Oops. I broke wiki.com’s registration…
I read an article a few days ago about a site that’s been getting a fair amount of buzz lately, particularly due to its $2.8 million purchase agreement: wiki.com
I thought to myself, “What the heck, might as well go grab a couple of subdomains while they’re still available.” So, I went to http://www.wiki.com, and clicked ‘Start a Wiki’, which took me to http://reg.wiki.com.
The registration process was simple — maybe even a little bit *too* simple:
1. choose a wiki name (subdomain: something.wiki.com)
2. enter your name, email address, zip code, and captcha text
3. submit
Well, for some reason I got the bright idea to enter ‘reg’ as my wiki name, just to see if it would let me, and if so, what would happen. I didn’t expect to actually WORK, and certainly meant no harm to the site. I expected some form of confirmation prompt after submitting that registration form, but it immediately broke reg.wiki.com.
For at least an hour or two (I didn’t notice when they fixed it), you could not register on wiki.com. I thought, for sure, they would delete the wiki that I’d created, but instead, they created http://registration.wiki.com, and changed the ‘Start a Wiki’ link to point to the new URL.
I’ve posted a message on http://reg.wiki.com, explaining what happened, and linking to the new registration page. I still can’t believe that actually worked! I do think it’s pretty cool that they left my wiki alone, even though it broke their site for a while. I’m assuming that they’ve got a sense of humor and weren’t too pissed off, since I didn’t even receive a Cease and Desist letter. :)
Can anybody think of any legitimate use for ‘reg.wiki.com’, or should I just leave it as-is, with a note directing people to the new registration page?
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