gam@amdahl.UUCP (gam) (01/24/85)
Because top level newsgroups are generally frowned upon, I suggest
that net.india should be net.nlang.india.
"But it isn't just about Indian languages!"
Yes, I know. But it is a quaint and barely historical tradition
to put the "foreign cultures" stuff under net.nlang.
Net.nlang.greek isn't just discussions about Greek language (but I
can't read it anyway ....), and net.nlang.celts -- well, it covers
a broad range of Celtic and quazi-Celtic stuff....
"Then net.nlang is misnamed. It should be called something else!"
Too late. Changing a newsgroup name (let alone two) is a horrible
painful process that disturbs the auras of many net users. It is easier
to live with the mistake. Besides, confusing anomalies like this
give Usenet it's unique character. Makes a nice ice-breaker
("So why is this called 'net.NLANG.india', anyway?").
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Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam