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Re: Triangle folks
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 28 Mar 1999 22:31:27 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, ffilz@mindspring.com (Frank Filz) writes:
> Oh well. For the Triangle, using .rtp or .rdu would work well (RTP is
> the Research Triangle Park, located primarily in Durham, but stretching
> into Raleigh and Cary, RDU is the airport), and leave .tri for the
> Triad.
Isn't .tri likely to be misread as the Triangle (even with .rtp present)?
Does the Triad have any other names?
> Either case is of interest (though the people who can't chose between 2
> cities, might be best of using both groups). Creating groups as needed
> is probably the best solution overall, but having statewide groups would
> give these people a place to talk until it becomes obvious that a new
> group is needed.
I'm starting really to lean toward this (creating statewide groups) for the
reasons you've outlined in this thread and also for consistency reasons in
the new website reorg. My only concern is complaints that I can't as-yet
anticipate or predict. (I guess that's good.) Overall, I think there have
been 5 or 6 requests for state-wide groups (Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina,
and perhaps California and New York) with no stated worries (pun intended :)
of the new group being too much to keep track of, since people generally
seem to want the statewide groups as an alternative to where they currently
post, rather than in addition.
> The only minor problem is when they all get trickle used (which is what
> is happening in the NC groups).
Yeah, that's a problem. But the loc groups have been very poorly
"advertised" since the system's inception. I've learned recently of several
people who have been using the system for a long time and who didn't even
know about the loc groups.
The loc groups will soon be featured much more prominently, which will
hopefully greatly reduce the trickle-problem. A lot of the trickles, BTW,
seem to be "hey, anyone else here?" posts -- I'm glad those stay around
forever because someone just joining on now in March '99 can see one of
those posts from someone who joined on in October '98 and posted that.
--Todd
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| Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) This is one of the best features of Lugnet. You have made a clear commitment to Lugnet not just being a gathering place, but also being a repository of information. Frank (27 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) The Triangle refers to the area including Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill (the traditional 3 cities), Cary, Apex, Hillsborough, Garner, and a bunch of other towns. The Triad refers to the area including Winston Salem, Greensboro, Burlington, etc. (...) (27 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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