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From: mehl@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Mark M Mehl)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: rec.pets => rec.cats + rec.dogs + rec.birds + rec.pets.misc
Message-ID: <1816@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>
Date: 2 Nov 89 08:00:21 GMT
References: <89443@pyramid.pyramid.com> <21701@gryphon.COM> <15554@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
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aviator@athena.mit.edu (Joakim Karlsson) writes:
>In article <21701@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>>I'd like to see rec.birdwatching created. I'd like to see rec.pets
>>splayed open and rec.dogs, rec.cats and rec.birds created.
>>Additionally, I'd like to see rec.pets.misc for the snakes/ferrets/
>>lizards and other odds and ends.

>I agree entirely.  It seems to be perfectly logical to break rec.pets into
>rec.dogs, rec.cats, rec.birds, and rec.pets.misc.  This would give full
                     ^^^^^^^^^
According to my newsgroup list (posted in news.groups), this group
already exists.

>flexibility to the user to narrow down the topic of interest and avoid wading
>through postings of little interest.

If you must split rec.pets up, split it up to fit the appropriate
hierarchy:

rec.pets    ----> rec.pets   (equalvalent to r.p.misc on Usenet)
		  rec.pets.dogs
		  rec.pets.cats
rec.birds   ----> rec.pets.birds
                  rec.pets.birds.watching  (??)

Well, the last group name has problems.  Perhaps, rec.pets.* would be
better named rec.animals.*.
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