Subject: Re: The Bible of Usenet *may* be changing its name...
From: [email-masked] (Logan Shaw)
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 20:07:28 GMT
Newsgroups: news.misc

In article <[email-masked]>,
Kevin Atkinson  <[email-masked]> wrote:
>The Bible of Usenet was originally called "USENET Bible."
  ...
>I wanted a clear and "exciting" name.  I have considered
>"Usenet Collection", but that name is two weak.
>
>So I am asking the USENet community for a good name, or if
>its even worth changing.  Changing the name would be a lot
>of trouble.
  ...
>The Bible of Usenet is a collection of Useful info. on
>Usenet including:
>        -A Short Description of the group.
>        -A Long Description of the group
>        -Any FAQ's that go with the group
>        -The Moderators name and e-mail address if moderated
>        -Where and how the group is archived, if at all.
>        -Its average volume
>        -Its average number of readers
>        -Any mailing lists it is gatewayed to

I vote for changing the name.  As it is, the name of the document doesn't
tell me what the document -- it just tells me that it's some kind of
reference guide related to Usenet.  "Bible of Usenet" could mean anything
from a history of Usenet, to a netiquette guide, to a description of
groups, to a description of how to get access, to all of the above.

It appears from the above list that the "Bible of Usenet" is actually a
list of usenet groups, with various kinds of information about each one
that helps to characterize the group.  If that's really what it is, and it's
all that it really is, I'd suggest calling it the "Guide to Usenet Groups".

Adios,
  Logan
-- 
Logan Shaw, Unix System Administrator
"Everything is a struggle in Unix"  -Dave Keenan