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I did a scrape of ICANN registry agreements to figure out which gTLDs are brands and which are not. I believe a brand gTLD is one that has Specification 13 example for .aaa or an active exemption for Specification 9.
After comparing my scrape to Wikipedia, it looks like a lot of the listed brand TLDs are incorrect. See the full diff https://i.imgur.com/3jhvRq6.png . Red means Wikipedia is missing it (though some are terminated, which the scraper disregards), green means Wikipedia has it as branded but it should not be, it's generic.
To illustrate the issue with some of the ones from the diff above:
Scraping machinery is in a public GitHub repo, https://github.com/Cobertos/tld-data --Cobertos (talk) 12:06, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
May I expand the explanation list for the internet ccTLD? Especially for Benin (BJ) and Western Sahara (EH) Corypight (talk) 11:12, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
Using the H:ARC process, I have now created a Talk:List_of_Internet_top-level_domains/Archive_1 first archive page of resolved past discussions on this talk page, some that dated back to 2004. That archive page is also searchable from the box at the top of this page. Making this change should now make it easier to find current discussions on this Talk page. - Dyork (talk) 02:41, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
What does "ky" means in Cayman Islands? I need it for expanding the ccTLD explanation list Corypight (talk) 08:26, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
Should we find and add citations for the explanations of why the country domains have certain names? Besides for countries like Aland, of course... but I just realized that none of them have any citations. Bywok! 21:03, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
This is a very long article on its own and is pretty inconvenient to scroll through and read, so I think that as country codes is long have their own significant dedicated page with their section on this page being replaced by a "main article" link. UppercutPawnch (talk) 23:26, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
Okay I've received no comment from anyone and think the page on ccTLDs are better to fit the list on so if I don't receive a comment soon I'm moving the ccTLD section to there. UppercutPawnch (talk) 23:14, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
Each official type (and some unofficial types) of TLDs have their own wiki page already that each section can slide right into as a table section, making the point of this list a bit useless since someone looking for a list of a specific type of TLD would likely go to the page of each individual TLD type. This would also definitely cut down on the stupidly large size this page already is. If it remains at all, I think this page should be turned into a standalone list page based off of the IANA DNS Root Zone Database with related notes for each TLD as well so it can be worthy of actually being a proper list article. UppercutPawnch (talk) 18:08, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
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Very simply, I've just visited the page to find the correct or acceptable uses for various TLD's that my host offers, and many of the appear not to be listed, eg (not exhaustive) .tv .co ... Also, I'm sure there are different registrars in different countries for at least some TLDs, as some more "generic" types seem to have American or German registrars, when, I'm sure - for me - they're also offered by UK registrars. Sorry, I only have questions, not answers! --RedTCat (talk) 00:18, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
most already follow this, but .apple simply lists "Apple" as the target market. this seems obvious and redundant, shouldn't these be changed? Binarycat64 (talk) 03:05, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
What about the .id top level domain? It is not listed on the page. --Gonxunator (talk) 16:17, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
I don't know how to confirm this info or find out additional info, but ".id" does exist now (e.g., https://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/reinwardtia) and is not listed here. Aloha, -pt philiptdotcom (talk) 18:01, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
I just encounter a spam wave with emails from .click domains. It is the first top level domain, which I filter now complete as spam. Did not find it in the list Pege.founder (talk) 19:29, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello! In this list, the "Operator/Registry" of .charity, .foundation, and .gives should be changed to Public Interest Registry after they were transferred to PIR by Donuts. Sources:
I will also note that PIR is the operator of the .GIVING TLD that is active in the DNS root zone but is not yet available for registration and is not yet listed in the list in this Wikipedia article. A row could be added for .giving in the G section.
As I am employed by an organization connected to PIR, I have WP:COI and don't feel comfortable making the edit directly. (Although I will do so if other editors would prefer I make the changes.) Thank you for the consideration! - Dyork (talk) 16:34, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
I don't see: .FM 2601:81:8401:2FC0:ECBD:C754:4817:A613 (talk) 21:12, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
.no is for Norwegian domains, .ad is for Andorra domains, .se is for Swedish domains, and .dk is for Danish domains, and generally it seems this list is *very* lacking.
193.69.255.210 (talk) 09:01, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
ccTLDs are completely legitimate TLDs. They have existed for essentially as long as the "Original top-level domains" listed near the top of the article. They are fully co-mingled in the list of TLDs published by IANA: [1] [2]
By separating the ccTLDs to a separate page, readers (such as those commenting above) get the impression that ccTLDs are not full-fledged TLDs. The couple of mentions of ccTLDs on this page are missed by many readers.
To reduce this confusion, it would be good to make the list of ccTLDs part of this page, and put as a top-level section of its own. I would be willing to do this work if others agree it is a good idea. Note that I am an employee of ICANN (although not on the IANA team at ICANN), so I have WP:COI and don't feel comfortable making the edit directly.
- Paulehoffman — Preceding undated comment added 16:02, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
References
"11 test domains" Click link to "Test domains" page which lists ".test" plus 11 TLD which I assume are "test" translated to languages not using English alphabet. 1 + 11 = 12. There are 12 test TLD.
Do readers understand that TLD are unusable for the common use of the term "domain"? URI require adding at least a secondary name (near infinite possibilities, before adding a additional names.) Country code TLD may not be usable at second level (like ".co.uk") 74.94.11.226 (talk) 19:49, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
I wrote this. I cannot edit it. Wikipedia logged me out. Wikipedia did not ask if I would like to login before posting. Wikipedia refused to accept the password I created on 2021‐02‐10, less than 2 years ago. Also did not accept the previous password created on 2013‐12‐27. Wikipedia Login page has no option to see the password typed: bad for people with disabilities, or not typing well. Solprovider (talk) 20:41, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
Hellep 2001:448A:2034:1670:E48F:8B9A:8026:6B78 (talk) 21:51, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
According to their web page, Minds + Machines Group Limited, registry for multiple TLDs ranging from .beer to .work, is currently in liquidation and should be noted as such. I looked around for a bit but could not find a way to edit the "n 3" reference text to do this. {too hard; gave up}
Here is the text in case the web page goes away soon: "On 18 November 2022, following the redemption of shares, the Board of Directors approved a plan of liquidation for MMX and appointed Mr. David Bennett of Grant Thornton as sole liquidator (the “Liquidator”) under Part XII of the BVI Business Companies Act.
"On 21 November the BVI Registrar of Corporate Affairs approved the Company’s appointment of the Liquidator. From this time and date, MMX is in Voluntary Liquidation and the Liquidator is responsible for the affairs of the Company and shall take such steps as required under the BVI Business Companies Act to dissolve the Company." DonWW (talk) 02:46, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
See: https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/moda.html Quwikiwuq (talk) 06:32, 24 January 2024 (UTC)