Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!umriscc!umriscb.tmc.edu From: fredc@umriscb.tmc.edu (Fred Clauss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CALL FOR LOCAL DISCUSSION: Split the c.s.a group more? Message-ID: <1495@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> Date: 18 Oct 90 11:00:49 GMT References: <1990Oct8.055618.27507@IRO.UMontreal.CA> Sender: news@umriscc.isc.umr.edu Reply-To: fredc@isc.umr.edu Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla Lines: 78 In article , limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes: ] I think the reorganization should be: ] comp.sys.amiga.misc Replace comp.sys.amiga This might present problems to the neophyte, especially if comp.sys.amiga disappears altogether, although the elimination of comp.sys.amiga would probably reduce the crossposted "computer-wars" which appear from time to time. ] comp.sys.amiga.software.dev For programmers (replaces comp.sys.amiga.tech) I agree that comp.sys.amiga.tech is not a good name given the purpose it has been given. Again, this is a problem for neophytes, of which I am one. Following net.naming.conventions would result in this group being named comp.sys.amiga.programmer. While we do like to be different over here in csa, this type of convention should be followed. ] comp.sys.amiga.software For the users OK ] comp.sys.amiga.games Same as it is now Is this group new? I wondered what happened to all those annoying games postings. Good, a group *I* can ignore... ] comp.sys.amiga.hardware Same as it is now ] Considering that 19 posts should have been posted to ] comp.sys.amiga.hardware, this makes me think that c.s.a.hardware is ] either mis-named, or I don't understand it's purpose.:-) Assuming ] the former, maybe people need to know that it is for hardware ] developers AND users looking for recommendations AND users looking ] to fix hardware-related problems. Maybe we need .hardware.users ] and .hardware.developers so that people about to post to c.s.a will ] see that there are better choices. This problem is probably a "we don't get it here" or "we don't know about it" problem. I think the proper approach here is for someone to act as a guide to misdirected posters, GENTLY notifying them that their posts belong elsewhere (in e-mail). Posted "this doesn't belong here" flames generally do not work very well. Also, anyone who posts a followup should make sure that any subsequent followups get redirected to the proper newsgroup. ] Anyway... as I said before (in another post) the purpose of ] creating a new newsgroup is to make it so that readers can read ] FEWER articles. Following that philosophy, *I* should propose a ] newsgroup for something that *I* don't want to read. That would ] clear that entire class of articles out of comp.sys.amiga. ] Therefore, selfishly, since I don't read the "Emulations" I think ] we should create a newsgroup for those articles. ] I propose: ] "comp.sys.amiga.emulations: A place to discuss software and ] hardware emulation of other computers and operating systems ] including (but not limited to) Mac, IBM, Atari ST, C-64's ] microprocessors, etc." ] What do you think? Is the "emulations" topic just a fad? Definitely not! I do, however, think that some of the recent traffic will die down as A-Max attains better compatibility with hard drives and the A3000. In fact, due to Apple's goofy ROM policy, A-max traffic may approach zero. Anyway, I just don't think the normal traffic warrants a separate newsgroup (my bias is not the deciding factor, either, since I probably wouldn't read that newsgroup either. -- Fred Clauss INTERNET: fredc@isc.umr.edu (preferred) P.O. Box 815 or fredc@ee.umr.edu Rolla, MO 65401 BITNET: S081192@UMRVMA