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Sproaticus skrev i meddelandet <372473FF.4BCB8A59@geocities.com>...
> Todd Lehman wrote:
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> > 2. Should discussion be allowed or prevented in these groups? • That is,
> > should follow-ups to postings be directed to a different group, • namely
> > either lugnet.cad or lugnet.cad.dev? (See
> > http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.cad.dev:1343
> > for reasons in support of allowing discussion in the groups.)
>
> No, separate the discussions from these groups. It's extremely • frustrating
> to find source when it's scattered amongst ten times more messages
> discussing it, discussing realted threads, discussing off-topic • threads,
> flaming, etc. If the followup-to were enforced, it'd be easier to • find the
> discussions related to the models, even if they were in a separate • ng.
>
OTOH, it would be easier to follow the discussion, if the model _and_
discussion is in the same group.
I find it (mildly put) a bit irritating reading lugnet.cad, and
finding a post of the type 'Re: <some model>', but with no reference
to the cad.dat posting. Then I have to jump to cad.dat and try to find
the model, to see what everyone is talking about. In fact all types of
'follow-ups to <some other group>' confuses any reader (human) that is
not subscribing to the originating newsgroup.
I see a newsgroup as a _discussion_ forum, not a model repository,
that should be taken care of in some other way.
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
Gallery: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/gallery.htm
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| (...) Just as a side note, when I encounter the same situation, I just press "^" to see the original article, even if it is in a different newsgroup. Some readers (software) may not support this feature, which probably makes this practice annoying, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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| (...) Yup, I think that's the right idea*. Models can be posted to the groups and links can be made from outside the groups into the data inside the groups, and that's how the true repository can be built. At first glance, that sounds kind of gross, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I'm inclined to say so, esp. since so much has been posted to this sub-tree already. (...) No, separate the discussions from these groups. It's extremely frustrating to find source when it's scattered amongst ten times more messages discussing (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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