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The principle is good but people are criticising the implementation; arbitrary strings in a flat namespace is messy and confusing.

Domain names have already established general rules and procedures for this event and basing the team-names on subdomains would have been cleaner and saner than trying to reinvent the wheel with blacklists and human reviewers.

Who gets ford as a team-name, Ford Aviation a small charter operator in the UK or Ford Motors? Domain registration has already resolved that one.




How? Domain name squatters do exist. And domain names can change ownership.




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