Quote:I have been trying to determine if this is a hoax, but not having any real luck
I don't know if it's a hoax or not but I can say with 100% certainty that the writer of the GovGap article is a friggin' moron who is clueless about domain registrations.
The "evidence" of ownership he gives earns him a place in the moron hall of fame.
Quote:URL Registered within hours of McCainâs Decision to select Palin as running mate
After any major event dozens of related domain names are registered "within hours" -search TT for Virginia Tech and Hurricane Katrina for 2 examples
Quote:Whois Privacy Information Matches JohnMcCain.com Whois Privacy
7,269,549 other domains also match the JohnMcCain.com WHOIS Privacy information.
Quote:URL Held by same registrar
26% of all domain names in existence use the same registrar as johnmccain.com
Quote:Note that the .net and .org versions also redirect to the McCain Campaign Website.
I can register doofus.com/.net/.org and redirect all of them to Yahoo.com but that doesn't mean I'm the owner of Yahoo.com or that Yahoo is the owner of doofus.com
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Quote:I have been trying to determine if this is a hoax, but not having any real luck
I don't know if it's a hoax or not but I can say with 100% certainty that the writer of the GovGap article is a friggin' moron who is clueless about domain registrations.
Yeah, i realize that. Hey! Better late than never. 
The "evidence" of ownership he gives earns him a place in the moron hall of fame.
Quote:URL Registered within hours of McCains Decision to select Palin as running mate
After any major event dozens of related domain names are registered "within hours" -search TT for Virginia Tech and Hurricane Katrina for 2 examples
Quote:Whois Privacy Information Matches JohnMcCain.com Whois Privacy
7,269,549 other domains also match the JohnMcCain.com WHOIS Privacy information.
Quote:URL Held by same registrar
26% of all domain names in existence use the same registrar as johnmccain.com
Quote:Note that the .net and .org versions also redirect to the McCain Campaign Website.
I can register doofus.com/.net/.org and redirect all of them to Yahoo.com but that doesn't mean I'm the owner of Yahoo.com or that Yahoo is the owner of doofus.com
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I still believe it's true, in part because the timing of the redirection of the domain to wikipedia was just too coincidental (tthe WP article), and in part because it seems like something that the sleazy McCain campaign would do.