Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!furuta From: furuta@uw-beaver.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: new and unused groups Message-ID: <673@uw-beaver> Date: Thu, 23-Jun-83 05:03:33 EDT Article-I.D.: uw-beave.673 Posted: Thu Jun 23 05:03:33 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Jun-83 13:09:46 EDT References: <240@packet.UUCP> Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 23 Please note: It is a *very* bad idea to rename groups to make the naming scheme tidier. When you rename groups, it causes a long, long, long time for people to realize that the name has changed and a long, long, long, long time before you can actually get the name change to be effective. Note that one of the groups found in the recent "not sanctioned" survey was "net.trivia" which is now "net.games.trivia." How long ago was that change made? Six months, nine months? I seem to recall old discussion over whether or not net.gdead was an "official" group. I think the decision at that time was that it wasn't and that Grateful Dead discussion went to net.music. But again, it takes a long time to get changes to take effect. I have seen traffic on some of the groups listed in the "unused" column not too long ago. net.rec.birds is one. --Rick ...decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!furuta (uucp) ...ucbvax!lbl-csam!uw-beaver!furuta ...ihnp4!uw-beaver!furuta or Furuta@Washington (ARPAnet)