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Re: Newsgroup structure: some tough decisions
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:49:31 GMT
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Todd:
> * Add new group lugnet.rant or lugnet.lego.rant? Why or why not?
> * Add new group lugnet.rave or lugnet.lego.rave? Why or why not?
Why not.
> * Add new group lugnet.debate? Why or why not?
Probably a good idea. Your arguments for it make sense.
> * Delete lugnet.market.auction and lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade and replace
> these with lugnet.market.forsale, lugnet.market.wanted, and lugnet.market
> .swap? Why or why not?
I don't really read the market groups, but if it makes it
easier to get people to keep market posts in the market
groups, them I am all for the change.
> * How much and what type of flogging would you like to see in .loc groups?
> None? Some? Anything goes? Only certain types? Why or why not?
I consider reporting _local_ possibilities of good deals
reasonable. Offers that include sending goods by mail can
hardly be considered local.
> * Axe regional subgroups of lugnet.loc.xx and field requests for new
> subgroups on a country-by-country basis -- let them grow organically?
> Why or why not?
I find it very annoying when people mix linguistics and
geography. There is no one-to-one mapping between languages
and geographical areas!
On the other hand I generally support local autonomy.
> * Move lugnet.trains.org to lugnet.org.train/ltc/etc., and move
> lugnet.castle.org to lugnet.org.castle, and move lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
> to lugnet.org.cad.ldraw (or something)? Why or why not?
I find it somewhat confusing where organisations belong in
the newsgroup hierarchy. Every LEGO club can basically be
considered a node somewhere in _two_ hierarchies; location
and topic.
I don't know a sensible way to map two orthogonal
hierarchies into one.
> I *especially* would like to hear your opinions if you haven't weighed in on
> any of these issues before.
Then you can ignore everything written above. ;-)
Play well,
Jacob
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http://hugin.ldraw.org/CityXers/
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| I'd like to kick off a discussion about the current state of the newsgroup structure here -- missing groups, unnecessary, groups, annoyingly or confusingly named groups, etc. The goal of this discussion is to come away with a list of practical (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate) !!
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