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.loc.eu (was: Re: UKLUG Prototype online)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 5 Dec 1999 01:25:53 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Simon Denscombe writes:
> [...]
> On a completely different note I think lugnet.loc.eu should be created for
> countries of the European Union. This would be for European-wide set
> releases, exclusive sets in different countries and especially an European
> LEGOFest which I hope can happen before the end of next year (hoping :-) ).
I was wondering about the same thing the other day, when Mario needed to be
able to post to a whole bunch of European countries. The bummer of it is,
even though .eu isn't assigned an ISO country code AFAIK, the other continents
that would need to map like that for symmetry do have clashes:
.eu Europe (not a problem)
.na North America (.na already means Namibia)
.sa South America (.sa already means Saudi Arabia)
.au Australia (not a problem; country of .au is similar to continent)
.as Asia (.as already means American Samoa)
.af Africa (.af already means Afghanistan)
.an Antarctica (.an already means Netherlands Antilles)
And it doesn't make sense to put the continents on a lower level than the
countries, like .loc.continent.eu, for example. :-(
It might be possible to use three-letter or one-letter abbreviations:
.loc.eur Europe
.loc.nam North America
.loc.sam South America
.loc.asi Asia
.loc.afr Africa
.loc.aus Australia
.loc.ant Antarctica
or
.loc.e Europe
.loc.n North America
.loc.s South America
.loc.a errm, uhhh...
maybe
.loc.e Europe
.loc.n North America
.loc.s South America
.loc.a Asia
.loc.f Africa
.loc.au Australia (country = continent, more or less)
.loc.aq Antarctica (country = continent, more or less)
Or maybe
.loc.w Western Hemisphere
.loc.w.a Americas
.loc.w.a.n North America
.loc.w.a.s South America
.loc.e Eastern Hemisphere
.loc.e.e Europe
.loc.e.a Asia
.loc.e.f Africa
etc.
(just kidding on that last one...)
If there were a .loc.e for Europe, BTW, it could contain a list of virtual
categories (cross-references) into other categories in the .loc hierarchy
for countries in Europe. Articles posted to .loc.de or .loc.uk, for example,
wouldn't show up in the .loc.e tree, however, without some fancy footwork
in the article indexer. The latter is probably inevitable someday, BTW.
--Todd
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| Todd Lehman: (...) What about inserting a "continent" level above the country level? I know it will cause some problem with those barbarian invaders (Russia, Spain, and Turkey ;-) who have gotten a foothold in Europe, even though they actually (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: .loc.eu (was: Re: UKLUG Prototype online)
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| (...) I thought of a possibility that would fit into the current hierarchy... lugnet.announce.north-america lugnet.announce.europe lugnet.announce.australia [etc] These groups could be used to make geography-specific announcements, like Mario's CFD (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: .loc.eu (was: Re: UKLUG Prototype online)
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| (...) I think loc.eu is a special case because it's independent countries ruling themselves but also intergrated - I don't think that arrangement appears anywhere else. I know .eu is used as a second level domain europarl.eu.int for example. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) How is a morality debate relevant to the UK then? If I read many UK newsgroups they just don't exist. (...) Well something has to be done - before the 'invasion' there was no bad feeling, no flamewars or anything - it was really friendly - (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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