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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 20:50:50 GMT
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> writes:
> Todd Lehman wrote:
> > I'm entertaining the idea that ".loc" could be removed from all such
> > newsgroup names. In other words, "What If?"
> >
> > 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
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> Some disadvantages:
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> - On browsers which present the newsgroup list as a hierarchical tree,
> it's nice to just skip the whole .loc hierarchy
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> - An alpha sort of the newsgroups won't keep the loc groups together
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> In fact, I've actually been bemoaning that the theme groups aren't under
> lugnet.theme.xyz.
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 organizations.
--Bill.
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William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
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