Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/.рф


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   no consensus to delete; default to KEEP. - Philippe 02:34, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

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This domain does not exist, and is not scheduled to exist, so to state it "is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Russian Federation" is fictitious. Without the existence of the domain, or any formal recognition of the domain from ICANN, the entire premise of the article is invalid. More information is in the Talk page. kjd (talk) 22:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, but make clear that this proposed TLD, even if implemented on Russian name servers, isn't yet sanctioned by ICANN. ICANN is a coordinating body and has no power to prevent anyone from starting a TLD, only to influence its affiliated stakeholders whether to recognize a TLD. See AlterNIC, New.net, etc. --Dhartung | Talk 06:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. It follows from the discussion (http://idn.wat.ch/wiki/index.php?title=IDN_ccTLD_Discussion) at a site belonging to ICANN GNSO, that .рф is the preferred IDN domain for Russia, and it also follows that there is a hurry to approve such domains. More IDN domains are discussed there, some with problems, but .рф seems clear. We should however wait before we write articles about .中国, .香港, .日本, .한국, .бу, .бг, .қз, .سعودية. ,سورية, .مصر, .ελ, .κπ, .भारत, .ไทย and more. Some of them are quite unclear what to have. --BIL (talk) 12:05, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, if the domain is actually implemented then it can have an article. Stifle (talk) 20:34, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's been proposed and reported upon, so it is neither hoax nor non-notable. If the ICANN rejects it then I think it can be reconsidered for deletion. J. Myrle Fuller (talk) 04:02, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 13:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - The references appear to mostly be from the organization proposing this new TLD, which would violate WP:RS and it is about a hypothetical, which violates WP:NOTCRYSTAL. I could see it (and many similar TLD articles) being created when the Internationalized domain name process for TLDs is closer to being finalized. Wrs1864 (talk) 13:22, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - this isn't the real envisaged TLD for Russia. IANA shows that ".испытание" is currently being tested but gives no mention of .рф. Chris DHDR 15:11, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I would like to point out that ".испытание" means ".test" in Russian and is just to test top-level IDN, like the usage of ".테스트", ".δοκιμή" and more which also means "test" in other languages. ".испытание" will not be the domain for Russia, instead ".рф" is suggested but not decided. --BIL (talk) 21:23, 14 May 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.