Geoff wrote:
> I have not discussed this with Michael yet, but I too am
> willing to put the second level domains I look after
> through Michael's process as well, and add a number of
> registrars into these domain as well.

Geoff,

Are you sure this is worth the effort?

To a large extent the development and enforcement of good
naming policies for .edu.au and the like has rested with
your subjective assessment of each application against the
broad policies for each domain.  This has allowed the
rejection of names simply because they are "bad" for the
structure of the DNS or are plain silly names.

Documenting these subjective criteria into bullet-proof
objective criteria would possibly be more painful than the
continued operation of the current system.

You only have to compare the utility of names in .net.au and
.com.au with those in .edu.au and .gov.au to find that
subjective assessment by a cluefull individual has been
superior to the objective criteria used in the commercial
domains.

If it's a question of workload, then perhaps nominating a
co-registrar with more spare time is appropiate?

It seems a shame to let the commercial-domain diseases
spread to other domains.

Cheers,
glen

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