Subject: Re: The Bible of Usenet *may* be changing its name...
From: [email-masked] (David Brazendale)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 03:36:36 +0000
Newsgroups: news.misc

In article: <[email-masked]>  Kevin Atkinson 
<[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> a long list).  A few names to consider are "Usenet
> Handbook", and. "Usenet Primer".
> 
a "primer" document exists already posted in n.a.newusers
a synonym for primer is textbook - the doc not that technical - so NO
Handbook sounds too technical also

Looking in Rogets thsaurus, which may be a good starter for ideas

looking up bible gives a Head of Revelation, listing illumination, 
disclusure. but most of the religious synonyms are no good for this doc

Words such as any of the following may provide ideas :-
Anthology
Compendium, 
Encyclopedia (implies a much larger work - so no)
guidebook, (possibly implies a more technical work)
contents, (too weak I think)
precis (the accent that should be on the e probably precludes that)

> The Bible of Usenet is a collection of Useful info. on
> Usenet including:
>         -A Short Description of the group.
>         -A Long Description of the group
>         -Any FAQ's that go with the group
>         -The Moderators name and e-mail address if moderated
>         -Where and how the group is archived, if at all.
>         -Its average volume
>         -Its average number of readers
>         -Any mailing lists it is gatewayed to
> Before Considering any names please check out the FAQ (just
> posted) and at least the abbreviated version of the Bible
> (see the FAQ for more info.)
> 
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David Brazendale				[email-masked]
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