Re: Deleting of unused groups in Big8

=?UTF-8?Q?Julien_=c3=89LIE?= <iulius@nom-de-mon-site.com.invalid> writes:

That's also the main reason why we started that rationalization and
simplification for fr.* as the list of more than 300 newsgroups (which
made sense two decades ago) is too large nowadays.

  Yes, I just read it in "fr.lettres.langue.allemande". It seems
  there is no "fr.lettres.langue.misc" that could accept all
  messages about any language with no dedicated newsgroup.

  I also think that some hierarchies are too deep. "fr.langue.misc"
  would suffice instead of "fr.lettres.langue.misc". But it's
  better to leave it the way it is now than to reorganize too much!

Fewer newsgroups will permit more easily finding the appropriate
newsgroup to post articles to, and prevent people from wasting time in
posting an article for which they will never get any response.

  Any change that occurs now only invalidates the knowledge of those
  who know the Usenet now. It could be a relief for hypothetical new
  participants, but they simply do not exist. So any change will only
  produce useless conversion effort and mental adjustment effort for
  current users. Conversions could also result in older posts from
  the disbanded groups becoming inaccessible in some archives.