Comments: RFD: comp.databases.oracle reorganization

To all in group-advice and comp.databases.oracle:

I have run into a roadblock in my attempt to move ahead with the creation of the new group, comp.databases.oracle.dba, rather than a group named comp.databases.oracle.admin. David Lawrence, moderator of news.announce.newgroups, has rejected the RFD due to the choice of the cdo.dba name. He states that the name violates two rules:
-- it is an acronym, and

• it is inconsistent with other names.

Discussion in comp.databases.oracle regarding the differences between .admin and .dba has pointed out that .dba is preferable for the following reasons:

--DBA is much more understandable and less confusing to newbies
searching for the appropriate group.

--Admin is confusing, since it may imply computer administration, unix
system administration, business administration, newsgroup administration, but not database administration.

--The preferable term for Database administration is DBA. In the area
of database systems and especially within comp.databases.oracle, dba is a term used and recognized by practically everyone involved, while the administration term is hardly used. While the term DBA is an acronym, it has become practically a word with database workers.

To quote some of the comments from the discussion:

• Names such as .misc and .admin were fine when the population was a homongenous bunch of academics and CS researchers who would read a faq, but we have to deal with the general population now. Use English, not obscure English-like terms with special meanings.
• The .admin name would confuse newbies (I know it puts me off)

--As for me... if I saw bla.bla.bla.admin I would think it was a
newsgroup for those folks who 'administer' the other newsgroup named bla.bla.bla. Now, if you want DBAs to read your newsgroup, end it with DBA, makes sense, doesnt it?

Please, anyone from group-advice: Is this an ABSOLUTE rule, to prevent the .dba name? I need to know where to go from here. Is anyone even listening? David Lawrence bounced the RFD to group-advice, and not a soul responded. It seems like those who made the rules have all gone away.

I'm not sure which describes me better in this situation: a ping-pong ball or a dog chasing its tail. Frankly, it doesn't matter to me which name the group finally gets, since I won't hardly read it. I just want to get this mess out of my hair.

Regards,
Steve Cosner Received on Mon Jun 24 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST