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Page move[edit]

(from WP:RM)

.au (domain name) → .au[edit]

The domain name is primary usage, and aligns page naming with the 200+ other ccTLDs. .au is currently a redirect to this page. File format usage is very much secondary, and is disambiguated. -- kjd 14:13, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Oppose. Primary vs. secondary usage is very much debatable; neither usage is overwhelmingly predominant. That said, the article should properly be at .au (top-level domain). ADH (t&m) 14:27, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
Support - one look at Template:CcTLD should be enough to settle the debate. --Boco XLVII 21:41, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- If you're referring to the fact that .au is one of only two top-level domains disambiguated in this manner, I'd like to point out that I could just as easily argue that Georgia (U.S. state) is mistitled based solely on Template:United States—perhaps more persuasively, as it's the only disambiguated state article, whereas there are two exceptions in your example. Obviously, neither argument carries much weight. ADH (t&m) 22:04, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
Support. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 22:00, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Support - consistency wins here. Also, the audio file extension is simply "au", without the separator. -- Netoholic @ 22:03, 2005 Feb 8 (UTC)
Support - makes a lot of sense. Longhair 00:01, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Support, echoing Netoholic. Rd232 00:02, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Support, the disambiguation notice (which could also be added to .so) suffices to dispel any possible confusion. — Ливай | ☺ 00:56, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Support. --Evil Monkey∴Hello 22:02, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
Support, what's the value in redirected ".au" to ".au (domain name)"? Nothing. Cburnett 07:31, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

.oz[edit]

what about .oz in future? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.81.170 (talk) 03:23, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It would appear that .oz continues to exist as an OpenNIC TLD. See also http://wiki.opennicproject.org/OpenNICNamespaces . They document it as:

dot OZ is the TLD (Top Level Domain) custom made for Australians, but still available to everyone. dot OZ is targeted to those who may want a domain with the cultural association with Australia, but without the requirements of .com.au, net.au or org.au registrations.

What would be an appropriate way to include this information in Wikipedia? It's not part of the .au TLD, but it is a current TLD for Australians designed to take the place of the one that was migrated to .oz.au. Shamino (talk) 02:11, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dead link[edit]

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!

http://www.aucd.org.au/resources/communitywebsites/
- In .au on 2011-05-20 21:41:16, 404 Not Found
- In .au on 2011-05-31 13:14:07, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 13:14, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dead link 2[edit]

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!

http://www.aucd.org.au/resources/bushfirecomms/
- In .au on 2011-05-20 21:41:16, 404 Not Found
- In .au on 2011-05-31 13:14:15, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 13:14, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dead link 3[edit]

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!

http://www.aucd.org.au/resources/comingsoon/
- In .au on 2011-05-20 21:41:16, 404 Not Found
- In .au on 2011-05-31 13:14:26, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 13:14, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment[edit]

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:.au/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

B class -- appears to cover the topic. needs to improve sourcing and a lead Gnan garra 00:52, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 00:52, 15 March 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 05:42, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Remove 3 names of businesses that were the first to get certification[edit]

There is no need for those 3 business to be named in the article. It add nothing to the quality of the content and the link seems to be doe to get higher SEO. (who cares if they were the first to be certified, as all business must now be certified). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.47.158.38 (talk) 06:16, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]