ken@turtleva.UUCP (06/08/83)
A few weeks ago, I noticed the appearance of a new newsgroup, called "net.bicycle". I don't recall any discussion on the subject, so I am wondering whether it is, in fact, a legal newsgroup. There may be some sites that do not pass on newsgroups without official sanction. I am an avid bicycle rider, and would like to see such a group, especially since it is now great bike riding weather. Is there sufficient interest in bike riding to warrant such a group? Ken Turkowski decwrl!turtlevax!ken amd70!turtlevax!ken
alb@alice.UUCP (06/11/83)
At the moment, net.bicycle is an 'illegitimate' group
ka@spanky.UUCP (06/13/83)
net.bicycle is not a legal newsgroup, and articles posted to it will be discarded by sites running 2.10, so it should become an official group if people want to use it. Kenneth Almquist
rwhw@hound.UUCP (06/13/83)
Who decides what is legal? My site has always had a "net.bicycle" group.
tower@inmet.UUCP (06/14/83)
#R:turtleva:-19500:inmet:7000009:000:51 inmet!tower Jun 13 18:21:00 1983 YES for a net.bicycle. -len tower ima!inmet!tower
stevel@ima.UUCP (06/15/83)
#R:turtleva:-19500:ima:18100005:000:96 ima!stevel Jun 14 10:43:00 1983 another YES for net.bicycle Steve Ludlum decvax!yale-co!ima!stevel, ucbvax!cbosgd!ima!stevel,
sysman@glasgow.UUCP (06/15/83)
If net.bicycle is not a legal group please make it so. Zdravko Podolski, University of Glasgow, Scotland
seth@hp-cvd.UUCP (06/19/83)
#R:turtleva:-19500:hp-cvd:8300006:000:49 hp-cvd!seth Jun 17 15:07:00 1983 Yes for net.bicycle. --Seth Alford, hp-cvd!seth
evans@wivax.UUCP (06/20/83)
Why not keep things uniform and call it net.rec.bicycle. After all, there already is net.rec.ski, ..scuba, and more. -- Barry Evans linus!wivax!evans Wang Institute (617)649-9731
tower@inmet.UUCP (06/22/83)
#R:turtleva:-19500:inmet:7000011:000:186 inmet!tower Jun 21 12:44:00 1983 Bicycles are far more than just recreational vehicles. Just as autos (net.auto) and cycles (net.cycle) are. So NO to net.rec.bicycle. YES to net.bicycle. -len tower harpo!inmet!tower
ken@turtleva.UUCP (06/23/83)
>From decwrl!decvax!wivax!evans
Subject: Re: net.bicycle? - (nf)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Why not keep things uniform and call it net.rec.bicycle. After
all, there already is net.rec.ski, ..scuba, and more.
--
Barry Evans linus!wivax!evans
Wang Institute (617)649-9731
Good idea, Barry!
Ken Turkowski
{decwrl,amd70}!turtlevax!ken
tower@inmet.UUCP (06/25/83)
#R:turtleva:-19500:inmet:7000013:000:447 inmet!tower Jun 24 09:08:00 1983 Other reasons for net.bicyle (NOT net.rec.bicycle) are: 1) some sites already have an "illegal" net.bicycle. 2) the man documentation for notes gives a net.bicycle as an example. The reason I previously mentioned against net.rec.bicycle is that: Bicycles are much more than just recreational vehicles, just like autos (net.auto) and motorcycles (net.cycle) are. [perhaps we need a net.transport.* -just kidding]. -len tower harpo!inmet!tower
wisen@inmet.UUCP (06/29/83)
#R:turtleva:-19500:inmet:7000016:000:123 inmet!wisen Jun 28 12:50:00 1983 Yes for net.bicycle no for net.rec.bicycle (unless you also have net.rec.auto, to be consistent). ---Bruce Wisentaner