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From: frank@rsoft.bc.ca (Frank I. Reiter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: c.u.wizards vs. c.u.internals
Message-ID: <92@rsoft.bc.ca>
Date: 12 Sep 90 23:03:46 GMT
References: <18533@rpp386.cactus.org> <1053@lot.ACA.MCC.COM> <887@iiasa.UUCP> <121@ctbilbo.UUCP>
Reply-To: frank@rsoft.UUCP (Frank I. Reiter)
Organization: Reiter Software Inc., British Columbia
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In article <121@ctbilbo.UUCP> ray@ctbilbo.UUCP (Ray Ward) writes:
]
]There is a need for a two-level hierarchy of groups for UNIX questions/
]problems/observations:  one for novices and general population, and a
]higher-level group for those self-assured of their experience and competence.
]The former was supplied by c.u.questions and the latter, admirably, I
]thought, by c.u.wizards.  The name "wizards" was sufficiently intimidating
]to keep novice posting to a minimum, while not limiting the discussions
]to "internals."

On the other hand how many times haven't we had novices posting novice
questions to c.u.w because they figure the wizards ought to know how to
help them?  I believe the intent of the renaming was to avoid just that
problem.
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