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Old 05-03-2008, 11:56 AM
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Default Welsh TLD

I saw the below earlier I can't help but notice that Wales is missing as well as NI. As there are so many Welsh here I was wondering if tthey had thought about a campaign, or is there on already. Or are they happy to use .ws

English patriotism goes online

An online petition began on April 23rd 2008 to establish the .eng domain along side its more familiar counterpart
.co.uk.
Most countries around the world have their own country specific domain suffix, and England currently exists with just
co.uk. English patriots, however, have now initiated a campaign to open up the .eng domain through an online petition
and are looking for approximately 10,000 signatures which will be presented before ICANN in 2009. ICANN is the
organisation responsible for allocating domain names.
The .eng petition can be found online at DotEng | The Campaign for a .eng Domain Extension for England!
.sco

Scotland seeks independence in cyberspace
The Scottish National Party lodged a formal request with ICANN to enable Scottish business to change company
domains from .co.uk to .sco. The appeal follows the awarding of local suffixes to Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of
Man.
Most Scottish government departments and agencies would be expected to change their website suffixes
immediately. However, there would be no obligation on the part of other Scottish organisations or businesses to
change their internet address.
Supporters of the idea deny it would cause unnecessary confusion because users keying in the old .co.uk addresses
would be automatically redirected to the new .sco domains.
Scotland seeks its own internet domain name - Times Online
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