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- From: wildstar@moeng2.minc.umd.edu (Derek Wildstar)
- Newsgroups: alt.models,rec.models.railroad,rec.models.rc,rec.models.rockets,news.groups
- Subject: Re: RFD: rec.models.scale
- Message-ID: <14758@umd5.umd.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 20:21:09 GMT
- References: <13659@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> <1992Jul29.182156.7928@advtech.uswest.com> <1992Jul30.171555.7311@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- thorn@phoenix.radonc.unc.edu (Jesse Thorn) writes:
- >If I see any more discussion on what the group should be named I'll
- >just puke on my keyboard. What does it matter? Have you folks ever
- >read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?. In the book Pirsig
- >spends a lot of time differentiating between people who are more
- >concerned with the form/style of things and people who care more about
- >the utility/function of things. Is the name of the group more
- >important than the content? It is more important to get it in the rec
- >hierarchy than to get the appropriate name! Stop it!
- >
- Unfortunately, on the net, quite frequently the name of a newsgroup also
- serves as its definition. Most people (at least in the future) will
- subscribe and even post to the group based only on its name. They will
- not read the charter; they will not read the FAQ, they will not read the
- administrivia. Just the name. This is a case where the name, to a
- large degree, does determine the content.
-
- Yes, it is more important to get this group on the rec.models hierarchy
- than it is to quibble over the name, but it is important to get it named
- right. Or else we get to do this whole thing over again at some point
- in the future. I will certainly vote *FOR* the group, no matter what it
- winds up being called.
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