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- From: wcc@cup.portal.com (wcc - usa)
- Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.scuba
- Subject: Re: RFD: RENAME several groups to rec.outdoors.*
- Message-ID: <74528@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 11:07:51 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1jvvolINNeq1@rodan.UU.NET>
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- In article <1jvvolINNeq1@rodan.UU.NET> Tim Rigg <rigg@osnome.che.wisc.edu> writ
- es:
- > REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION
- >
- >[[ Specific pointers to this article will be posted in the potentially
- > renamed groups. tale, moderator news.announce.newgroups ]]
- >
- >There is some discussion in rec.backcountry about creating a camping
- >subgroup. If such a group is created, it should be placed in the
- >rec.outdoors. hierarchy which currently contains just
- >rec.outdoors.fishing.
- >
- >In addition, obvious outdoors.* groups should be moved to that
- >hierarchy. Specially, rec.hunting should be moved. Other
- >possibilities include
- >
- >rec.boats
- >rec.boats.paddle
- >rec.climbing
- >rec.scuba
- >rec.skiing
- >rec.skydiving
- >rec.windsurfing
- >
- >
- >... should the above groups be transfered to the rec.outdoors
- >hierarchy? As moderator of rec.hunting, I strongly support the
- >renaming of rec.hunting. Readers of the other groups should post to
- >news.groups with comments about their groups...
-
-
- But is SCUBA really an outdoors activity ?? I thought it was
- an underwater activity.. So shouldn't it be renamed:
-
- rec.underwater.scuba ???
-
- Just a thought..
-
- But I disagree, scuba is not classified an "Outdoors" sport. I would
- leave that to hunting, fishing, football. etc..
-
- Darryl Harvey WEBSTER COMPUTER CORP.
- wcc@cup.portal.com My opinion, Not theirs...
-