Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!ukc!stl!dww From: dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Call for discussion -- comp.binaries.usenet-ps-maps Message-ID: <2441@stl.stc.co.uk> Date: 20 Nov 89 09:15:34 GMT References: <8911081800.AA06383@prune.bbn.com> <1989Nov13.191057.6656@talos.uucp> <2406@stl.stc.co.uk> <89323.004034ART100@PSUVM.BITNET> Sender: news@stl.stc.co.uk Reply-To: "David Wright" Organization: STC Technology Limited, London Road, Harlow, Essex, UK Lines: 34 In article <89323.004034ART100@PSUVM.BITNET> ART100@PSUVM.BITNET (Andy Tefft) writes: #In article <2406@stl.stc.co.uk>, dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) says: #> #>What's wrong with news.lists.maps? (Or even put them in the existing #>news.lists along with the full Arbitron results). # #I don't understand how the 'lists' applies to a Usenet map...? Look at the information and its use, not its form. The other info in news.lists is statistics about news volumes, both in flow through one point (uunet) and in statistics about group propagation and readership. The maps are statistics about news volume flow point-to-point around the world. Exactly the same class of information - it just happens to be presented in a graphical form rather than textual. It's a multi-media world out there :-) This leads to two possible views: 1- Its the same sort of information, so put it in the same place, or 2- Its the same sort of information, but because of the format the volume is high, and some people would not want to pay for that volume, so put it in a separate but related group (e.g. news.list.maps) I'd be happy with either of these. On a related matter, its been suggested that "people said the data couldn't go in news.lists" (it is at present in news.admin). Which people? I don't recall any vote on the matter :-) If some people we respect don't want it in news.lists for good reasons, I hope they'll post to say why, in which case that will make the case for a new group (e.g. news.lists.maps) much stronger. Otherwise I'd vote for putting them in news.lists. Regards, "None shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity" David Wright STL, London Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, UK dww@stl.stc.co.uk ...uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!dww PSI%234237100122::DWW