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Hi all,

A second discussion with the example of the talk.* hierarchy. It clearly shows a different use than what we are accustomed to here in news.*, so it could lead to an interesting discussion about a possible rationalization.
(I guess that humanities.*, misc.* and soc.* will have similarities with talk.* current usage, and that comp.* will rather look like news.*; rec.* and sci.* a mix of them.)

I would propose to keep the following newsgroups which are still relevant and/or active:

talk.abortion All sorts of discussions and arguments on abortion. talk.atheism Debate about the validity and nature of atheism. talk.bizarre The unusual, bizarre, curious, and often interesting. talk.environment Discussion the state of the environment & what to do. talk.euthanasia All aspects of euthanasia.
talk.origins Evolution versus creationism (sometimes hot!). (Moderated)
talk.philosophy.humanism Humanism in the modern world. talk.philosophy.misc Philosophical musings on all topics. talk.politics.animals The use and/or abuse of animals.
talk.politics.crypto The relation between cryptography and government. talk.politics.drugs The politics of drug issues. talk.politics.european-union The EU and political integration in Europe. talk.politics.guns The politics of firearm ownership and (mis)use. talk.politics.medicine The politics and ethics involved with health care. talk.politics.mideast Discussion & debate over Middle Eastern events. talk.politics.misc Political discussions and ravings of all kinds. talk.politics.soviet Discussion of Soviet politics, domestic and foreign. talk.politics.theory Theory of politics and political systems.

The rationale is that they are still used for discussions between several people.



And we could discuss the removal of:

talk.answers Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated) talk.politics.china Discussion of political issues related to China. talk.politics.libertarian Libertarian politics & political philosophy. talk.politics.tibet The politics of Tibet and the Tibetan people.
talk.rape Discussions on stopping rape; not to be crossposted. talk.religion.bahai Discussion of the Baha'i Faith.
talk.religion.buddhism All aspects of Buddhism as religion and philosophy. talk.religion.course-miracle A Course in Miracles.
talk.religion.misc Religious, ethical, & moral implications. talk.religion.newage Esoteric and minority religions & philosophies. talk.religion.pantheism Pantheism in general.
talk.rumors For the posting of rumors.
talk.us.rhode-island Issues related to the State of Rhode Island, USA.

They are either spammed (like talk.politics.china), empty (like talk.answers), links to various articles without actual discussion (like talk.ripe) or only the place for monologs (at least the other newsgroups in talk.* have a semblance of discussion).

Even the only poster in talk.religion.course-miracle asked in March 2025 whether someone else was still reading this newsgroups, without any answer (<vq36u8$12bu9$1@dont-email.me>).


Any thoughts about that proposal?
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Julien |eLIE

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Op 8-1-2026 om 2:59 schreef Julien |eLIE:

Hi all,

A second discussion with the example of the talk.* hierarchy.-a It
clearly shows a different use than what we are accustomed to here in
news.*, so it could lead to an interesting discussion about a possible rationalization.
(I guess that humanities.*, misc.* and soc.* will have similarities with talk.* current usage, and that comp.* will rather look like news.*;
rec.* and sci.* a mix of them.)

I would propose to keep the following newsgroups which are still
relevant and/or active:

talk.abortion-a-a-a-a-a-a-a All sorts of discussions and arguments on abortion.
talk.atheism-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Debate about the validity and nature of atheism. talk.bizarre-a-a-a-a-a-a-a The unusual, bizarre, curious, and often interesting.
talk.environment-a-a-a Discussion the state of the environment & what to do. talk.euthanasia-a-a-a-a-a-a-a All aspects of euthanasia. talk.origins-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Evolution versus creationism (sometimes hot!). (Moderated)
talk.philosophy.humanism-a-a-a Humanism in the modern world. talk.philosophy.misc-a-a-a Philosophical musings on all topics. talk.politics.animals-a-a-a The use and/or abuse of animals. talk.politics.crypto-a-a-a The relation between cryptography and government. talk.politics.drugs-a-a-a The politics of drug issues. talk.politics.european-union-a-a-a The EU and political integration in Europe.
talk.politics.guns-a-a-a The politics of firearm ownership and (mis)use. talk.politics.medicine-a-a-a The politics and ethics involved with health care.
talk.politics.mideast-a-a-a Discussion & debate over Middle Eastern events. talk.politics.misc-a-a-a Political discussions and ravings of all kinds. talk.politics.soviet-a-a-a Discussion of Soviet politics, domestic and foreign.
talk.politics.theory-a-a-a Theory of politics and political systems.

The rationale is that they are still used for discussions between
several people.

And we could discuss the removal of:

talk.answers-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated)
talk.politics.china-a-a-a Discussion of political issues related to China. talk.politics.libertarian-a-a-a Libertarian politics & political philosophy. talk.politics.tibet-a-a-a The politics of Tibet and the Tibetan people. talk.rape-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Discussions on stopping rape; not to be crossposted. talk.religion.bahai-a-a-a Discussion of the Baha'i Faith. talk.religion.buddhism-a-a-a All aspects of Buddhism as religion and philosophy.
talk.religion.course-miracle-a-a-a A Course in Miracles. talk.religion.misc-a-a-a Religious, ethical, & moral implications. talk.religion.newage-a-a-a Esoteric and minority religions & philosophies. talk.religion.pantheism-a-a-a Pantheism in general.
talk.rumors-a-a-a-a-a-a-a For the posting of rumors. talk.us.rhode-island-a-a-a Issues related to the State of Rhode Island, USA.

They are either spammed (like talk.politics.china), empty (like talk.answers), links to various articles without actual discussion (like talk.ripe) or only the place for monologs (at least the other newsgroups
in talk.* have a semblance of discussion).

Even the only poster in talk.religion.course-miracle asked in March 2025 whether someone else was still reading this newsgroups, without any
answer (<vq36u8$12bu9$1@dont-email.me>).

Any thoughts about that proposal?

I did not see any replies to your proposal.
Could it be that the readers of this newsgroup do not read talk.*
newsgroups?
That's what I do: I do not read talk.* newsgroups.

Many years ago I've read 2 talk.*groups.
talk.answer had some FAQ's, but they were all posted too in news.answers talk.politics.european-union was not interesting. Even not for me, I
live in The Netherlands.
So I closed both newsgroups in 2020.

As you can understand, I do not have any thoughts about talk.*

Rink

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