Re: CFV: comp.databases.oracle reorganization

In article <525hd6$43f_at_pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> Mark Styles <lambic_at_msn.com> writes:
>joelga_at_rossinc.com (Joel Garry) wrote:
>>In article <842635456.16013_at_uunet.uu.net> oracle-vote_at_netagw.com writes:
>>>The .misc suffix will help people reading the news group understand
>>>that it is a catch-all for miscellaneous topics.
>>
>>NAK! Hasn't anybody understood that ".misc" is understood by the
>>general public differently than is used here?
>
>misc always meant miscellaneous to me, what does it mean to you??

You have obviously misunderstood. It means misc to most people. Here, they are using it instead of "discuss." If you would actually look at misc.jobs.misc, you would see that this will be an invitation to every kook and headhunter to crosspost to cdom.

>
>>>This news group is not intended as a marketplace where employment
>>>advertisements or commercial announcements may be posted. These
>>
>>As if anyone is ever going to read this. Sheesh. See misc.jobs.misc.
>>Then read the faq. Then try to tell anyone posting there that it is
>>not intended as a marketplace.
>
>Nice negative attitude you have, its a good job there are more
>positive people about, otherwise none of these newsgroups would
>exist.

Yes, this attitude has developed over a couple of years of trying to "get back" misc.jobs.misc to its charter. This is a thankless and quixotic task, and it is not my attitude that makes it so. The problem has gotten to the point that a renaming failed, because there is so much noise that not enough people bothered to read the group to vote yes on the renaming.

>
>Any change to comp.databases.oracle will be an improvement,
>this CFV seems to me to be the best possible solution, and I'm
>glad and thankful that someone has taken the time to draw it up.
>If you have a better alternative, then offer it, don't just
>moan and whine about other people ideas.

I simply pointed out that .misc is bad. I'm moaning and whining that my better alternative was ignored when it was offered at the appropriate time. NOW IT IS TOO LATE, so how am I supposed to offer a better alternative? You seem to have missed the fact that I have been contributing to these groups for years. Does the msn allow access to the jobs faq? Have you seen it?

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