.cymru

Internet top-level domain for Wales .cymru File:Logo Ein Cartref Ar-lein.svg 31 July 2014 GeoTLD Available and active as of September 2014http://ourhomeonline.org.uk/news/welsh-government-switches-its-internet-address-cymru-and-wales Welsh government switches its internet address to .cymru and .wales ourhomeonline.org.uk Nominet UK Entities connected with Wales and the Welsh language Used in Wales, often when the primary or content language is Welsh, such as www.s4c.cymru Unknown Nominet: Cymru - Wales and Our Home Online (Domain for Wales) Policies UDRP Yes .cymru is one of two geographic top level domains (GeoTLD) for Wales (the other being .wales). The word cy Cymru means Wales in Welsh. Proposal and use The TLD was proposed by the British internet registry company Nominet, which has run the domain for the UK (.uk) since 1996.http://ourhomeonline.org.uk/about-us About us ourhomeonline.org.uk Nominet UK https://web.archive.org/web/20140529105329/http://ourhomeonline.org.uk/about-us 2014-05-29 dead 2014-05-27 The proposal initially ran into conflict with .cym, proposed by the Wales-based, not-for-profit dotCYM organisation, which advocates for the Welsh language and culture.http://www.dotcym.org/ Campaigning for a Welsh cultural and linguistic domain dotcym.org https://web.archive.org/web/20060619052038/http://www.dotcym.org/ 2006-06-19 dead 2011-08-05 http://www.clickonwales.org/2011/10/cymru-and-the-haka/ Cymru and the Haka clickonwales.org https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030054/http://www.clickonwales.org/2011/10/cymru-and-the-haka/ 2016-03-04 Siôn Jobbins 27 October 2011 (.cym was ultimately assigned to the Cayman Islands.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-11683239 Wales loses to Cayman Islands in battle for .cym domain bbc.co.uk BBC 2010-11-04 2010-12-07) In June 2014, final go-ahead for the domains was granted by ICANN, and a phased launch of the new domains began.http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/how-cymru-and-wales-will-work-rules-and-processes-published-today How .cymru and .wales will work - rules and processes published today nominet.org.uk Nominet UK http://ourhomeonline.org.uk/timeline-of-availability Get Your Domain ourhomeonline.org.uk Nominet UK Initially, the new domains were available to trademark holders, with full availability originally planned for the spring of 2015. On 30 September 2014, the Llywydd of the Senedd officially moved Senedd websites and other sites to new ".cymru" and ".wales" domains which are geographic top-level domains specific to Wales. Wales Online, Daily Post, the Welsh Rugby Union, the Millennium Stadium, Golwg360, Bloc, Gwalia, Atlantic PLC, Orchard and Portmeirion were among others who also switched over to the domains.2014-09-30 First .cymru and .wales websites go live in digital milestone for Wales https://www.nominet.uk/first-cymru-and-wales-websites-go-live-in-digital-milestone-for-wales/ Nominet.uk en-GB Nominet UK 2022-02-03 These became available to all on St David's Day 2015.2014-06-23 New domain names set to 'sell' Wales to the world en-GB bbc.com BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-27976393 2022-02-03 See also .scot .bzh .cat .eus .gal .quebec References External links Cymru - Wales (in English) at Nominet.uk Our Home Online (Domain for Wales) (in English and Welsh) at eincartrefarlein.cymru https://www.eclid.eu/?lang=en The European Cultural and Linguistic Domains Network eclid.eu usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20161225215401/http://www.eclid.eu/index.php?lang=en 2016-12-25 Cymru Cymru Category:Internet properties established in 2015 Category:2015 establishments in Wales