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Now that we have .porn, .sex, .win, .gay, .casino TLDs, I see no reason in TLDs deletion for whatever reason. If a country ceases to exist, just let this TLD be

Now that we have .porn, .sex, .win, .gay, .casino TLDs, I see no reason in TLDs deletion for whatever reason. If a country ceases to exist, just let this TLD be re-registered under the current conditions for registering custom TLDs. No?

OrangeMusic 3y ago
That's the first thing that I thought and to be honest it's mildly infuriating. What is the problem they are trying to resolve here?! It's not like there's a shortage of 2 letters combinations? Just keep any tld forever.
corbezzoli 3y ago
Nations die very rarely so this is probably up for discussion each time. I suppose it does become an issue when in 200 years a new country named Yurnia wants the .yu domain.
- Perceval 3y ago
  Maybe not as rarely as you might expect: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691134604/state-death https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691134604/st...
- OrangeMusic 3y ago
  Yurnia gets .yr - problem solved.
soco 3y ago
I guess it's too late for .ex-yu (I'm joking! ...unless?)