Re: [ga] DOT BERLIN -- It's a problem...

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, then Paris, TX could get the .paris domain.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 5:36 PM
Subject: [ga] DOT BERLIN -- It's a problem...


> I started thinking about the upcoming TLD application
> for .berlin
> 
> There are those that will argue that instead of
> granting the sponsoring organization for this
> initiative a top level domain for Berlin, we should
> instead be insisting that Berlin rightly belongs on
> another level (as in berlin.de or berlin.eu or
> berlin.de.eu).  If we accept this argument, then we
> are accepting a taxonomic approach which calls for
> geographic labels to abide by whatever hierarchy is
> set by a country code or regional code manager.
> 
> The flip side of the argument might be to state that
> there is nothing inherently wrong with granting
> municipalities a top level domain.  You can have
> .berlin, .nyc, .saigon, .moscow and thousands of other
> cities occupying space at the top level without
> occasioning any harm.  
> 
> The final decision that we make will set the pattern
> for the future.  On what principles shall we base our
> selection criteria?  We need a forward-going policy. 
> What will it be?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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