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Re: newsgroup name for ldraw.org
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 14 Apr 1999 05:01:57 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Todd Lehman writes:
> In any case, if there were some inverse mapping of Internet domains, here's
> how they would sort alphabetically in the *.org.* area...
> lugnet.org.baylug
> lugnet.org.gmltc
> lugnet.org.ldraw
> lugnet.org.pnltc
> Notice that .gmltc and .pnltc -- very similar in nature -- are separated by
> something completely unrelated to them. What will this linear list look
> like in 3-10 years when there are 15 or 50 other domains?
Arg. Good point.
> It does have one really nice advantage, though -- the names are all fairly
> short. In my mind, though, that's outweighed by all the other
> disadvantages. In particular, I really like the thought of a special group
> lugnet.trains.org for people to help plan and talk about how to set up more
> clubs like PNLTC and GMLTC. This is forward-expandable to
> lugnet.trains.org.pnltc and lugnet.trains.org.gmltc if those clubs ever
> decided that they wanted discussion areas or mailing lists.
Why the .org. then? Why not lugnet.trains.pnltc and lugnet.trains.gmltc ?
The name is shorter and easier to remember. They are separated from the
lugnet.trains group, yet they're still associated with it.
> So -- are there any objections to this ng name--?
> lugnet.cad.org.ldraw
Yes, see my objection to .org. above.
> This would have one associated web page,
> http://www.lugnet.com/cad/org/ldraw/
> Which would contain a link to www.ldraw.org and contain the web interface to
> the newsgroup articles for the group, and the hierarchy labels at the top of
> the page would read:
> CAD / Organizations / LDraw /
A very good point in favor of keeping the .org. level. Hmmm, it seems to me
to be a tradeoff between fewer keystrokes and ease of recall, and a more
discrete organization. Tough call.
...Which is why I don't manage portal sites! :-,
Cheers,
- jsproat
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 | | Re: newsgroup name for ldraw.org
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| (...) Well, at the risk of sounding like I'm repeating myself, I really like the thought of a special group lugnet.trains.org for people to help plan and talk about how to set up more clubs like PNLTC and GMLTC. The .org. node is forward-expandable (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: newsgroup name for ldraw.org
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| At 09:35 AM 4/14/99 +0000, Todd Lehman wrote: 8< [...] The mother of all snippage. (...) I like this idea for the heirarchy. However, my choice for group name is *.org.ldraw Whether just cad. or cad.dev. goes before it. But it is good tucked away (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: newsgroup name for ldraw.org
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| (...) Hmm...that has the advantage of being able to rapidly find and scan through all of the associated *.org sites, and a nice clean organization, but it has the disadvantage of the groups being separated from their most logical positions in the ng (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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