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	This is a list of the dc hierarchy newsgroups that the University
of Maryland Department of Computer Science carries; it also lists the
traffic seen locally for each of the groups.
	This is by no means an attempt at creating an "official" list of groups
in the dc hierarchy; it is provided for purely informational purposes. This 
is what one site carries and propagates. It may help serve as a guide for news 
admins who are configuring their own sites, and it may help users at other 
sites to know which groups might not be on their machines but which might be 
available to them. 

I. GROUPS AND DESCRIPTIONS
--------------------------
dc.test		Group for testing news
dc.general	Miscellaneous topics related to DC
dc.dining	Good eats around the DC area
dc.smithsonian	News about the Smithsonian Institution
dc.forsale	Buy, sell and swap items in the DC area
dc.housing	Rent/buy/sell/seek housing in DC area
dc.redskins	Discussion about the Washington Redskins football team
dc.driving	Discussion of driving issues in DC area
dc.jobs		Jobs offered or wanted in the DC area
dc.biking	Discussion of biking issues in DC area
dc.music	Announce/discuss music events in DC
dc.config	Discuss creation/configuration of groups in dc hierarchy
dc.romance      Discussing/seeking romance in the DC area
dc.org.linux-users	DC area Linux users group announcements etc.
dc.politics	Discussion of politicians and political issues in the DC area


II. NEWSGROUP TRAFFIC - as of 5pm EST, 12/13/94
---------------------

		 new articles 	     last period	   %
 Name		since (11/15/94)  (10/18/94 - 11/15/94)	change
--------	--------------	  -----------------	-------
dc.test		 	101		109		-   7.3
dc.general	        926	       1085		-  14.7
dc.dining		252		256		-   1.6
dc.smithsonian	  	 27		 20		+  35.0
dc.forsale	       1490	       1260		+  18.3
dc.housing	 	106		 80		+  32.5
dc.redskins	 	123		 97		+  26.8
dc.driving	 	149		146		+   2.1
dc.jobs			518		571		-   9.3
dc.biking		 73		209		-  65.1
dc.music	 	 91		137		-  33.6
dc.config	 	  2		  5		-  60.0
dc.romance	 	138		109		+  26.6
dc.org.linux-users       17		 55		-  69.1
dc.politics		330 		686		-  51.8

III. NOTES
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A. Traffic in dc.general and especially dc.politics is down in this first
   reporting period after the election. Meanwhile, traffic in dc.forsale
   and dc.housing is up; think there's a connection? ;-)

   The sharp drop in traffic in dc.biking is probably due to the onset of
   cold weather, although much of November was quite warm.

B.	Groups not carried by the UMCP Department of Computer Science

dc.talk.guns	Created as a protest. Use talk.politics.guns
dc.ham-radio	Old group from the mid 80's, defunct. Superseded by 
		numerous other groups in the rec.radio and alt.radio
		hierarchies. 
dc.pc-users	Old group from the mid 80's, defunct. Superseded by 
		numerous other groups in the comp.sys.ibm.pc hierarchy
dc.graphics.avs	defunct group; use comp.graphics.avs
dc.linux	Prematurely created with incorrect name; use
		dc.org.linux-users
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Phone: 301-405-2749	USPS: U of Maryland, CS Dept., College Park, Md 20742
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