Iain Hibbert wrote:
> how about those people who say that a new top-level group is a bad
>idea? (out of namespace, death of the Internet!)
> there will be suggestions to move it under something else I'm sure..
>if rec.sport.unicycling or rec.arts.unicycling are unacceptable, then
>we need to get the argument straight beforehand ;-)
Yes, the USENET news administrators may not like the name
rec.unicycling, which would be a new second level domain name.
However, there are numerous second level domain names in the rec
domain designating an activity such as rec.juggling, rec.skate,
rec.aviation.*, rec.bicycles.*, rec.birds, rec.boats, rec.climbing,
rec.collecting, rec.equestrian, rec.gardens, rec.guns, rec.hunting,
rec.kites, rec.martial-arts, rec.motocycles, rec.pets, rec.puzzles,
rec.skate, rec.skiing.*, rec.video, rec.windsurfing, rec.woodworking
etc. I skipped a few and my reference list probably isn't even
complete.
I don't like rec.sport.unicycling, because almost all rec.sport.* are
team sports. Unicycling is not a team sport, although we do play
hockey and basketball on unicycles. Unicycling is not even
exclusively a sport, since many of us consider it purely recreational
or art.
I don't like rec.arts.unicycling, because most rec.arts.* aren't a
physical activity.
Recalling the rec.skate reorganization into rec.sport.skating.*, it's
not clear to me if they are doing it because USENET admins asked them
to or because they wanted to.
I personally believe unicycling is important enough to have its own
second level USENET domain rec.unicycling. Does it really fit
anywhere else. Iain may very well be right that we will be forced to
choose another name (domain level), so perhaps we should think of some
alternatives. The alternatives Iain already mentioned above are
actually not bad and I'm sure most of us would prefer
rec.sport.unicycling to no USENET newsgroup at all.
However, I think we should stick with rec.unicycling, but think of
some good alternative third level names (rec.sport.unicycling,
rec.arts.unicycling, etc.) in case we're asked to change our name.
Thanks Iain for pointing out this potential pitfall!
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