XPost: rec.photo.digital 
 From: ken@objectech.co.uk 
  
 Thad  wrote: 
  
 >                     REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) 
 >           unmoderated group rec.photo.digital.slr-systems 
 >               unmoderated group rec.photo.digital.zlr 
 >           unmoderated group rec.photo.digital.point+shoot 
 >           unmoderated group rec.photo.digital.rangefinder 
 > 
 >This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the reorganization of 
 >the digital photography groups in the rec.photo.digital hierarchy. 
  
 Is it possible to vote yes to the creation of a subset of these groups? 
 Personally, I'd only support rec.photo.digital.slr-systems.  That one 
 would also tend to help a professional/amateur distinction, so obviating 
 the need for such groups. 
  
 Other possibilities, it seems to me, are: 
  
            rec.photo.digital.storage-media 
            rec.photo.digital.software 
  
 Judging by the current volume of headers, the second would have a 
 lot of posts (off-line processing, photoshop etc), and periodically 
 there's bursts of posts that fit into the storage category.  Both 
 groups are recognisable by a novice, whereas a novice user wouldn't 
 be sure which group to use, for all the groups in the original RFD. 
  
 'Novice' discussion should as much as possible be contained higher 
 up the heirarchy tree (e.g. within rec.photo.digital), and this would 
 be consist of most of the point+shoot posts.  More experienced or 
 professional or focussed posts are then directed to the leaf groups. 
  
 -- 
 Ken Tough 
  
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