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Re: Countries represented in .loc hierarchy
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 03:48:23 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
[...]
A lugnet.loc.* group is created for a given country Xyz if any of the
following conditions are met:
  a) There is at least one known Internet-enabled LEGO fan in Xyz
  b) TLG has an official presence in Xyz
  c) LEGO products are known to be officially imported into Xyz
  d) Xyz is one of the top 20 Internet-enabled countries

The two-character abbreviation for the country follows standard Internet
top-level domain namings (.us for United States, .uk for United Kingdom, .ch
for Switzerland, .za for South Africa, etc.).

Case in point:  Someone with a .cc address (the Cocos Islands, northwest of
Australia) just signed up at the news-posting setup page.  So there is now a
lugnet.loc.cc newsgroup.

--Todd



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  Countries represented in .loc hierarchy
 
(...) I think every country in which the Lego Group has an official presence is now represented. Here's an official list of TLG addresses if anyone wants to double-check the list: (URL) not sure whether this includes all countries in which there has (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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