In this case, why not just remove the nameservers? It can't possibly
matter that myemployer-sucks.com shows up in the whois but doesn't go
anywhere.

In fact, many companies register such names to prevent others from using
them.

Hey, a revenue opportunity!
Deleting? You should be renewing these domains!!! :)


Dave Warren wrote:
> 
> > There are lots of good reasons a registrant may want to cut a domain name
> > loose immediately (such as discovering it infringes the trademark of a
> > litigious company).  Granted, they can change the contact details to
> > something completely bogus, but that is technically not allowed (and may
> not
> > be sufficient).
> 
> Or discovering someone, as a joke, registered myemployer-sucks.com under my
> email address and contact information.  I just requested the password, it
> was emailed to me, and I changed the information to some bogus info right
> away, but not before my ass was kicked at work by management.
> 
> They have no interest in keeping the domain (It's actually a play on words,
> we already own the -sucks version of the name, and it was decided that
> keeping one play on words would be bad, if someone discovered it, they might
> think of other variations), and I was asked to delete it.  This was, of
> course, not possible.
> 
> There are situations where deletions have a certian use...
> 
> --
> The nice thing about standards, there is enough for everyone to have their own.

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