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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 (...) (28 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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