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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)
Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.autos
Subject: Re: rec.autos split - CALL FOR DISCUSSION
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Date: 8 Dec 89 14:54:48 GMT
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In article <257E8524.24017@ateng.com>, Chip Salzenberg writes: 
*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.

depends.  what are the other `driving' discussions that you have
in mind.

some naming philosophies are based on the notion of providing groups
to handle existing traffic; we can easily demonstrate traffic from
rec.autos for a driving group.  i still don't see the case for
rec.driving as having been made.

*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.

let's not invoke old controversies; doing so runs a good chance of
making this into another religious war over a group name (besides,
i may not necessarily agree with you over comp.women and sci.aquaria.)

richard
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