Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.gegeweb.eu!gegeweb.org!news.nntp4.net!news.hispagatos.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: rek2 hispagatos Newsgroups: news.admin.hierarchies Subject: Re: Request of new hierarchy: usenet.* Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 03:28:54 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Hispagatos Message-ID: References: Reply-To: ReK2 Injection-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 03:28:54 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: matrix.hispagatos.org; logging-data="3025052"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@hispagatos.org" User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.4-9 (Linux) On 2025-03-17, Bingo3331 wrote: > "Adam H. Kerman" ha scritto: > >> Roberto CORRADO wrote: >> >>>Hi *, >>>I apologize maybe i already made a mistake, Italian usenet user's after >>>my invitation ask me to create a new hierarchy: usenet.*. >>>So I sent the control message to create the group >>>usenet.discussion.ai.general, but I was contacted for information and >>>clarifications about this possibly maybe not appreciate action. >>>I'am here to request a voting about the creation of hierarchy usenet.* >> >> It is beyond absurd to name any newsgroups into a top-level hierarchy >> called usenet.*. Please rethink this. >> >> There is no voting. Anybody can declare himself hierarchy administrator, >> which is what you've done by sending newgroup messages, but just because >> you can doesn't mean you should. >> > I also apologize if we got something wrong conceptually. Our idea > was to create a "celebratory" hierarchy to relaunch the use of > usenet in Italy. Many newsgroups in the "It.* " hierarchy are > practically empty, in the sense that there are no more people > posting. > So I proposed to Corrado Roberto the launch of the "Usenet.*" > hierarchy with a few newsgroups dedicated to topics of particular > interest, or to users particularly active in the Italian > community who write many posts and make the Italian , "surviving" > community lively. > The hierarchy, to be created, also wanted to try to go beyond the > Italian one, and include non-Italian users as well, this with the > clear purpose of revitalizing an increasingly small > community. > So we thought a celebratory and inclusive name, and it seemed like > a good idea to launch a hierarchy called "Usenet.*" > is not better to actually start getting some of the it. newsgroup active and make a list of "active" groups and post those all around the internet where possible users go? we are doing this with es.* we did create a small internal hearchy hispagatos.* but this is mainly only in our server for our users and some friendly nodes with people who likes to particupate but our focus is to revive es.* and some regular alt.* and comp.lang.* etc since they are already there I create a list and post it on mastodon/fediverse gemini/gopher/matrix etc etc and this way we have captive around 100-200 people (not much but considering it was 0 is something) just thinking out loud.. Happy Hacking ReK2 -- - {gemini,https}://{,rek2.}hispagatos.org - mastodon: @rek2@hispagatos.space - [https|gemini]://2600.Madrid - https://hispagatos.space/@rek2 - https://keyoxide.org/A31C7CE19D9C58084EA42BA26C0B0D11E9303EC5