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We are closing this domain naming thread. It is asking the entirely wrong question. See this blog post for details: Domain Names: Wrong Question

We're going to keep the name math.stackexchange.com. But we WILL be setting up redirects from the more "popular" domains names (e.g. seasonedadvice.com to cooking.stackexchange.com, basicallymoney.com to money.stackexchange.com, and others as we go through the list).

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Note: Please answer this question asking us to describe in brief what our community is about, rather than suggesting domain names. (— Isaac♦ 2010-10-05)

Any suggestions?

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    $\begingroup$ Using big print doesn't make your answers any better. $\endgroup$
    – bmargulies
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 12:33
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    $\begingroup$ @bmargulies: It makes it easier to see only the domain name suggestions when scrolling through the page. $\endgroup$
    – Larry Wang
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 12:36
  • $\begingroup$ The rules are, it has to be available. 'Parked' != available. Would someone with privs please delete all the 'parked' answers, they just distract. $\endgroup$
    – bmargulies
    Commented Jul 23, 2010 at 0:14
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    $\begingroup$ @bmargulies: See the equivalent question on another stackexchange site. There is a quote from Joel that disagrees with you. $\endgroup$
    – Larry Wang
    Commented Jul 23, 2010 at 0:44
  • $\begingroup$ Indeed. I suspect I'm getting a lot of down-votes for that very misconception! $\endgroup$
    – Noldorin
    Commented Jul 23, 2010 at 12:14
  • $\begingroup$ Wierd. I could have sworn that Jeff was the poster of the requirement that domains be completely unclaimed. $\endgroup$
    – bmargulies
    Commented Jul 23, 2010 at 15:39
  • $\begingroup$ btw, is .com necessary? what about .info? $\endgroup$
    – mau
    Commented Aug 4, 2010 at 10:36
  • $\begingroup$ @mau: I would prefer .com over the other choices, except in the specific cases where edu, gov, org, mil, or net is justified, and I don't think any of those apply here. I would be opposed to info, biz, pro, and most of the country-specific TLDs. This is mostly an issue of reputation: many shady sites exist under such classifications, and few legitimate ones. A large majority of reputable sites exist under the .com TLD. A StackExchange/StackOverflow blog post outlines some guidelines for naming. $\endgroup$
    – Larry Wang
    Commented Aug 7, 2010 at 2:57
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    $\begingroup$ To be honest, reading through the list of proposals I find them all waaaaaaay worse than the current "math.stackexchange.com"! Do we really need to change the domain name? $\endgroup$
    – Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
    Commented Sep 14, 2010 at 16:22
  • $\begingroup$ (in fact, if someone managed to get hold of exchange.com, then math.exchange.com would be quite ideal...) $\endgroup$
    – Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
    Commented Sep 14, 2010 at 16:23
  • $\begingroup$ OK: it is pretty far in the future. I think it is safe to say that nobody's votes, answers, or edits to this proposal will be meaningful anymore. I am going to lock the thread for historical significance. (Note that, contrary to what the text in the lock says, this was a perfectly on topic question at the time it was asked.) $\endgroup$
    – Alexander Gruber Mod
    Commented Jan 14, 2015 at 2:53

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MathUnderflow.com

Taken.

I'm not sure this is actually a good name, but it's certainly how the MathOverflow people are calling it for now.

Since at the moment, nobody can see Mariano's comment, which is buried at the bottom, I have reposted it here, since I think it should be seen:

Well, no one complains that "undergraduates" is demeaning because it means "not good enough (yet?)"...

– Mariano Suárez-Alvarez (most recent comment)

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    $\begingroup$ I worry that this is way too in-joke-y... $\endgroup$
    – Noah Snyder
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 3:37
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    $\begingroup$ Not available (and neither is .net). Fitting name though. $\endgroup$
    – Larry Wang
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 4:04
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    $\begingroup$ I will call this site MathUnderflow regardless of whether or not that is the official name. $\endgroup$
    – 97832123
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 6:07
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    $\begingroup$ I downvoted. It makes sense to me, but what does it say to someone who has just come from Google? $\endgroup$
    – Jacob
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 9:14
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    $\begingroup$ It's a decent (amusing) name/pun, but it does sort of give a negative impression unless you know where it's coming from. $\endgroup$
    – Noldorin
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 12:12
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    $\begingroup$ No! This name gives too much of an impression that this site is for people who "aren't good enough" for MathOverflow. $\endgroup$
    – Michael Lugo
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 13:06
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    $\begingroup$ @Michael: Isn't that the point? $\endgroup$
    – 97832123
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 17:48
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    $\begingroup$ Well, the point of the site is not to be less advanced than Math Overflow, it is to more open. $\endgroup$
    – John Gietzen
    Commented Jul 22, 2010 at 1:50
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    $\begingroup$ No, false. The point of this site is to be less advanced than mathoverflow. $\endgroup$
    – 97832123
    Commented Jul 22, 2010 at 7:38
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    $\begingroup$ @John: The point is to be less advanced and more open $\endgroup$
    – Casebash
    Commented Jul 28, 2010 at 3:40
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    $\begingroup$ I wholeheartedly agree with Michael Lugo. $\endgroup$
    – Kevin H. Lin
    Commented Jul 28, 2010 at 22:28
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    $\begingroup$ Well, no one complains that "undergraduates" is demeaning because it means "not good enough (yet?)"... $\endgroup$
    – Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
    Commented Jul 29, 2010 at 14:59
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    $\begingroup$ But "undergraduates" have a clear relationship to "graduates" and we (as a whole on the site) are not yet decided on our relationship to MO. There is clearly a set of people who believe that the relationship exists to make MathUnderflow an appropriate name and there is also clearly a set of people who believe that the relationship does not exist in that way. $\endgroup$
    – Isaac
    Commented Jul 29, 2010 at 23:49
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    $\begingroup$ And I thought "MathOverflow" was horribly unoriginal.... $\endgroup$
    – Jens
    Commented Aug 4, 2010 at 8:52
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    $\begingroup$ @Jens: Wait until you visit sinkoverflow... $\endgroup$
    – Larry Wang
    Commented Aug 13, 2010 at 22:31
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Mathulous.com

Available. And then there's also Mathulo.us (also available).

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Okay, this one's way out there.

TheThirdR.com

You know, like "reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic"? It's available.

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rationalpride.com

(available)

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irnil.com

(available)

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    – An̲̳̳drew
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Alas, our British users may not be too happy with the name mathexchange since they write "math" as "maths" which, when replaced in said name, leads to a name one wouldn't want for the site.

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Passion for Math

PassionForMath.com

Available.

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piForTheWin.com

available

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  • $\begingroup$ then why not piforthewin.com? $\endgroup$
    – Tomer Vromen
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 21:06
  • $\begingroup$ @Tomer Vromen: you're right there, sorry, I'm no native speaker, had it wrongly in mind... $\endgroup$
    – Tobias Kienzler
    Commented Jul 22, 2010 at 8:37
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    $\begingroup$ pieforthewin.com mmm $\endgroup$
    – Chris S
    Commented Jul 22, 2010 at 23:26
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MathDotCom.com

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    $\begingroup$ I really wanted to submit ProofIsLeftToTheReader.com. $\endgroup$
    – Tom Stephens
    Commented Jul 23, 2010 at 0:59
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xynkz.com

All your favorite variables smashed up together! Pronounced as 'zinks dot com', perhaps.

(available)

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mmmpiforthewin.com

Not surprisingly, still available :-)

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    $\begingroup$ Seems like this one is asking for squatters to grab mmpiforthewin.com and mmmmpiforthewin.com... $\endgroup$
    – jball
    Commented Aug 4, 2010 at 20:21
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Maaaaath.com

available. no comment.

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