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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 16:32:09 GMT
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> There was a thread a couple months ago about possibly reorganizing the
> .market area. I really was serious about that and feel we need to attack
> this again. My current thoughts are along the lines of blowing away the
> two groups .market.auction and .market.buy-sell-trade, and creating in
> their place the three groups .market.forsale, .market.wanted, and
> .market.swap.
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> I'd also like to modify the Terms of Use Agreement (specifically in the
> Discussion Group Terms and Conditions area) to be much more clear on • flogs.
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> If we can rearrange the .market area so as to render the issue of "what is
> and is not an auction?" a moot issue, all we have to do is define "what is
> and is not a flog?" and define where it is and isn't appropriate.
OK, this isn't an answer to one of your specific questions, but I will
comment
about these ideas anyway.
I see no need to separate .forsale from .swap. Everything I have forsale is
also available for swap and vice versa. Actually, the same applies to
.wanted
and .swap (everything I want I'm willing to swap for). I recommend against
dividing these 3 groups since the overlap is high and the rules will be
complex.
I hate to get dozens of auction and sale UPDATES. I would recommend leaving
.auctions as a friendly place to post auction updates--I would allow initial
posts
about auctions in .buy-sell-trade (or the newer .forsale-wanted-swap). I
would
also make recommendations/guidelines/restrictions against repeated sale
posts
in .buy-sell-trade.
I would like to see the TOS relaxed in some discussion groups with respect
to
sales. For example, belville and train parts are rarely available for sale
or trade
so fans of those parts might not watch .buy-sale-trade (or whatever). I
think
each group should make its own rules about whether flogs should be allowed
and under what circumstances.
Thanks for asking, Dwayne
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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 (...) (24 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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