[UA-discuss] Domainers

[Jothan Frakes]

Michele, congratulations to .ie in better serving the Irish community with
fada.ie, but I would suggest we not use the domain investment participation
there as any indication of universal measurements on participation.

I think that many participating in evolving the namespace (providers,
integrators, volunteers, investors, regulators, users, devolopers, etc.)
all deserve some gratitude - we are all in it together.

On Nov 24, 2017 10:07, "Michele Neylon - Blacknight" <michele at blacknight.com>
wrote:

The .ie ccTLD introduced IDN in .ie recently so that our local ccTLD could
finally support the Irish language. You can now register a .ie domain using
a fada (the accent) See http://fada.ie/ (disclosure: we run it)

Domainers had absolutely nothing to do with that decision. Zero. Nada.

While the takeup of IDNs in .ie hasn’t been exactly “huge” it has allowed
companies and other organisations whose names included fadas to register
their “real” name.



Regards



Michele





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*From: *UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Andre
Schappo <A.Schappo at lboro.ac.uk>
*Date: *Thursday 23 November 2017 at 10:07
*To: *Universal Acceptance <UA-discuss at icann.org>
*Subject: *[UA-discuss] Domainers




Would IDNs even exist today if it was not for Domainers? I suspect that
IDNs would have been abandoned long ago if it was not for Domainers.



I believe that Domainers are the majority holders of IDNs. The dependency
on Domainers is well emphasised in the thread http://www.idnforums.
com/forums/35654-number-of-%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A0-registrations-takes-a-
nosedive.html
<http://www.idnforums.com/forums/35654-number-of-コム-registrations-takes-a-nosedive.html>




I think the international community should be acknowledging and thanking
Domainers for their significant contribution to IDNs.



André Schappo
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