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From: furuta@uw-beaver.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: new and unused groups
Message-ID: <673@uw-beave.UUCP>
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 17:26:41 EDT
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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

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