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From: filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Bela Lubkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Splitting Up Comp.Sys.Amiga
Message-ID: <103.filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us>
Date: 15 Dec 89 00:04:19 GMT
References: <6073@nigel.udel.EDU>
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X-Claimer: I >am< R Pentomino!

In article <6073@nigel.udel.EDU> Eric J. Peterson writes:
>Here is a proposed division of the current C.S.A* group ...
>   comp.sys.amiga -- For miscelaneous or other short postings [...]
>   comp.sys.amiga.tech -- Same as the current group [...]
>   comp.sys.amiga.hardware -- [...]
>   comp.sys.amiga.art -- [...]
>   comp.sys.amiga.questions -- Similar to comp.unix.questions [...]

I don't think it's necessary to break the group up into that many
pieces, yet, and I think it would be fairly difficult and flame-festish
to get that many groups approved through the newsgroup creation
mechanism (voting by the net at large).

I read the last 100 articles locally spooled to comp.sys.amiga and
decided whether they would be more appropriate for a .hardware group, a
.games group, a .art group, or would not fit any of those categories.
The 100 articles totalled 183K.  24 articles totalling 56K would belong
in a .hardware group; 10 totalling 23K would fit .games, and 13
totalling 21K would fit .art:

  category   art  size  art%  size%
  ---------  ---  ----  ----  -----
  .hardware   24   56    24    31
  .games      10   23    10    12
  .art        13   21    13    11
  other       53   83    53    45

This makes comp.sys.amiga.hardware look like a very good idea --
offloading 30% of comp.sys.amiga's traffic.  A group combining games and
art (.rec?) would take another 20%.  Separate groups for games and art
don't appear justified at the moment.

Anyone want to sponsor a .hardware vote?

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