Re: PROPOSAL: alt.ag.animal.husbandry
Jonathan Grobe (news-relay.ncren.net!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!167.1Jonathan Grobe)
25 Apr 1997 17:34:34 GMT
In article <335FDDE7.1118@cris.com>, Angus wrote:
>Chris & Christine wrote:
>
>> This seems most appropriate. Otherwise we might as well open an
>> alt.ag.horned.ungulates and an alt.ag.equestrines, etc. There are so
>
>No reason not to do just that. The nice thing about usenet is the
>ability to narrow the field of interest. Thus alt.ag.beef for beef
>producers. Putting up an alt.ag.beef not not negate the value of the
>more inclusive alt.ag.misc, misc.ag or sci.ag nor does it speak to
>the potential need for other more specific ag related usenet groups..
>it just gives us beef breeders a "home" of our own. ;-)
>
alt.agriculture. hierarchy already exists so any new alt.* groups should
be placed in that hierarchy. Periods are used to create new
sub-hierachies, not as word separators. Since "animal-husbandry is
more than the 14 character limit I suggest just:
alt.agriculture.animal
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Jonathan Grobe Note: All my comments on the group-mentors list and
alt.config are simply my opinion.