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.scot

.scot is a GeoTLD for Scotland and Scottish culture, including the Gaelic and Scots languages. Originally, .sco was proposed in a campaign. In 2008 dotCYMRU, dotEUS, dotSCOT and dotBZH formed ECLID . Later it was decided to allow newly proposed top-level domains for introduction some time in 2013, and a list of applications for these was published in June 2012; the domain .scot was included. On 27 January 2014, dotScot Registry, a not-for-profit organisation established in 2009, announced that it had agreed terms to operate the .scot domain name, with plans to get it up and running later in summer of 2014. On 15 July 2014, .scot was officially launched. The first .scot domain name to go live was calico.scot, registered by hosting company Calico Internet Ltd. On 17 February 2015, the Scottish Government migrated its website from Scotland.gov.uk to gov.scot. Likewise, the Scottish Parliament moved from Scottish.parliament.uk to parliament.scot in May 2016, to coincide with the 2016 elections. The 2017 Global Amendment to the base New GeoTLD Registry Agreement is effective as of 31 July 2017. On 3 May 2018 the dotScot Registry lifted registration restrictions on locality domains (based on towns, etc.) and other premium names.

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.scot is a GeoTLD for Scotland and Scottish culture, including the Gaelic and Scots languages. Originally, .sco was proposed in a campaign. In 2008 dotCYMRU, dotEUS, dotSCOT and dotBZH formed ECLID . Later it was decided to allow newly proposed top-level domains for introduction some time in 2013, and a list of applications for these was published in June 2012; the domain .scot was included. On 27 January 2014, dotScot Registry, a not-for-profit organisation established in 2009, announced that it had agreed terms to operate the .scot domain name, with plans to get it up and running later in summer of 2014. On 15 July 2014, .scot was officially launched. The first .scot domain name to go live was calico.scot, registered by hosting company Calico Internet Ltd. On 17 February 2015, the Scottish Government migrated its website from Scotland.gov.uk to gov.scot. Likewise, the Scottish Parliament moved from Scottish.parliament.uk to parliament.scot in May 2016, to coincide with the 2016 elections. The 2017 Global Amendment to the base New GeoTLD Registry Agreement is effective as of 31 July 2017. On 3 May 2018 the dotScot Registry lifted registration restrictions on locality domains (based on towns, etc.) and other premium names.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 2012 — 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 establishment is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "2012". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. 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=1362422103

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