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[Travis McCrea <me AT travismccrea.com>]

can it be .t or .l?

Bjorn Peeters wrote:
> I don't often speak on the list, but with this one i'd like to chip in :)
> I'm FOR the idea of a "shortener" or linking tld.
> but i'd go with a .lnk tld instead of .url / .uri
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> .tiny is way to big to be tiny :)
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> On 02/14/2013 10:06 PM, Guillaume Parent wrote:
>> Would .url or .uri work? Does that clash with any open ICANN
>> proposals? That'd be either one or two characters shorter, depending.
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>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Guillaume Parent
>> <gparent AT gparent.org <mailto:gparent AT gparent.org>> wrote:
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>>     Maybe they are, I'm just sharing my opinion anyway.
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>>     On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Lenny Guy <openmailf AT gmail.com
>>     <mailto:openmailf AT gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>         It would be only for inside use.
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>>         BTW. I thought 1 letter TLDs were prohibited in OpenNIC.
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>>         So other example: as032.t or custom.t
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>>         2013/2/14 Guillaume Parent <gparent AT gparent.org
>>         <mailto:gparent AT gparent.org>>
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>>             Why would people use a.tiny/t or a.tiny/ when they can
>>             use  is.gd/a <http://is.gd/a> ?
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>>             The TLD would be otherwise worthwhile for OpenNIC-only
>>             services, but if it's supposed to be used by the grand
>>             public, then something with the minimum amount of
>>             characters would be better (dumb example: a.b)
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>>             On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Lenny Guy
>>             <openmailf AT gmail.com <mailto:openmailf AT gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>                 >You want to make a URL shortener TLD but you want to
>>                 make it longer than what's already out there? If it's
>>                 not one one letter long, don't make it.
>>                 What?
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>>                 2013/2/14 Guillaume Parent <gparent AT gparent.org
>>                 <mailto:gparent AT gparent.org>>
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>>                     You want to make a URL shortener TLD but you want
>>                     to make it longer than what's already out there?
>>                     If it's not one one letter long, don't make it.
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>>                     On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:25 AM, NovaKing
>>                     <novaking AT eztv.se <mailto:novaking AT eztv.se>> wrote:
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>>                         I think a TLD purely for a url shortener is a
>>                         bit overkill, but that’s just me.
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>>                         In other news, now that I have moved and are
>>                         buying more servers / ips I plan to focus
>>                         more on .key/.p2p in the near future, will
>>                         probably talk to you guys more about it on
>>                         IRC though.
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>>                         NovaKing
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>>                         *From:*discuss-request AT lists.opennicproject.org
>>                         <mailto:discuss-request AT lists.opennicproject.org>
>>                         [mailto:discuss-request AT lists.opennicproject.org
>>                         <mailto:discuss-request AT lists.opennicproject.org>]
>>                         *On Behalf Of *Lenny Guy
>>                         *Sent:* Thursday, 14 February 2013 10:13 PM
>>                         *To:* discuss AT lists.opennicproject.org
>>                         <mailto:discuss AT lists.opennicproject.org>
>>                         *Subject:* Re: [opennic-discuss] [TLD
>>                         Suggestion] .tiny
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>>                         But .micro does not work like shortener script.
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>>                         2013/2/14 teamcoltra AT gmail.com
>>                         <mailto:teamcoltra AT gmail.com>
>>                         <teamcoltra AT gmail.com
>>                         <mailto:teamcoltra AT gmail.com>>
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>>                         There is already .micro
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>>                         On Feb 14, 2013 4:07 AM, "Lenny Guy"
>>                         <openmailf AT gmail.com
>>                         <mailto:openmailf AT gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>                         Like before, I don't have infrastructure to
>>                         operate TLD, I'll share with you my suggestion.
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>>                         .tiny / .ant
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>>                         What it will be?
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>>                         - TLD for shortentning links, like - as1.tiny
>>                         (random characters). Shortening service will
>>                         be at register.tiny.
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>>                         How it will work?
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>>                         - Like other TLDs.
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>>                         I hope you'll like it :D
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