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From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: FidoNET Newsletter, Volume 3, # 39 - (nf)
Message-ID: <4215@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 26-Oct-86 11:40:34 EST
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Posted: Sun Oct 26 11:40:34 1986
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Summary: what is "news" in "net.news" refer to?  bad choice of term!

In article <4100002@rmi.UUCP>, rmohr@rmi.UUCP writes:
> I think, FIDO Newsletter ist NEWS and belongs to net.news.

either Rupert or I have the wrong notion what "news" refers to, and either
way, this demonstrates that no matter what someone
once may have defined a group to be for, if the name is not "intuitively
right", you got problems and should not really be surprised about it.

I fell into that trap recently when mistaking the purpose of "misc.headlines"
now I wonder if either I or Rupert is mistaken in what net.news is supposed to
be used for.  I was under the impression that articles are supposed to cover
and be limited to aspects of "news-software" that holds the Usenet together. 
If so, I suggest a name-change *SOONEST* using the term "usenet" in group-names
now containing "news".