From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups
Subject: Bogus USENET Groups
Followup-To: poster
Date: 16 Dec 1992 12:41:47 -0500
Organization: UUNET Communications
NNTP-Posting-Host: news.uu.net

Explanatory notes follow this list.

comp.dcom.lans                  superseded by comp.dcom.lans.misc
comp.dcom.lans.novell           no proposal (berserk gateway)
comp.dcom.lans.v2lni            defunct
comp.dcom.telecom.digest        no proposal (use comp.dcom.telecom)
comp.eiffel                     no proposal (use comp.lang.eiffel)
comp.graphics.digest            defunct
comp.jobs                       no proposal (use misc.jobs.*)
comp.mail                       no proposal (use comp.mail.misc)
comp.msdos.programmer           no proposal (use comp.os.msdos.programmer)
comp.next.misc                  no proposal (use comp.sys.next.misc)
comp.org.uniforum               defunct
comp.org.usrgroup               superseded by comp.org.uniforum (which cf.)
comp.os.eunice                  defunct
comp.os.os2                     superseded by comp.os.os2.misc
comp.protocols.pup              defunct
comp.society.women              defunct
comp.sys.amiga                  superseded by comp.sys.amiga.misc
comp.sys.amiga.datacom          should be comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
comp.sys.amiga.emulation        should be comp.sys.amiga.emulations
comp.sys.amiga.software.pirate  no proposal
comp.sys.amiga.tech             superseded by comp.sys.amiga.programmer
comp.sys.amiga.unix             no proposal (use comp.unix.amiga)
comp.sys.celerity               defunct
comp.sys.hp48.d                 revoted as comp.sys.hp48
comp.sys.ibm.hardware           no proposal
comp.sys.ibm.pc                 superseded by comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer      superseded by comp.os.msdos.programmer
comp.sys.mac                    superseded by comp.sys.mac.misc
comp.sys.next                   superseded by comp.sys.next.misc
comp.sys.sun                    superseded by comp.sys.sun.misc
comp.sys.workstations           defunct
comp.unix                       superseded by comp.unix.misc
comp.unix.appleiigs             no proposal
comp.unix.i386                  superseded by comp.unix.sysv386 (which cf.)
comp.unix.microport             superseded by comp.unix.sysv286 (which cf.)
comp.unix.msdos                 superseded by comp.unix.dos-under-unix
comp.unix.system_calls.brk.brk.brk      no proposal
comp.unix.sysv286               superseded by comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit
comp.unix.sysv386               superseded by comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
comp.unix.xenix                 superseded by comp.unix.xenix.sco
misc.forsale.computers          superseded by misc.forsale.computers.other
misc.forsale.wanted             no proposal (use misc.wanted)
misc.jobs                       superseded by misc.jobs.misc
misc.security                   defunct
misc.sheep                      no proposal
news.admin                      superseded by news.admin.misc
news.members                    no proposal
news.sysadmin                   superseded by news.admin.technical (moderated)
news.test                       no proposal (use misc.test)
rec.arts.comics			superseded by rec.arts.comics.misc
rec.arts.sf-lovers              superseded by rec.arts.sf.misc
rec.arts.sf-reviews             superseded by rec.arts.sf.reviews (moderated)
rec.arts.startrek               superseded by rec.arts.startrek.misc
rec.arts.tv.tiny-toon           no proposal
rec.auto                        no proposal (use rec.autos)
rec.aviation                    superseded by rec.aviation.misc
rec.bicycles			superseded by rec.bicycles.misc
rec.fitness                     no proposal (use misc.fitness)
rec.games.frp			superseded by rec.games.frp.misc
rec.games.mud			superseded by rec.games.mud.misc
rec.games.rpg                   no proposal (use rec.games.frp.misc)
rec.ham-radio                   superseded by rec.radio.amateur.misc
rec.ham-radio.packet            superseded by rec.radio.amateur.packet
rec.ham-radio.swap              superseded by rec.radio.swap
rec.kibo.hunting                no proposal
rec.mag.otherrealms             defunct
rec.music.synth                 superseded by rec.music.makers.synth
rec.skating                     no proposal (use rec.skate)
rec.sport.basketball            superseded by rec.sport.basketball.misc
rec.sport.football              superseded by rec.sport.football.misc
rec.sport.snowboarding          failed vote
sci                             no proposal
sci.chaos                       no proposal
sci.physics.edward.teller.boom.boom.boom        no proposal
soc.culture.cis                 no proposal (use soc.culture.soviet)
soc.culture.india               no proposal (use soc.culture.indian)
soc.culture.indian.american     questionable vote recalled and failed
soc.human-nets                  defunct
soc.singles.nice                no proposal
talk.bizarre.rabbit             no proposal
talk.politics.cis               no proposal (use talk.politics.soviet)

Notes:

This article covers the seven USENET hierarchies of comp, misc, news,
rec, sci, soc and talk.  It does include INET groups.

While USENET is a co-operative anarchy, and doesn't really have
"official" and "bogus" groups that are enforcable anywhere other than
at each individual site, groups listed in this article are considered
by a majority of admins to be not valid based on the reasons above.
Keeping a coherent picture of what most admins think the USENET
namespace looks like helps everyone to use network news more
effectively by being better able to target appropriate audiences.
People posting to groups in this list will probably find propogation
of their postings to be poor, and thus potential responses to them to
be limited.

Groups appear in this list by virtue of either having had
well-propagated newgroup messages or a remarkably high number of
articles posted to them.  Some of the superseded groups have not yet
rmgroup messages sent for them, as they are in their three month
transition period.

Administrators at C News sites might wish to add these groups with "x"
flags at their sites, to cut their propagation via the "junk" spool
and lessen the appearance to others that they are widely accepted
groups.  Note that articles cross-posted from bogus groups flagged
this way to otherwise valid groups will still propagate normally.

Please do not alias unmoderated groups to moderated groups which
supersede them, especially at B News sites.  It causes ugly volumes of
mail to be sent to the moderator because of laggard sites which have
not made the switch.

Corrections or other input on the format of this article is welcome.
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