Xref: utzoo news.groups:15414 rec.autos:26350 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.autos Subject: Re: rec.autos split - CALL FOR DISCUSSION Message-ID: <257E8524.24017@ateng.com> Date: 7 Dec 89 15:43:31 GMT References: <315@watserv1.waterloo.edu> <257D551C.14828@ateng.com> <2837970474@lewis.crd.ge.com> Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 15 According to welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty): >In article <257D551C.14828@ateng.com>, Chip Salzenberg writes: >*Since driving isn't always done in automobiles, I suggest "rec.driving". > >i'm not convinced this would really work [...] Groups should have appropriate names based on their charter, not on the current groups where readers might be found. Once you've started choosing names based on non-namespace criteria, you've embarked on a journey that can only end at comp.women and sci.aquaria. -- You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise. Chip Salzenberg at A T Engineering; or "The Usenet, in a very real sense, does not exist."