Talk:Country code second-level domain

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I suspect this term is a WP manufacture, as most people on the web seem to copy the definition from here as well.

Consider for example: A ccTLD is:

US

i.e. a country code in the highest level. Logically, a country code second-level domain would be a country code at the second level:

US.COM

but not

COM.US

which is simply a second-level US domain. Indeed there are sites that exactly display a table of country codes underneath another toplevel domain, but copy the WP definition as the heading. See: http://www.hitsol.net/domains/country-code-second-level-domain-ccsld, where the definitions of table header and table entries conflict.

This article needs reliable references that are older than this article itself. It may be observed that WP editors do manufacture terms that get a life on their own because of WP's draw of popular attention. Kbrose (talk) 17:29, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Does this article add any value? Merge with main CCTLD page?

Given that this article doesn't have much content, is there really any value in having it here? Could this instead be a section of the larger Country code top-level domain article that mentions that some CCTLDs might set up classes of second-level domains? It seems like that might be a better use than just having this small bit of text here. Thoughts? comments? - Dyork (talk) 01:01, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The older format of second levels used to follow the .UK version (.co.tld, .net.tld etc) or the legacy gTLDs (.com.tld .net.tld etc). Some, in the days before search engines decided to integrate the states or localities as second or third levels (.US, .BR, .PL, .RU from memory). Some of the newer ccTLDs introduced additional second levels. It is an important topic but it needs a bit of work. Jmccormac (talk) 06:53, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]