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IMPORTANT: newsgroup hierarchy naming
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Fri, 2 Oct 1998 02:08:49 GMT
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It seems there are subtle issues with the current naming scheme for
groups... Some people using advanced filtering/integration software
and/or special gateways are running into problems because the groups don't
all exist under a single hierarchy (i.e., "lugnet.*").
I want to gather opinions on how usable the current hierarchy might still
be if "lugnet." were prepended to all group names (except of course the
ones that already say "lugnet." at the front.) Here are some samples of
the way things might look under that sort of renaming:
lugnet.admin.database
lugnet.admin.statistics
lugnet.announce
lugnet.build.cad
lugnet.build.publish
lugnet.build.robotics
lugnet.build.storage
lugnet.build.trains
lugnet.dear-lego
lugnet.fan.starwars
lugnet.general
lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos
lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp
lugnet.market.auction
lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade
lugnet.off-topic.debate
lugnet.off-topic.fun
lugnet.reviews
lugnet.test
This looks really cluttersome to me, but if issues with the current naming
are already popping up, I wonder what sort of problems might pop up 2 or 6
months down the road...?
--Todd
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: IMPORTANT: newsgroup hierarchy naming
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| (...) Another possibility is to do the above but also remove the ".build." from the names (to keep them simpler), and make "build.general" into "lugnet.build": lugnet.admin.database lugnet.admin.general lugnet.admin.statistics lugnet.announce (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: IMPORTANT: newsgroup hierarchy naming
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| (...) Think of it this way - having lugnet prepended to every newsgroup is a blessing in disguise in terms of clarity. For one thing, it makes VERY clear where to find the newsgroups. Cross-talk about lugnet on r.t.l is going to occur, and I feel (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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