XPost: rec.photo.digital 
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 Woodchuck Bill wrote: 
  
 > Charles  wrote in 
 > news:090920040530394599%fort@his.com.remove.invalid: 
 > 
 > > In article <93903fca.0409081913.4e9d78e0@posting.google.com>, ECM 
 > >  wrote: 
 > > 
 > >> So, I humbly propose (something like): 
 > >> rec.photo.digital.professional (combining the SLR and Rangefinder 
 > >> categories) 
 > >> rec.photo.digital.hobby (combining the ZLR and Point+Shoot categories) 
 > >> rec.photo.digital.software (to discuss digital post-processing and so 
 > >> forth) 
 > > 
 > > Those names make no sense. Owning a SLR or Rangefinder does not make 
 > > one professional. 
 > > 
 > 
 > I agree with that. Those names stink. 
  
 Its not so much that they stink - they do, but so do some of the names 
 on the current proposal. The problem is that the names above do not 
 divide the traffic in a logical way. Separating beginners, intermediate 
 users, and advance users will do no good. Who will help the beginners if 
 the more experienced users are kept away from them? It makes more sense 
 to offer specialty groups where beginners, intermediate users, and 
 advance users alike can discuss issues that are common to their type of 
 camera. How would point-and-shoot owners benefit by endless discussions 
 about DSLR lenses? 
  
 -- 
  
 Thaddeus Lipshitz 
  
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