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Article #19Re: Proposal: New Newsgroup Heirarchy
From: Tim Pierce
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 20:21
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 20:21
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In article <LIa7qAJNBh107h@momad.UUCP> taz%momad@infoserv.com writes: >P.S. I cross-posted this to alt.config also, as a possible alternative, >to make a sub-heirarchy 'alt.topical.*' But I think that it would deserve >its own heirarchy. In response to alt.inet92, I newgrouped alt.current-events.inet92 a long time ago for that *very* purpose. Unfortunately, the nature of "topical" newsgroups causes people to rush out and send out newgroup messages uncontrollably without suggesting them to begin with, defeating the idea of a hierarchy for them. Still, the hierarchy is there should anyone care to use it. Nice try, though. -- ____ Tim Pierce / "You are just naive and repressed because \ / twpierce@unix.amherst.edu / penis envy is here and it's now and it's \/ (BITnet: TWPIERCE@AMHERST) / all around you." -- Neal C. Wickham
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Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin,news.newgroups,alt.config Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!nic.umass.edu!news.amherst.edu!twpierce From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) Subject: Re: Proposal: New Newsgroup Heirarchy Message-ID: <BwuLw5.81r@unix.amherst.edu> Keywords: newsgroup heirarchy topical timely new Organization: Amherst College, Amherst MA References: <LIa7qAJNBh107h@momad.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 20:21:39 GMT Lines: 19