XPost: alt.cats, us.config 
 From: neko@ascendancy.net 
  
 On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:46:31 -0700, Matthew Montchalin 
  wrote: 
  
 >On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, ~*SooZy*~ wrote: 
 >|rec.pets.cats.breeds is a brilliant idea... 
 > 
 >But is it properly named?  Why is the proposed name any better 
 >than rec.pets.cats.pedigrees?  Okay, it's arguable whether creating 
 >a new newsgroup in the alt.* hierarchy is any easier than creating 
 >one in the Big8, but have you considered alt.cats.pedigrees? 
 >People stumble on a newsgroup for the very first time usually as 
 >a result of the use of a search engine.  If they are looking to 
 >obtain a cat, and it is an unusually rare cat, then geographical 
 >location might be a fairly important factor to consider.  Perhaps 
 >a better place for that kind of a newsgroup would be: 
  
  
  
 >There is nothing wrong with loving cats, but love - in and of itself- 
 >is not a logical reason for choosing the name of a new newsgroup. 
  
  First off, (and somewhat off-topic), sorry for my absence.  I 
 was in the path of Miss Isabel, and life got hairy there for a while. 
 Now, back onto topic. 
  
  The reasoning for rec.pets.cats.breeds being the newsgroup 
 name is that it follows the same sort of naming convention that exists 
 in the dogs groups.  The group for purebred discussion is 
 rec.pets.dogs.breeds, and the naming makes a lot of sense to me. 
 People looking for information on specific breeds will be easily able 
 to find the group.  I do not feel that 'pedigrees' is as easily 
 findable for the average person, and thus would oppose a 
 name/heirarchy change. 
  I also do not feel that limiting it to a US group is a good 
 idea.  There are many multinational registries in the cat show world, 
 including TICA (The International Cat Association) and FIFe 
 (Federation Internationale Feline).  As well, cat breeds are not as 
 splintered internationally as dog breeds -- while you can tell an 
 English Lab from an American Lab, you will have very much less luck 
 telling an English Bengal from a US Bengal from an Aussie Bengal. 
  
  I am currently working on a rewrite of the proposal, and plan 
 to submit it to additional groups as per various requests. 
  
  
  
 Orchid 
  
 Orchid's Kitties: http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage 
 Orchid's Guide: http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid 
  
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