Editing .sl

{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for Sierra Leone}}
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{{Infobox Top level domain|
name=.sl|
background=#CCF|
image=DotSL domain logo (custom).svg|
introduced=9 May 1997|
type=[[Country code top-level domain]]|
status=Active|
registry=[[AFCOM SL]]|
sponsor=[[Sierratel]]|
intendeduse=Entities connected with {{flag|Sierra Leone}}|
actualuse=Not very much used|
restrictions=Registry reserves the right to screen and reject applications|
structure=Registrations permitted at second level|
document=|
disputepolicy=[[UDRP]]|
website=[http://www.nic.sl/domain/ www.nic.sl]|}}

'''.sl''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[Country code top-level domains|ccTLD]]) for [[Sierra Leone]].

== Request for use by Somaliland ==
In 2020, the Minister of Telecommunication and Technology of the unrecognized state of [[Somaliland]] asked Sierra Leone's [[Ministry of Information and Communication (Sierra Leone)|Ministry of Information and Communication]] if they would be willing to share the use of the ccTLD with Somaliland. It is not clear if any response was received.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-01-19 |title=Minister of Telecommunication and Technology Asked Sierra Leone for ICT Help and Permission to Use {{as written|i|t's [sic]}} .sl Top Level Domain |url=https://somalilandchronicle.com/2021/01/19/minister-of-telecommunication-and-technology-asked-sierra-leone-for-ict-help-and-permission-to-use-its-sl-top-level-domain/ |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Somaliland Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>

== Second-level domains ==
* '''.sl''': General (may be registered by anyone)
* '''.com.sl''': Commercial entities, e.g. companies
* '''.net.sl''': Commercial entities with relation to networking (such as [[ISP]]s, cable companies etc.)
* '''.org.sl''': Charities and non-profit organisations
* '''.edu.sl''': Educational institutions registered in Sierra Leone
* '''.gov.sl''': State and local government entities (requires authorization letter from the local Minister of Information Office)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/sl.html IANA .sl whois information]
* [http://www.nic.sl/domain/ Official .sl domain registration website]

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[[Category:Country code top-level domains]]
[[Category:Communications in Sierra Leone]]

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