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Note that many think that .com is for "common" and it's becoming more and more popular and accepted point of view. There are even rename talks... Would adding that be NPOV violation? (posted by Muxec, noted added by Fudoreaper)
The Editor 2 21:59, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
I used to think it stood for company.-- Canadianshoper 00:17, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
It's becoming a part of popular culture to call it the "common" domain. You'll find it hard to get a well documented citation for this, but if you go talk to the common (no pun intended) internet user who is not savvy about it's history, nor anal about it's intended (yet unenforced) usage, they will likely refer to it as the common top-level domain, meaning, it's the most commonly used. - Spaldam ( talk) 04:30, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Wasn't there a smart guy who earned a good sum by quickly registering websites such as mcdonalds.com etc, and later being able to demand millions of dollars by the company? Similarly I come to hink of the old whitehouse.com pornsite... 85.226.122.237 20:23, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
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-- 87.110.58.132 17:46, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Superscript textfelicita
Stargate.com was registered in August of 1986, but is not on this list. -- Henry W. Schmitt ( talk) 05:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I came to wikipedia to try to find our who 'owned' the .com domain. I wasn't able to work it out from the article. Is there a definitive answer to this? (This was prompted by the NYTimes article about a UK travel agent having most of his .com domains switched off by US government order and the subsequent discussion on Techdirt). Seems like a point that should be addressed? -- Darrylxxx ( talk) 10:37, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
.com
under contract from ICANN. But I wouldn't say that either ICANN or VeriSign 'owns' .com
(or any other TLD) - it's more a question of (temporary) control rather than ownership. --
Zundark (
talk) 11:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)Why is the following comment in the section about people using .com when they don't have to;
(including the Moroccan Consulate in Bordeaux)
This seems a really arbitrary example that isn't needed and is given too much precedence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.108.174.66 ( talk) 13:38, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Why is Wikipedia hiding or not stating that Network Solutions Inc (NSI) was owned and founded by a black man Emit McHenry? Why is Wikipedia not giving credit to him for creation of these domains? 96.225.87.5 ( talk) 18:27, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
Why does this article state the obvious falsehood that the Internet was invented in the US? 78.17.251.228 ( talk) 07:40, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
The DOD contracted the domain maintenance to GTE and GTE subcontracted it to SRI 2603:7080:4DF0:8C90:6152:A224:5954:28C2 ( talk) 20:30, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
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Note that many think that .com is for "common" and it's becoming more and more popular and accepted point of view. There are even rename talks... Would adding that be NPOV violation? (posted by Muxec, noted added by Fudoreaper)
The Editor 2 21:59, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
I used to think it stood for company.-- Canadianshoper 00:17, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
It's becoming a part of popular culture to call it the "common" domain. You'll find it hard to get a well documented citation for this, but if you go talk to the common (no pun intended) internet user who is not savvy about it's history, nor anal about it's intended (yet unenforced) usage, they will likely refer to it as the common top-level domain, meaning, it's the most commonly used. - Spaldam ( talk) 04:30, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Wasn't there a smart guy who earned a good sum by quickly registering websites such as mcdonalds.com etc, and later being able to demand millions of dollars by the company? Similarly I come to hink of the old whitehouse.com pornsite... 85.226.122.237 20:23, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
Image:VeriSign.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot 05:13, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
-- 87.110.58.132 17:46, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Superscript textfelicita
Stargate.com was registered in August of 1986, but is not on this list. -- Henry W. Schmitt ( talk) 05:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I came to wikipedia to try to find our who 'owned' the .com domain. I wasn't able to work it out from the article. Is there a definitive answer to this? (This was prompted by the NYTimes article about a UK travel agent having most of his .com domains switched off by US government order and the subsequent discussion on Techdirt). Seems like a point that should be addressed? -- Darrylxxx ( talk) 10:37, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
.com
under contract from ICANN. But I wouldn't say that either ICANN or VeriSign 'owns' .com
(or any other TLD) - it's more a question of (temporary) control rather than ownership. --
Zundark (
talk) 11:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)Why is the following comment in the section about people using .com when they don't have to;
(including the Moroccan Consulate in Bordeaux)
This seems a really arbitrary example that isn't needed and is given too much precedence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.108.174.66 ( talk) 13:38, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Why is Wikipedia hiding or not stating that Network Solutions Inc (NSI) was owned and founded by a black man Emit McHenry? Why is Wikipedia not giving credit to him for creation of these domains? 96.225.87.5 ( talk) 18:27, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
Why does this article state the obvious falsehood that the Internet was invented in the US? 78.17.251.228 ( talk) 07:40, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
The DOD contracted the domain maintenance to GTE and GTE subcontracted it to SRI 2603:7080:4DF0:8C90:6152:A224:5954:28C2 ( talk) 20:30, 14 July 2023 (UTC)