Lesson plan

.nyc

.nyc is a top level domain (TLD) for New York City. It was delegated to the root zone by ICANN on March 20, 2014. In May 2018, the .nyc registry updated its WHOIS access policy to protect personally identifiable information of domain registrants. Under the new policy, personally identifiable information is no longer publicly available through an initial WHOIS search.

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Article summary

.nyc is a top level domain (TLD) for New York City. It was delegated to the root zone by ICANN on March 20, 2014. In May 2018, the .nyc registry updated its WHOIS access policy to protect personally identifiable information of domain registrants. Under the new policy, personally identifiable information is no longer publicly available through an initial WHOIS search.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1997 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1997". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1294700769

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.