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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 21:16:37 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Simon Denscombe writes: > so people will always mis-post here because the market newsgroup will be > buried It's pretty easy to set up cross-reference links on the entry pages to the groups. > I don't see why we can't have it in the loc.uk hierachy Name components in the .loc hierarchy are abbreviations for localities, for example, .loc.us.ma.bos stands for United States, Massachusetts, Boston, and .loc.uk.sc stands for United Kingdom, Scotland. A name like .loc.uk.market doesn't make sense because market isn't a location in the UK. --Todd

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		Re: How do we ask for a new newsgroup to be set up?
"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G39Hrp.2Au@lugnet.com... (...) for (...) and (...) .loc.uk.market (...) Todd, I asked how we ask for this newsgroup originally. I am not hung up on what we call it. I would just like a (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk)

		Re: How do we ask for a new newsgroup to be set up?
(...) That's all very easy when you are using a web browser but what about those using NNTP? Many people in the UK will be using NNTP because you can download and read offline because of pay by the minute access. (...) Well it's not just a UK (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-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?
(...) 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. (...) Basically it appears we can't (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk)

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