Re: Newsgroup Duplications?

Jeanne A. E. DeVoto (jaed@best.com)
Sun, 26 Jul 1998 01:15:59 -0700

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At 12:35 AM -0700 7/26/98, D. Kirkpatrick wrote:
>Maybe this list is wrong for this but its a place to start.
>
>Can someone explain to me if the duplication of newsgroups is allowed?

In general, not in the Big 8 (news, comp, rec, misc, sci, humanities, soc,
talk), with some exceptions.

However, regional hierarchies such as .us aren't a part of the Big 8 and
operate under different rules. Just as there can be both a ba.politics and
a talk.politics, so any regional or other hierarchy is free to establish
newsgroups using its own rules and norms.

For what it's worth, .us doesn't seem to get great distribution even within
the US.

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