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Re: newsgroup name for ldraw.org
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lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:34:34 GMT
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At 09:35 AM 4/14/99 +0000, Todd Lehman wrote:

8< [...] The mother of all snippage.

> Here is, all things considered, maybe what'll work best:
> 
>   lugnet.cad                  CAD
>   lugnet.cad.dat.ideas        CAD / DAT Files / Ideas
>   lugnet.cad.dat.models       CAD / DAT Files / Models
>   lugnet.cad.dat.parts        CAD / DAT Files / Parts
>   lugnet.cad.dat.parts.prim   CAD / DAT Files / Parts / Primitives
>   lugnet.cad.dat.scenes       CAD / DAT Files / Scenes
>   lugnet.cad.dev              CAD / Development
>   lugnet.cad.dev.org          CAD / Development / ldraw.org
>   n/a                         CAD / LDraw
>   n/a                         CAD / LDraw / Parts
>   n/a                         CAD / LDraw / Tools
>   n/a                         CAD / Ray-Tracing
> 
> The last four are newsgroupless categories purely for organizing links on
> the website.  I'm sure at some point there would also be virtual categories
> for other software packages as they gain popularity and users and have more
> things to link to like galleries and stuff like that.
> 
> Anyway, in this final scenario, .cad.dev.org is the new group, tucked away
> under the protection of .cad.dev.  And this also makes semantic sense as the
> new group is a spinoff of .cad.dev and will have many of the same
> participants, although a smaller set.  In this scenario, .cad.dev would
> continue to be for development of CAD stuff (primarily LDraw) and
> .cad.dev.org would be for development of ldraw.org specific stuff (primarily
> the website).
> 
> Whew.  OK.  Well, I don't love this last scenario to death or anything but
> it seems practical.  Comments/opinions/criticisms?

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
under .dev.

And as Terry said, you *are* so thorough its scary... :D

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  New newsgroup lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
 
(...) All righty, here it is: CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw (group): Focused discussion group for the planning and development of the domain ldraw.org, its website, and related resources. TO SUBSCRIBE ===...=== To participate (...) (27 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: newsgroup name for ldraw.org
 
(...) Arg. Good point. (...) 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. (...) Yes, see (...) (27 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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