Actually, the fact that you have to cite official registrar docs is exactly the problem. There are 200+ country TLDs, and by now probably thousands of other self-governed TLDs like .name.
For instance, in Serbia, there is a similar scheme to UK: .gov.rs, .co.rs, edu.rs, but also in.rs (for individuals) and top-level .rs. So someone has registered "iz.rs" and offers free subdomains to individuals.
The fact that there is implied hierarchical trust is what the problem is, and keeping track of individual rules for each TLD is prone to errors.
You're absolutely right, when it's Nominet's actions that actually inspire a lack of trust in .co.uk, given they've been a bit of a hot mess since the early 2010's-ish.
;)
(Edit: although I should add that I'm hopeful that things have improved there over the last few years).
> geez, dude, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning...
5 seconds on wikipedia or google would have stopped them spreading completely dangerous FUD about .co.uk.
What's so dangerous about it?
> What's so dangerous about it?
Implying lack of trust in `co.uk`
Implying `co.uk` may suffer the same fate at `.name`
Complete FUD.
Actually, the fact that you have to cite official registrar docs is exactly the problem. There are 200+ country TLDs, and by now probably thousands of other self-governed TLDs like .name.
For instance, in Serbia, there is a similar scheme to UK: .gov.rs, .co.rs, edu.rs, but also in.rs (for individuals) and top-level .rs. So someone has registered "iz.rs" and offers free subdomains to individuals.
The fact that there is implied hierarchical trust is what the problem is, and keeping track of individual rules for each TLD is prone to errors.
You're absolutely right, when it's Nominet's actions that actually inspire a lack of trust in .co.uk, given they've been a bit of a hot mess since the early 2010's-ish.
;)
(Edit: although I should add that I'm hopeful that things have improved there over the last few years).
> given they've been a bit of a hot mess since the early 2010's-ish
No.
Oversimplified summary:
There was a period around 2010 when the management at the time wanted to follow a more commercial route with various unrelated "investments".
Nominet members made it impeccably clear in a very loud manner to management that it would not be tolerated.
Management insisted on a vote which they inevitably lost.
Management departed.
TL;DR Don't piss off Nominet members
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