tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 04 19:01:26 2010
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Re: sTLD
- From: Brent Kesler <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: sTLD
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 19:00:01 -0800
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We'd have to clear two hurdles:
1. Demonstrating enough popular demand to make setting up a domain worth the
expense.
2. A lot of money -- setting up infrastructure to handle a TLD is expensive.
So is pushing through the paperwork to make it happen.
bI'reng
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was thinking today, that it would be interesting to have a .tlh sTLD
> (Sponsored Top-Level Domain).
> I have found one precedent for an sTLD being based around a language
> (instead of a country): .cat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.cat
>
> >From the wiki ".cat is a sponsored top-level domain intended to be
> used to highlight the Catalan language and culture."
>
> >From the KLI's homepage "The Klingon Language Institute is a nonprofit
> 501(c)3 corporation and exists to facilitate the scholarly exploration
> of the Klingon language and culture."
>
> Sounds like it might work.
>
>
> Also of note from the wiki:
>
> "Restrictions
>
> The .cat domain is not territorial, but applies to the whole
> Catalan-speaking community, whether or not a site is based in the
> Països Catalans. In order to be granted a .cat domain, one needs to
> belong to the Catalan linguistic and cultural community on the
> Internet. A person, organization or company is considered to belong if
> they:
> already have content in Catalan published online.
> have access to a special code (sometimes called ENS), issued during
> special promotions or by agreements with certain institutions.
> develop activities (in any language) to promote the Catalan culture
> and language.
> are endorsed by 3 people or 1 institution already using a .cat domain
> name."
>
> This would keep random trolls from being able to create .tlh domains.
> The KLI could issue permission to its members.
> Since "culture" is just as important as "language", other
> organizations such as KAG or TE would probably also be involved.
>
> I figure our friend Michael Everson (are you listening?) would be a
> good candidate to submit a proposal.
> For those of you who don't know, he's the one responsible for creating
> the tlh language code.
>
>
> Can't wait to visit http://www.kli.tlh !
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
> --
> ~naHQun
>
> ~Michael Roney, Jr.
> Professional Klingon Translator
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