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Subject:	Re: How do we ask for a new newsgroup to be set up?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk
Date:	Mon, 30 Oct 2000 20:49:17 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes: > Yes. Well. In name only(?). The last time I can remember it mentioned, we > could not agreee on what "UK" meant. Lets work it out now then. Basically there were 2 options, basically whether to include Northern Ireland or not. I now agree that UKLUG should be the same area as lugnet.loc.uk - for standardization issues. > Yes, this pretty much happens already. It is just noise though really. Basically it appears we can't have the newsgroup in the place where we want it, so people will always mis-post here because the market newsgroup will be buried. I don't see why we can't have it in the loc.uk hierachy - I noticed the Italians eventually want loc.it.trains and loc.it.space, etc. If the UK presence gets big enough it may be setup outside of LUGNET, a bit like the German newsgroup, I don't want the LEGO community to be splintered. Carbon 60

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		Re: How do we ask for a new newsgroup to be set up?
(...) It's pretty easy to set up cross-reference links on the entry pages to the groups. (...) Name components in the .loc hierarchy are abbreviations for localities, for example, .loc.us.ma.bos stands for United States, Massachusetts, Boston, and (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk)

		Re: How do we ask for a new newsgroup to be set up?
"Carbon 60" <carbon60@bigfoot.com> ha scritto: (...) etc. Actually we don't. We are happy with our current organization of newsgroups: loc.it for the discussions in Italian, and org.it.itlug for everything very specific to ITLUG (events, j-box, (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk)

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		Re: How do we ask for a new newsgroup to be set up?
(...) Yes. Well. In name only(?). The last time I can remember it mentioned, we could not agreee on what "UK" meant. (...) Yes, this pretty much happens already. It is just noise though really. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk)

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