No more .um

[Long-EZ]

This was in the news. CNN


NEW YORK (AP) -- The list of Internet domain names just got shorter.

The Internet's key oversight agency decided recently to yank ".um" -- for U.S. "minor outlying islands."

No one was using it anyhow, and the organization that has run ".um" -- the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute -- no longer wanted to bother.

So the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers decided unanimously last week to eliminate it entirely, bringing the list of domains to 264. There are still separate domains for larger U.S. territories, including ".gu" for Guam and ".vi" for the U.S. Virgin Islands.

 

[Razeeman]

"yank .um" ...I get it!

I for one won't miss um, do we really need 265 extensions?

 

[petrosc]

what happens to the current .um holders?

 

[DropLister]

um no one cares heh.

 

[petrosc]

I'd like to know, cause I have many domain hacks with ccTLDs and i'd like to know what happens in such cases

 

[dhscott]

There were none.

The article I read goes on to say how ICANN is targetting other extensions for the axe, including .su (Soviet Union), that's going to be a hefty task though as the article says that Google lists over 3 Million .SU results.

What else? How about .tp? .gb? .yu?

Talking about .yu, I can't wait to see if .rs or .me open to global registrations! :hehe:

 

[petrosc]

yeah I can't want for .rs either! :D beautiful hacks with that one

 

[-Adam-]

It's about time the domain pool extension gets a good clean up.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

As of last year you could still register .su's from some registrars, although a quick check now doesn't show any as available now...
-Allan

 

[ofclean]

Off topic, but did anyone notice that GoDaddy axed .ms and .at?

 

[DropLister]

.su common, get rid of it.
Check out http://www.nic.um/ its uninhabited.

 

[Kate]

what happens to the current .um holders?

It's not an issue as the ext was not used.

 

[Domainate.com]

Talking about .yu, I can't wait to see if .rs or .me open to global registrations! :hehe:

.me...*salivates*. Oh the hack possibilities with that extension, starting with the most almighty of 4-letter expressions, the f-bomb itself! It would work well with .yu too speaking of which, LOL.

 

[gingeman]

I wish they'd axe a few more TBH.