Re: RFD: create unmoderated newsgroup uk.tech.heating


"Andrew Gabriel" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <ergmq1ddhpg4ujg4o3pqhva9npk42aqk42@xxxxxxx>,
> Geoff Berrow <blthecat@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> Message-ID: <43ab3ca8$0$256$5a6aecb4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from Andrew
>> Gabriel contained the following:
>>
>>>A second point: I'm not sure I see why just "heating" -- I would
>>>suggest considering if any new group should cover heating,
>>>ventilation, and cooling. These are really inextricably linked,
>>>particularly if you are interested in engaging professionals
>>>covering commercial work
>>
>> The name is less than ideal, but is there a better single word than
>> 'heating'?
>
> HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Cooling), but it's
> probably a term not well-known outside the trade,
> which may make it not a good choice for a newsgroup
> name. I suggest leaving worrying about the name until
> after there is agreement on the intended topic coverage.
>
> --
> Andrew Gabriel

I mused over the name for sometime. I'm not 100% happy with it, but it
seems to cover 95% of related topics ('cookers' is one which doesn't seem to
fit in the conventional sense, although would be a welcome and appropriate
discussion topic in the group).
At the end of the day, I would like to see a group containing posts related
to the Gas/Oil and heating trade, not a group where people are discussing
washing machines and light bulbs, and only every 25th post may be related to
heating, but the subject text is so vague you have to open the post. Maybe
the inclusion of 'commercial' is the stumbling block here? Limit it to
'domestic'? The odd OT commercial post would be handled I'm sure!


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