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Re: Newsgroup structure: some tough decisions
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:07:21 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> I'm entertaining the idea that ".loc" could be removed from all such
> newsgroup names. In other words, "What If?"
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> If we did that, we could have _very_ simple newsgroup names like:
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> lugnet.au
> lugnet.us
> lugnet.us.ma.bos
> lugnet.uk
Some disadvantages:
- On browsers which present the newsgroup list as a hierarchical tree,
it's nice to just skip the whole .loc hierarchy
- An alpha sort of the newsgroups won't keep the loc groups together
In fact, I've actually been bemoaning that the theme groups aren't under
lugnet.theme.xyz.
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) I agree. Keep the .loc prefix. But it might be a good idea to move all the regional "org" groups under .loc, so there's only one geographical hierarchy. And then the train.org can be org.train - the org section would only be for worldwide (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Newsgroup structure: some tough decisions
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| (...) Do you mean the kind of cross-org talk that happens in groups like lugnet.org and lugnet.org.xx, or the kind that happens when someone from one org posts in another org's group? I don't see a reason why lugnet.org couldn't and shouldn't still (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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