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This is a very bad idea! Non-English domain names

Submitted by northstar on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 02:41
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Internet Body Allows Use of Non-English Domain Names

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the group that manages Web addresses worldwide, said it will allow domain names to be in languages other than English.

The group will begin accepting applications for so-called Internationalized Domain Names, or Web addresses based on the native languages and scripts of each country, on Nov. 16, Marina del Rey, California-based ICANN said in a statement today.

“This is only the first step, but it is an incredibly big one and an historic move toward the internationalization of the Internet,” ICANN Chief Executive Officer Rod Beckstrom said in the statement. “We just made the Internet much more accessible to millions of people in regions such as Asia, the Middle East and Russia.”

More at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aEveUulO...

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I heard about this this morning

Submitted by rex84 on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 06:59.

They had a story on Nationalized Propaganda Radio, they said they were doing it so 3rd world could have "language identity."

Their international socialist language makes me cringe.

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Why is this a bad idea?

Submitted by amerianna on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 03:18.

Oops - wait a minute, is there an echo in here?

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Why is it a

Submitted by libercal on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 03:14.

bad idea? If you were chinese, arabic, russian, or hebrew speaking, wouldn't you want to be able to type in web addresses using the characters of your own language and script?

why is this bad? “One of

Submitted by TargeT on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 03:08.

why is this bad?

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato

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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato

Not really new

Submitted by Canada on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 02:58.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name

Besides, why is it so bad?