.pn
{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for the Pitcairn Islands}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
|name=.pn
|image=Dotpn.png
|introduced=10 July 1997
|type=Country code top-level domain
|status=Active
|registry=Pitcairn Island Administration
|sponsor=Pitcairn Island Administration
|intendeduse=Entities connected with Pitcairn Islands
|actualuse=Gets some use on the Pitcairn Islands; some use elsewhere as URL shortener or domain hack
|restrictions=None
|structure=Registrations are made directly at the second level; there are also some third-level registrations, such as under second-level categories like .gov.pn and personal sites under firstname.lastname.pn (similar to .name)
|document=[http://www.government.pn/PnRegistry/policies.htm .pn policies] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230204122616/https://www.government.pn/PnRegistry/policies.htm Archived]
|disputepolicy=UDRP
|website=[https://nic.pn/ Registry]
}}
.pn is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Pitcairn Islands.
Use
An official .pn domain costs $100 per year from the registry. There are relatively few sites using these domains, but examples include ESPN,{{cite web |url=http://es.pn/ |title= es.pn |work= ESPN }} Experian,http://ex.pn/security/. Experian. C-SPAN,{{Cite web |date=2023-01-15 |title=cs.pn |url=https://cs.pn/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404023111/https://cs.pn/ |archive-date=2022-04-04 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=cs.pn}} happn,https://gethap.pn. happn. and Groupon,{{cite web |url=http://gr.pn |title= gr.pn |work= Groupon }} each of whom use the domain for URL shortening services.
Subdomains under various two-letter .pn domains were offered as free redirections and as domain names by numerous providers. In August 2017, Free EU Hosting, one such provider, announced that due to reputation fears they will be discontinuing their popular eu.pn and me.pn subdomains and that they will eventually stop working, offering existing customers alternative subdomains.{{cite web|title=Latest News and Important Updates - All .eu.pn/.me.pn websites might stop working soon|url=https://www.freehostingeu.com/news-page.php|website=Free EU Hosting|access-date=18 November 2017|language=en|date=30 August 2017}}
The .pn domain is also used as part of a Lionsgate marketing campaign promoting the Hunger Games film series, presenting it as the "official" country code of the fictional nation of Panem,{{cite web |title= How The Hunger Games Marketing is Funding A Small Island Government |url=https://www.themarysue.com/hunger-games-marketing/ |first= Elizabeth |last= Giorgi |date= 17 January 2012 |work= Mary Sue }} with domains for the Capitol{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025083542/https://www.thecapitol.pn/ |archivedate= 25 October 2018 |url=http://thecapitol.pn |title= The Capitol |work= Hunger Games }} and the rebellion.{{cite web |url=http://revolution.pn |title= revolution.pn |work= The Hunger Games }}
Management
ICANN originally delegated the management of the domain to islander Tom Christian. In 2000, the government of Pitcairn Island wrote a letter to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority stating that Christian did not "adequately serve the interests of the country and community of Pitcairn Island" and requesting reassignment of the delegation of the top-level domain to the office of the governor of Pitcairn Island.{{cite web |url=https://archive.icann.org/en/general/pn-commissioner-request-08sep97.jpg |title= Letter to IANA |first= Leon H. |last= Salt |work= Government of Picairn Island }} The dispute was resolved when ICANN ruled that the domain would be re-delegated to the Pitcairn Island Council.{{cite web |title= Request of the Pitcairn Island Council for Redelegation of .pn Top-Level Domain |url=https://archive.icann.org/en/general/pn-report-11feb00.htm |date= 11 February 2000 |work= Internet Assigned Numbers Authority }}
Structure
The registrations are taken directly at the second level, and at third level under a number of reserved second level domains.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-15 |title=.pn Policies |url=https://www.government.pn/PnRegistry/policies.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223055043/https://www.government.pn/PnRegistry/policies.htm |archive-date=2022-12-23 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Pitcairn Island Domain Names}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ .pn second level domain names ! Top level domain name !! Intended purpose | |
| .co.pn | Commercial entities |
| .net.pn | Network-related entities |
| .org.pn | Non-commercial organisations |
| .edu.pn | Educational institutions |
| .gov.pn | Governmental entities |
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |last1=Steinberg |first1=Philip E. |last2=Mcdowell |first2=Stephen D. |title=Mutiny on the bandwidth: the semiotics of statehood in the internet domain name registries of Pitcairn Island and Niue |journal=New Media & Society |date=1 March 2003 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=47–67 |doi=10.1177/1461444803005001907 |s2cid=206725973 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444803005001907|url-access=subscription }}
External links
- [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/pn.html IANA .pn whois information]
- [https://www.government.pn/PnRegistry/ .pn domain registration website]
- [http://www.ac.pn ACADEMIC second level ac.pn domain registration website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226190501/http://www.ac.pn/ |date=26 December 2017 }}
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Category:Country code top-level domains
Category:Internet properties established in 1997
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