Newsgroup Reorganisation

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Redbrick Newsgroup Renovation Project Working Document v 1.5 13/04/05

Authors: p@redbrick, singer@redbrick


NOTE TO INTERSOCS FOLK - THIS PROPOSES TO DELETE LOTS OF INTERSOCS NEWSGROUPS!
NEWSGROUPS! SPEAK UP OR LOSE THEM! <CAPS-LOCK off>


Aims: - To trim un-used groups - To rename & add other groups - Delete bogus groups - Generally make the newsgroups better/cleaner - Improve the hierarchy so related groups are beside each other by default

This posting is a working list of some ideas we have knocking around for the improvement of the newsgroups. We'll argue about it and revise the document as suggestions are addedand good ideas become obvious. Do not treat this document as final or even totally serious - treat them as ideas to play with. The summer will be the best time to make most of these changes, though the lists can be fixed soon enough. The expiry time is another thing we want fixed soon too. 1 month is the current proposal. Also suggested is that we moved redbrick.* to rb.* - This would reduce the screen clutter and leave more room for comments.

Stuff we cannot get rid of: (3)

control
control.cancel
junk

.classifieds/.ads (4)

redbrick.classifieds.accommodation (RENAMED)
redbrick.classifieds.jobs (RENAMED)
redbrick.classifieds.lostandfound (RENAMED)
redbrick.classifieds.swapshop (RENAMED)

.computing (10)

redbrick.computing.apple
redbrick.computing.games
redbrick.computing.general (replaces redbrick.computing.software) (RENAMED)
redbrick.computing.hardware
redbrick.computing.windows
redbrick.computing.networking
redbrick.computing.programming
redbrick.computing.security
redbrick.computing.unix
redbrick.computing.webdev (NEW)

.dcu (4)

redbrick.dcu.academic (RENAMED)
redbrick.dcu.clubsandsocs (RENAMED)
redbrick.dcu.csd (CSD alerts/updates). (NEW)
redbrick.dcu.su (RENAMED)

.topical / Maybe these should be left alone. (6)

redbrick.bestofweb (NEW)
redbrick.conspiracy
redbrick.debate
redbrick.history
redbrick.news
redbrick.politics

.fun/.ents(name clashes)/.entertainment / maybe left alone. (2)

redbrick.movies
redbrick.music

.tv (3)

redbrick.tv.buffyverse (replaces redbrick.tv.buffy) (RENAMED)
redbrick.tv.general (replaces redbrick.tv) (RENAMED)
redbrick.tv.simpsons


.misc / left alone? (25)

redbrick.arts
redbrick.babble
redbrick.books
redbrick.business
redbrick.food
redbrick.gadgets
redbrick.goingout
redbrick.health
redbrick.hello (Newbies and freshers introductory forum) (NEW)
redbrick.help
redbrick.language
redbrick.motoring
redbrick.occult
redbrick.puzzles
redbrick.rpg
redbrick.science
redbrick.scifi
redbrick.sex
redbrick.shopping
redbrick.test
redbrick.things.we.hate
redbrick.things.we.learn
redbrick.things.we.love
redbrick.travel
redbrick.multimedia (RENAMED)

.humour (3)

redbrick.humour.general (replaces redbrick.humour) (RENAMED)
redbrick.humour.puns (replaces redbrick.puns) (RENAMED)
redbrick.humour.tasteless (.notworksafe?)

.sports (2)

redbrick.sports.general (RENAMED)
redbrick.sports.soccer (NEW)

.society/.redbrick :) /.dcuns (5)

redbrick.society.announce (RENAMED)
redbrick.society.suggestions (RENAMED) (replaces .committee too).
redbrick.society.events (RENAMED)
redbrick.society.gm (RENAMED)

rss. (11)

rss.rbwikki (RENAMED)
rss.rte (RENAMED)
rss.rte.news (RENAMED)
rss.rte.business (RENAMED)
rss.rte.sport (RENAMED)
rss.rte.entertainment (RENAMED)
rss.newscientist (RENAMED)
rss.onion (RENAMED)
rss.register (RENAMED)
rss.bbc.world (RENAMED)
rss.guardian.world (RENAMED)

someirishtranslationofredbrick. (translations and ideas needed) (2)

someirishtranslationofredbrick.nuacht (NEW)
someirishtranslationofredbrick.sport (NEW)

lists. (contributions appreciated - these have to be fixed largely). (16)

lists.apacheweek
lists.cryptogram
lists.first-monday
lists.googlefriends
lists.ie-dance (NEW)
lists.ie-indie (NEW)
lists.ie-rant (NEW)
lists.iiu
lists.ilug
lists.ntk
lists.open (that Irish web one) (NEW)
lists.popbitch
lists.rfc-dist
lists.sage-ie (NEW)
lists.security.bugtraq (RENAMED)
lists.security.full-disclosure (NEW)
lists.security.nt-bugtraq (NEW)
lists.security.vulnwatch (NEW)

.intersocs (13)

intersocs.computing.programming
intersocs.computing.unix
intersocs.computing.windows
intersocs.general
intersocs.help
intersocs.movies
intersocs.music
intersocs.news
intersocs.sex
intersocs.social
intersocs.suggestions
intersocs.test
intersocs.tv

.doomed (These are going to be deleted) (16)

lists.first-monday (Anybody want to remain on it?)
lists.test
redbrick.computing.design (unused)
redbrick.computing.history (no posts about boring nerd topics)
redbrick.computing.mobile (.gadgets is better)
redbrick.computing.programming.discuss
redbrick.computing.programming.help
redbrick.computing.www
redbrick.computing.unix.newbie (we're all newbie at heart)
redbrick.committee
redbrick.egm (what EGM?)
redbrick.historic.first.group
redbrick.historic.second.group
redbrick.muppet
redbrick.music.making (who reads this but not .music?)
redbrick.rpg.online
redbrick.war (The people of Iraq are now free...)
Lots of intersocs.

.brandnew (15)

lists.ie-dance
lists.ie-indie
lists.ie-rant
lists.networking.nanog
lists.networking.cisco-nsp
lists.open
lists.sage-ie
lists.security.full-disclosure (NEW)
lists.security.nt-bugtraq (NEW)
lists.security.vulnwatch (NEW)
lists.sunmanagers (NEW)
redbrick.bestofweb
redbrick.computing.webdev
redbrick.dcu.csd
redbrick.hello
redbrick.sports.gaa
redbrick.sports.soccer
someirishtranslationofredbrick.nuacht
someirishtranslationofredbrick.sport

.renamed (These are going to be renamed) (22)

lists.security.bugtraq
redbrick.academic
redbrick.accommodation
redbrick.announce
redbrick.clubsandsocs redbrick.committee
redbrick.computing.software
redbrick.design
redbrick.events
redbrick.gaelinn
redbrick.gm
redbrick.humour
redbrick.jobs
redbrick.lostandfound
redbrick.puns
redbrick.multimedia
redbrick.rpg.board
redbrick.sports
redbrick.su

redbrick.suggestions
redbrick.swapshop
redbrick.tv
redbrick.tv.buffy

Changelog:

v. 1.7 Feedback from newsgroups. .alt unproposed .doh unproposed .computing.windows restored

v. 1.6 WIKIFICATION!

v. 1.5 The first update of 2005, a year after this document was first written

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Threat to intersocs. people added. rss.* proposed

v. 1.4

Added multimedia, sun-managers.

v 1.3

Added rpg stuff.

v 1.2

Added rb. suggestion (it was in 1.0 also). Boards alphabetically sorted. Count and numbers, changelog. .doomed updated. .renamed created. .new created. lists.sage-ie added.

v 1.1

Singer added his contributions and blurb.

v 1.0

Written by p.


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