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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 16:07:51 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman writes:
> So, speak your opinions on these:
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> * 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?
I'm for both of these groups (ie, lugnet.rant and lugnet.rave). I think that
your reasons for wanting them are valid.
> * Add new group lugnet.debate? Why or why not?
Hmm. I'll be honest- I would rather see debates about Bionicle take place in
the Bionicle newsgroup, than a general lugnet.ON-topic.debate type group.
> * 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?
Oh, dear god, please no.
I like having auctions seperated from sales. I generally detest auctions, on
eBay or otherwise, and like not having to wade through the auction posts to
find the sales. PLEASE keep them seperate. Please!
> * 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 would really like to see any kind of "for sale" or "for auction" posts
limited to the .market hierarchy. I think that if, indeed, people in the UK or
in Italy want a local market group, it should be lugnet.market.loc.uk or
lugnet.market.loc.it. Yes, I am aware that this is a target for trigger-happy
market posters. However, this is one of the risks that I think comes with
wanting that group.
And I think the benefit of being able to make the blanket statement "no
marketplace activity should take place outside the lugnet.market.* hierarchy"
will far outweigh the negatives.
> * 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 would say let them grow organically, but not axe the sub-region groups.
Beleive it or not, I once found the fact that there was a lugnet.loc.* group
for Bologna, Italy to be incredibly useful. The US is a big place, but so are
other countries, especially when you're asking for something very specific.
> * 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 agree with this, it causes the groups for those orgs to fall into the
intuitive place for them- the lugnet.org.* hierarchy. Having them outside
weakens the hierarchy.
eric
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| (...) Me too -- they belong right alongside regular Bionicle discussions, IMHO. The funny thing is, they belong more in a lugnet.debate than they do in lugnet.off-topic.debate. I haven't been successful yet (ever) at getting people not to have LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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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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