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From: cunningh@noscvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Yet Another Newsgroup Streamlining (Long Article)
Message-ID: <350@noscvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Mar-84 01:01:10 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  7 01:01:10 1984
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As an exercise in designing a local computer conferencing system a
while back, I came up with the following list of newsgroups which
seemed to reflect a cleaner hierarchy.  Add 'net.' in front of the
first column if you wish.  Surprisingly, my list is not all that
different in overall form from the list in the original base note.

(a slightly incomplete list, I hadn't quite figured out how many
different 'sources' subgroups might be useful.)

announce		net.announce	announcements of interest to all
business				business & economics
business.invest		net.invest	 investment discussions
business.legal		net.legal	 legalities & ethics of law
business.taxes		net.taxes	subgroup about tax laws & advice
entertain				entertainment of all (legal) kinds
entertain.audio		net.audio	 audio equip. & use
entertain.books		net.books	 book reviews & notes
entertain.comics	net.comics	 the funnies
entertain.jokes		net.jokes	 posting jokes
entertain.jokes.o	net.jokes.o	 offensive jokes
entertain.movies	net.movies	 movie revies & notes
entertain.poems		net.poems	 poetry
entertain.puzzles	net.puzzle	 puzzles & answers
entertain.sf		net.sf-lovers	 science fiction topics
entertain.tv		net.tv		 boob tube topics
entertain.video		net.video	 video equipment & use
flame			net.flame	for angry comments on any subject
games			net.games	games & computer games
games.adventure				 adventure games
games.arcade		net.games.video	 arcade-type games
games.chess		net.chess	 chess
games.frp		net.games.frp	 fantasy role players
general			net.general	announcements of interest to all
general.followup	net.followup	 followups to articles in 'general'
home					home & household topics
home.cooks		net.cooks	 cooking, cookbooks, recipes
home.garden		net.garden	 gardening
home.kids		net.kids	 children, having & raising
home.maint		net.woods	 maintaining a house
home.pets		net.pets	 about pets and household animals
home.wines		net.wines	 wines & spirits
lang			net.lang	languages, natural & computer
lang.basic				 BASIC
lang.english		net.nlang	 English, its use & misuse
lang.c			net.lang.c	 the C computer language
lang.pascal		net.lang.pascal	 the Pascal computer language
math			net.math	mathematical discussions & puzzles
medicine		net.med		medicine
micro			net.micro	microcomputers of all kinds
micro.apple		net.micro.apple	 Apple computers
micro.apple.bugs			  Apple computer bugs
micro.atari		net.micro.atari	 Ataris
micro.atari.bugs			  Atari bugs
micro.cbm		net.micro.cbm	 Commodores
micro.cbm.bugs				  Commodore bugs
micro.cpm		net.micro.cpm	 micros with CP/M operating system
micro.cpm.bugs				  CP/M bugs
micro.pc		net.micro.pc	 IBM PCs
micro.pc.bugs				  IBM PC bugs
micro.zx		net.micro.zx	 Sinclair ZXs
micro.zx.bugs				  ZX bugs
misc			net.misc	miscellaneous short-lived discussions
philosophy		net.philosophy	philosophical discussions
politics		net.politics	political discussions
politics.arms		fa.arms-d	 armaments & national defense
rec			net.rec		recreational/participant sports
rec.bicycle		net.bicycle	bicycling
rec.boat		net.rec.boat	 boating
rec.ham-radio		net.ham-radio	 Amateur Radio Service
rec.run					 running
rec.scuba		net.rec.scuba	SCUBA diving
rec.skydive		net.rec.skydive	 skydiving
rec.travel		net.travel	 traveling to anywhere in the world
religion		net.religion	religious discussions
rumor			net.rumor	rumors posted here
sci					scientific discussions
sci.astro		net.space ++	astronomy & space
sci.astro.expert	net.astro.expert experts in astronomy
sci.bio			net.bio		biological science
sci.computer				 computer science
sci.computer.ai		net.ai		 artificial intelligence
singles			net.singles	for and about single people
sport			net.sport	spectator sports
sport.baseball		net.sport.baseball baseball
sport.football		net.sport.football football
sport.hoops		net.sport.hoops    basketball
test			net.test	place to post test messages
women			net.women	women's rights

NOT included:

sources, newgroups
-- 
Bob Cunningham (mail: ...vortex!islenet!bob)