Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!vsi1!zorch!xanthian From: xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CALL FOR LOCAL DISCUSSION Revision 2: Split the c.s.a group more? Keywords: reply time limited Message-ID: <1990Oct31.013849.21765@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Date: 31 Oct 90 01:38:49 GMT References: <1990Oct28.001448.25414@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <6727@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Organization: SF-Bay Public-Access Unix Lines: 48 barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes: > xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >>comp.sys.amiga.influence > IMHO, this name needs to be changed. Even though I have 5 years >experience reading USENET news, I'm unable to guess (from the name) the >purpose of the newsgroup. Well, I agree I'd like a better name, I just haven't seen it yet. For the really dedicated newsreader, there will be a charter to read. I'm still open to suggestions... > I don't have any fantastic suggestions for a new name, but here >are a few attempts that might give other people inspiration: > > c.s.a.competition > c.s.a.comparisons > c.s.a.gripes > c.s.a.improvements ... but none of those capture the full flavor of the group, either. >>comp.sys.amiga.datacomm > I like ".telecomm" better; easier to parse. But not the name of the group where you'd post your lharc questions. "Datacomm" is an older name for telecomm, but it carries the extra meaning needed. I'm keeping it unless the protest volume rises and there's no support for this one. >>comp.sys.amiga.market > I think ".marketplace" is better. With all the talk about CBM >"marketing" in this group, the given name could be ambiguous. I was going with a local name, ba.market, which seems to attract the appropriate traffic, but your name is nice, too. You'll know what I decided by the weekend, when the CFD I send in tonight should be widely available from news.announce.newusers and news.groups. Right now I'm leaning toward marketplace. /// It's Amiga /// for me: why Kent, the man from xanth. \\\/// settle for \XX/ anything less? -- Convener, ongoing comp.sys.amiga grand reorganization.