[WikiEN-l] Re: www.wikipedia.org no longer redirects to the en main page

Sun Jan 9 22:23:11 UTC 2005

csherlock at ljh.com.au wrote:
> .org is a US domain, a country that speaks primarily English. Those who 
> visit it are reasonably expected to speak English.

No, it's really not. All countries, including the US, have their own 
top-level domain reflective of their name and/or country code (the US, 
unsurprisingly, is .us). The others, including .net, .org, .com, and 
newer ones like .info and .biz, are not associated with any particular 
nation or language. They're intended for certain classes of 
organizations, but even this is rarely *enforced*, with a couple exceptions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_TLDs