not quite as cheap either! Don't worry, we're going to discuss it and then explain our decision to you so you know what's going on.

Emily
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Rt hon NickyDyke85 · Lord of the Rings

chemicalfears wrote:

i myself am beginning to get bloody sick and tired of having to google to get to the forum.

Just a suggestion my furry friend... next time ur on the forum add it 2 ur favourites, all u gotta do then is click on fave's n click on the forum link & shaaaaaaaaaazaaaaaaaam, ur on the forum!

Works for me

Laura · Vodka! Books!

i usse different comps.... have to go thru google that way...cnt save it to favs on loadsa comps

Laura · Vodka! Books!

this rly is a single thread, al for the sake of a name

ChrisH · Mmm eyebrows!

Well after recieving a invoice from the domain name organisation asking if we want to renew the website name for a grand total of £94 I think that money could be spent on far better things like more books for the library than to save people 2 minutes from going through google or the uni website. So not quite as cheap as people have been making out...
It doesn't mean we haven't listened to your comments tho!

-- Edited by ChrisH at 19:33, 2006-06-07

JohnK · Pieces of me you've never seen

But aren't domain names much cheaper than that. As far as I remember, for the two years we bought it when i was on the committee it was a tenner.....

This is all getting a bit silly now, I just think it needs changing back, tis all.

Hani · Big Gay Al

o for fvcks sake does it even matter that much?!! stop being so dam petty! It obviously isnt that cheap john if they just got an invoice for £94, is it? Does this thread really need to continue over a domain name. just re-add the forum to your favourites the next time right now. it will take you a grand total of 4-8 seconds and then this problem will be no more. as for the freshers, they did not know the old site name so they will just know the address as the new one rather than the old one so its really not that big a deal. for god sakes it really is not that important in the grand scheme of things

Rt hon NickyDyke85 · Lord of the Rings

Was a tenner ages ago. Well years change things, websties/hosts get bigger, have 2 charge more for their services, there inflation & ****. 94 quid is ****ing ridiculous and as the committee have said the money could be better spent elsewhere.

I'm in agreement that the domain name means F.U.C.K ALL, if its affiliated with the union its a much lesser cost than 94 quid. If ur that bothered stump up the money urself. Overall am guessin that the general concensus is that no1 gives a **** as long as there is a website that can be found and contains the relevant information. Stop picking petty arguements & get over it.

chemicalfears · Queen of Quips

On a side note...

...I see PENGUINS!

thaidave · Not Thai Dave

£94 is a tad ridiculous. ah well, case closed.

JohnK · Pieces of me you've never seen

Hani wrote:

o for fvcks sake does it even matter that much?!! stop being so dam petty! It obviously isnt that cheap john if they just got an invoice for £94, is it? Does this thread really need to continue over a domain name. just re-add the forum to your favourites the next time right now. it will take you a grand total of 4-8 seconds and then this problem will be no more. as for the freshers, they did not know the old site name so they will just know the address as the new one rather than the old one so its really not that big a deal. for god sakes it really is not that important in the grand scheme of things

Erm, there is no need at all to be rude. Domain names cost around £5-10 most of the time, I just think there might be a mistake with the £94, that's all. I think I'm okay to question it.

I have already got the website and forum bookmarked, so I don't need to do that. My only concern is for the freshers, and also for the reasons Patrick noted above.

And I can talk about this topic for as long as I damn well bloody like. If you don't want to hear or read the arguments for and against, I suggest you stop reading the thread.

JohnK · Pieces of me you've never seen

Rt hon NickyDyke85 wrote:

Was a tenner ages ago. Well years change things, websties/hosts get bigger, have 2 charge more for their services, there inflation & ****. 94 quid is ****ing ridiculous and as the committee have said the money could be better spent elsewhere.

I'm in agreement that the domain name means F.U.C.K ALL, if its affiliated with the union its a much lesser cost than 94 quid. If ur that bothered stump up the money urself. Overall am guessin that the general concensus is that no1 gives a **** as long as there is a website that can be found and contains the relevant information. Stop picking petty arguements & get over it.

I'm not picking petty arguements Nic, I think the domain name is important and whilst it isn't something that keeps me up at night, far from it in fact, I won't just 'get over it'. There is absolutely no need to be rude.

I just refer to Patricks well put opinion which I am in total agreement with. Obviously the domain name does mean something to some people.

PatrickT · Forum Guru

It would be extortionately expensive, like the £94 quoted to you because it's a renewal out of contract. New registrations are in the £7 range...

(on a side note, the reason they charge almost £100 is because people forget to renew their domains and then NEED to get that exact domain name back. Therefore the Registrar has them by the whatsits and can charge what they like for the original domain. It's because we forgot to renew it that the price increased.)

I wouldn't suggest you renew the domain name, but get a new, similarly snappy one!

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JohnK · Pieces of me you've never seen

Thanks for clearing that up Patrick, a font of all knowledge as usual. £94 is definitely extortionate.

PatrickT · Forum Guru

Hani, I do think it's a little off to berate people for posting their thoughts. If you don't want to know about the topic or find it boring just don't read it. Obviously some people have differing priorities and interests to others: there's no need to ridicule or belittle mine. That's all.

Arsecandle · Admin Bitch

thaidave wrote:

That's the spirit! Emily has changed our addy at the bottom of each lgbt email though! That's good! As everyone who signs up at the societies fayre, assuming they find a relvant URL to direct them to the Riley Smith Hall, will be able to access us no problems at all! Isn't that wonderful!?

:check

:D

as a side note. as a temporary measure, why don't you guys just email gaz battersby in marketing and get him to change the url on the union website to whatever is currently working!? it really is that simple. or would you like me to do it? i look forward to the freshers anonymous posts on how the society is a cliquey bunch of expletives. :D

-- Edited by Arsecandle at 13:33, 2006-06-08

Hani · Big Gay Al

PatrickT wrote:

Hani, I do think it's a little off to berate people for posting their thoughts. If you don't want to know about the topic or find it boring just don't read it. Obviously some people have differing priorities and interests to others: there's no need to ridicule or belittle mine. That's all.

i'm really not berating anyone. right what u want it really doesnt affect me. i'm just saying that certain ppl (i.e. john) are making a bigger deal out of this than need be. The new domain name is perfectly good and whilst, yes the old one was better, paying £94 to reinstate it is really not worth it and i think that everyone is in agreement on that . And john i really dont give a **** if u wan2 carry this on for how many pages, i just dont think its fair to attack the committee for a perfectly reasonable decision they've made(not paying £94 for a site address), since after all we have elected them to make these kinds of decisions for us. I'm not being rude i'm just making my point that you are being petty and I am using expletives because i want to. So just stop making such a big deal out of it. I'm sure the committee would've reinstated the name if it was at a reasonable price so, again, stop being childish and petty

-- Edited by Hani at 03:25, 2006-06-09

richardyoung71 · *Censored*

Does every thread have to turn into an argument?!

Like Patrick said the price is so high because it wasn't renewed in the first place. Buying a slightly different address (www.leedslgbt.com,www.leedslgbt.net, whatever) would be a more reasonable price and memorable like the old address.

Alternatively, I guess the www.leedslgbt.co.uk address will come down in price in a few weeks/months as they realise they can't sell it for that much.

The society should be as accessible as possible, and i don't think expecting people to google to find the information they want everytime they want it is particularly helpfull.

Hani · Big Gay Al

fair enough, they shouldn't. All i'm saying is that the new address isnt exactly long winded and complicated (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/union/socs/lgb/ isnt too hard) and that paying £94 to reinstate the old name is just stupid (which was the originaly point of this thread). If we can get a similar name for cheap then great, otherwise the one we have now is fine.

AlbyFC · You best sima!

It's kind of annoying that when people express their opinion respectfully and want to discuss a topic peacefully they are accused of "attacking" people and are told not to make "a fuss", when in fact it's the people who want to put an end to the discussion the ones who are making the fuss and attacking people with VERY rude words.

The ironies of life.

chemicalfears · Queen of Quips

alby, i´ll just be content if we don´t have to shuttle from the lounge to the ARC all the time for coffee hours anymore... ; )

sash
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JohnK · Pieces of me you've never seen

Hani wrote:

i'm just saying that certain ppl (i.e. john) are making a bigger deal out of this than need be. The new domain name is perfectly good and whilst, yes the old one was better, paying £94 to reinstate it is really not worth it and i think that everyone is in agreement on that . And john i really dont give a **** if u wan2 carry this on for how many pages, i just dont think its fair to attack the committee for a perfectly reasonable decision they've made(not paying £94 for a site address), since after all we have elected them to make these kinds of decisions for us. I'm not being rude i'm just making my point that you are being petty and I am using expletives because i want to. So just stop making such a big deal out of it. I'm sure the committee would've reinstated the name if it was at a reasonable price so, again, stop being childish and petty.

What Alberto said.

It's you who is doing the attacking, not me. I think I'm being perfectly reasonable - not childish and petty. I actually find that quite offensive.

Now that the situation has been made clearer, I agree, £94 for a reinstation of the leedslgbt.co.uk is way too expensive (note, I have already mentioned this). However I'd still like to see a concise website address used. That's my personal preference and I am quite within my right to express it, thank you very much.

Mackie · Guru of the Gay

Guys please! this has been talked over and over ! all its doing is causing upset for many people! Personal attacks are not really needed and neither are general attacks. People are more likely to be put off the society due to over used opinion than an address that is harder to remember. The comitee has dicussed it on more than one occasion and looked at many options all of which do not seem right for the societies best interest.The google thing is really easy to use i'm in liverpool and its easy to access and any other problems should be ironed out in time for the freshers.

Please can we leave it alone now!

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Polo fiend · Lord Gay Van Gay of Gayville

Everyone has the right to an opinion and the freedom to express it; that's what a democracy is all about. So as Gemma said, there's no need to get personal/offensive.

On a side note, wasn't part of the reason people wanted the domain name changing back because of any external links that may exist? So therefore having another name that's similar, such as leedslgbt.com, still present the same problems?

I'm not meaning to be pickernty or wishing to prolong this thread any more than is necessary, it was just a sort of passing thought.

As Patrick says, I'm sure we'll be able to buy the name again at some point when they lower the price if we decide that's best at the time (who knows when it could happen!)

Date: Mon Jun 12 21:44 2006

In an ideal world leedslgbt.co.uk would be best because it's easy to remember and the external links will still work.

If it remains as expemsive as it is currently (which i dont think it will) then an alternative name would be preferable as it is more memorable.

The current address isn't memorable and external links won't work.

Richard, too hot to log in
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Soph4 · Forum Addict

haha, it did last to July...not that i read any other bit of it because...