Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site gould9.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gould9!joel From: joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West) Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group Subject: Re: mod -> fa switchover: several issues Message-ID: <172@gould9.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 13:26:42 EST Article-I.D.: gould9.172 Posted: Sat Nov 2 13:26:42 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 09:20:11 EST References: <254@epicen.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: CACI, Inc. -- La Jolla, Calif. Lines: 34 Xref: watmath net.news:4237 net.news.group:4216 Summary: A YES vote for proposed names In article <254@epicen.UUCP>, jbuck@epicen.UUCP (Joe Buck) writes: > Second, is it too late to do anything about the names? It's never too late. Or it shouldn't be. > Normally, net.news.flame, > I mean net.news.group, is used to discuss whether a name is appropriate. > The rule on moderated groups seems to be that certain people can create them > with no discussion. Agreed. > Why "mod.computers.macintosh" when we already have "net.micro.mac" and > "net.sources.mac"? It's not consistent, and "mac" is hardly misleading > when following "computers". YES YES YES YES YES > To keep the debate manageable, we may as well accept the proposed structure, > so I'll only propose three minor changes, which have the effect of reducing the > three longest names (well, mod.protocols.appletalk is too long also, but I > don't have a good alternate). > > mod.computers.mac > net.announce.arpa > mod.laser-printers (a laser printer isn't a computer) YES. I vote yes on these three proposals. Let's see what other votes there are.. Joel West CACI, Inc. Federal {cbosgd,ihnp4,pyramid,sdcsvax,ucla-cs} !gould9!joel {sun!suntan,decvax!sdcsvax} gould9!joel@nosc.ARPA