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'''.wtf''' is a [[generic top-level domain]] (gTLD) run by [[Donuts (company)|Donuts]], a gTLD [[Domain name registry|registry]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://donuts.domains/great-domains/fun-domains/ |title=Donuts and Domain Names : Donuts Inc. |access-date=2020-01-23 |archive-date=2020-08-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200811181457/https://donuts.domains/great-domains/fun-domains/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is derived from "[[WTF (Internet slang)|WTF]]",<ref name= "Singel"/> an online acronym for "what the fuck?".<ref name="OED">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/224918#eid140328014|encyclopedia=[[Oxford English Dictionary]]| title=WTF|date=March 2021| orig-date=entry added March 2009| quote='''WTF''' ''int.'' (also '''w.t.f., W.T.F., wtf''') (esp. in the language of electronic communications) ‘what the fuck?’; used to express incredulity or annoyance.| access-date=2021-05-29|url-status= live|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210530035413/https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/224918#eid140328014|archive-date=2021-05-30}}</ref>
'''.wtf''' is a [[generic top-level domain]] (gTLD) run by [[Donuts (company)|Donuts]], a gTLD [[Domain name registry|registry]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://donuts.domains/great-domains/fun-domains/ |title=Donuts and Domain Names : Donuts Inc. |access-date=2020-01-23 |archive-date=2020-08-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200811181457/https://donuts.domains/great-domains/fun-domains/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is derived from "[[WTF (Internet slang)|WTF]]",<ref name= "Singel"/> an online acronym for "what the fuck?".<ref name="OED">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/224918#eid140328014|encyclopedia=[[Oxford English Dictionary]]| title=WTF|date=March 2021| orig-date=entry added March 2009| quote='''WTF''' ''int.'' (also '''w.t.f., W.T.F., wtf''') (esp. in the language of electronic communications) ‘what the fuck?’; used to express incredulity or annoyance.| access-date=2021-05-29|url-status= live|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210530035413/https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/224918#eid140328014|archive-date=2021-05-30}}</ref>


In June 2012, [[Ryan Singel]] of [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'']] predicted no one would ever set up the .wtf domain,<ref name="Singel">{{Cite magazine| url= https://www.wired.com/2012/06/domain-names-that-should-exist/| title=.WTF? — 20 New Top-Level Domain Names That Should Exist, But Never Will| magazine=Wired|last=Singel|first=Ryan|author-link=Ryan Singel|date=2012-06-14|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29| archive-url= https://archive.today/20150204171148/http://www.wired.com/2012/06/domain-names-that-should-exist/|archive-date=2015-02-04}}</ref> but later that month an application for the domain was submitted to [[ICANN]],<ref name= "Bosch"/> and although in August 2012 the [[Saudi Arabia]]n government objected to .wtf and 30 other newly proposed [[top-level domain]]s such as .gay, .bible and .islam,<ref name= "Bosch">{{Cite web| url= http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/16/icann_top_level_domain_applications_saudi_arabia_apparently_objects_to_catholic_gay_bible_.html?from=rss/&wpisrc=newsletter_slatest|title=Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains |website= Slate|date=2012-08-06| last=Bosch|first=Torie|access-date= 2021-05-29|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-03-22|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200322155506/https://slate.com/technology/2012/08/icann-top-level-domain-applications-saudi-arabia-apparently-objects-to-catholic-gay-bible.html}}</ref><ref name="Kelly">{{Cite web| url= http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/14/tech/web/saudi-arabia-icann-disputes/index.html| title=Saudi Arabia objects to .gay and .islam domain names| website=CNN|date=2015-08-15|last=Kelly|first=Heather|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210530025458/https://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/14/tech/web/saudi-arabia-icann-disputes/index.html|archive-date=2021-05-30}}</ref> ICANN approved .wtf on 23 April 2014.<ref name="icann">{{cite web|url=https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings|title=Delegated Strings: New ICANN gTLDs|website=[[ICANN]]|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210530030534/https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings|archive-date=2021-05-30}}</ref> Google indexed about 4,350,000 webpages with the .wtf domain.
In June 2012, [[Ryan Singel]] of [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'']] predicted no one would ever set up the .wtf domain,<ref name="Singel">{{Cite magazine| url= https://www.wired.com/2012/06/domain-names-that-should-exist/| title=.WTF? — 20 New Top-Level Domain Names That Should Exist, But Never Will| magazine=Wired|last=Singel|first=Ryan|author-link=Ryan Singel|date=2012-06-14|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29| archive-url= https://archive.today/20150204171148/http://www.wired.com/2012/06/domain-names-that-should-exist/|archive-date=2015-02-04}}</ref> but later that month an application for the domain was submitted to [[ICANN]],<ref name= "Bosch"/> and although in August 2012 the [[Saudi Arabia]]n government objected to .wtf and 30 other newly proposed [[top-level domain]]s such as .gay, .bible and .islam,<ref name= "Bosch">{{Cite web| url= http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/16/icann_top_level_domain_applications_saudi_arabia_apparently_objects_to_catholic_gay_bible_.html?from=rss/&wpisrc=newsletter_slatest|title=Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains |website= Slate|date=2012-08-06| last=Bosch|first=Torie|access-date= 2021-05-29|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-03-22|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200322155506/https://slate.com/technology/2012/08/icann-top-level-domain-applications-saudi-arabia-apparently-objects-to-catholic-gay-bible.html}}</ref><ref name="Kelly">{{Cite web| url= http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/14/tech/web/saudi-arabia-icann-disputes/index.html| title=Saudi Arabia objects to .gay and .islam domain names| website=CNN|date=2012-08-15|last=Kelly|first=Heather|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210530025458/https://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/14/tech/web/saudi-arabia-icann-disputes/index.html|archive-date=2021-05-30}}</ref> ICANN approved .wtf on 23 April 2014.<ref name="icann">{{cite web|url=https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings|title=Delegated Strings: New ICANN gTLDs|website=[[ICANN]]|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210530030534/https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings|archive-date=2021-05-30}}</ref> Google indexed about 4,350,000 webpages with the .wtf domain.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:05, 6 May 2024

.wtf
Introduced23 April 2014
TLD typeGeneric
StatusActive
RegistryDonuts
Registered domains~4,350,000 pages (February 2022)[1]
DNSSECYes

.wtf is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) run by Donuts, a gTLD registry.[2] It is derived from "WTF",[3] an online acronym for "what the fuck?".[4]

In June 2012, Ryan Singel of Wired predicted no one would ever set up the .wtf domain,[3] but later that month an application for the domain was submitted to ICANN,[5] and although in August 2012 the Saudi Arabian government objected to .wtf and 30 other newly proposed top-level domains such as .gay, .bible and .islam,[5][6] ICANN approved .wtf on 23 April 2014.[7] Google indexed about 4,350,000 webpages with the .wtf domain.

References

  1. ^ "site:.wtf". Google Search. Archived from the original on 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  2. ^ "Donuts and Domain Names : Donuts Inc". Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  3. ^ a b Singel, Ryan (2012-06-14). ".WTF? — 20 New Top-Level Domain Names That Should Exist, But Never Will". Wired. Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  4. ^ "WTF". Oxford English Dictionary. March 2021 [entry added March 2009]. Archived from the original on 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2021-05-29. WTF int. (also w.t.f., W.T.F., wtf) (esp. in the language of electronic communications) 'what the fuck?'; used to express incredulity or annoyance.
  5. ^ a b Bosch, Torie (2012-08-06). "Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains". Slate. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  6. ^ Kelly, Heather (2012-08-15). "Saudi Arabia objects to .gay and .islam domain names". CNN. Archived from the original on 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  7. ^ "Delegated Strings: New ICANN gTLDs". ICANN. Archived from the original on 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
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