Nominet - Pre-2012 News?

[Alien]

http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/pre-2012-news

Pre-2012 News

All news articles published on the Nominet website before 2012 are available on request from [email protected].

How do I know what I want to request if I can't even see the titles/what's available, etc?

How about listing them or putting the news archives back up to read, it can't be too hard surely?

 

[stevebrowne]

?? How bizarre! I think a request for all is in order.

Why are they removing them? Timing seems a bit odd considering the furore over .uk ...

 

[Paullas]

http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/pre-2012-news



How do I know what I want to request if I can't even see the titles/what's available, etc?

How about listing them or putting the news archives back up to read, it can't be too hard surely?

Just put my request in for them all

 

[Edwin]

2011 news: http://web.archive.org/web/20120716155222/http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/2011/
2010 news: http://web.archive.org/web/20120712014720/http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/2010/
2009 news: http://web.archive.org/web/20120716152125/http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/2009/
2008 news: http://web.archive.org/web/20120716152625/http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/2008/

Earlier periods are similarly available by starting from http://web.archive.org/web/20120730212650/http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/ for example, and using the navigation.

Not sure every single news item is archived, but at least you can see the broad strokes of everything that Nominet's squirrelled away.

 

[Retired_member41]

Probably writing to the archive with a threatening letter to take it off lol

 

[Alien]

Thanks all!

Anyone know why it's been removed?

 

[Edwin]

Thanks all!

Anyone know why it's been removed?

Everything that had any remote relevance to the "pre direct.uk days" was removed from Nominet's website on October 1 (the day of the direct.uk consultation) in what they insist is a complete coincidence, nothing whatsoever to do with the consultation at all, honest guv, etc.

In total, over 2,000 pdf documents disappeared (PAB minutes, records of past Board meetings, etc.) plus many thousands of HTML pages as well.

Nominet claim the new site is easier to navigate and more streamlined (probably true, but only because they've thrown most of the old site away).

 

[Alien]

Just been reading this: http://www.lindsays.co.uk/news-and-...ges-to-ex-director-of-not-for-profit-nominet/

The Telegraph reported that Nominet had spent several times more than the award of compensation in legal fees to defend the claim. If this information is accurate, the claim will have cost Nominet over £300,000 - a cost that most non-for-profit organisations would struggle to pay. - Source

:shock: :shock:

 

[Nigel]

Just been reading this: http://www.lindsays.co.uk/news-and-...ges-to-ex-director-of-not-for-profit-nominet/

:shock: :shock:

Don't worry alien - nominet have got loads of money to spend on 'good causes'.

 

[Systreg]

The bit on lindsays.co.uk that stands out to me is:

The Tribunal has jurisdiction to award aggravated damages when the Respondent has aggravated the claimant's injury by acting in a “high-handed, malicious, insulting or oppressive manner”.

So there you go, Nominet are officially high handed, malicious, insulting and oppressive, who would have thought that eh

I'll throw the term "scammers" in there as well, as what they're doing with direct.uk is scamming everyone. Let me not forget what a bunch of conniving liars the board is made up of, what a great bunch or people to have running Nominet, maybe they should all go in to politics, they're perfectly suited to it.