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	The Great Renaming FAQ
		The Great Renaming discussion began in part because transmitting news was quite expensive in those days and the Europeans refused to pay for the fluff groups like net.religion and net.flame.
		As the Great Renaming discussion progressed, it was generally understood that if a group was put in talk.* instead of soc.* it would not be as widely propagated.
		One of the big debates of the Great Renaming had been whether there should be a "drugs" newsgroup anywhere; this putative newsgroup was the example people used of a group that sysadmins would never be able to convince their bosses to support.
	www.linux.it /~md/usenet/gr.html (1583 words)

	Modern Usenet Newsgroup Hierarchies History
		The Great Renaming was initiated by Rick Adams originally because a file used to track the newsgroups called "news/sys" was getting too large to be processed efficiently.
		On 1 April, 1987, a message was released to some consternation claiming that the renaming was going to be reversed.
		One of the purposes of the renaming was to confine controversial newsgroups to the "talk." hierarchy, where they could be easily identified for censoring by individual sites if they wished.
	www.livinginternet.com /u/ui_modern.htm (542 words)

	Controlling the Virtual World
		Especially at times closer to the Great Renaming the creation of a new newsgroup basically necessitated approval from the Cabal due to the structure of Usenet.
		Preceeding the Great Renaming there was much concern over leaving the new structure of Usenet up to a small group of people.
		The Cabal had become too powerful right before the Great Renaming and their support was necessary to create a group.
	www-cse.stanford.edu /classes/cs201/projects-98-99/controlling-the-virtual-world/history/rename.html (580 words)

	Great Renaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Great Renaming was a restructuring of Usenet newsgroups that took place in 1987.
		Before the Renaming, the newsgroups were categorized into three hierarchies: fa.* for groups gatewayed from ARPANET, mod.* for moderated discussions, and net.* for unmoderated groups.
		Names of the groups were said to be rather haphazard (see The Great Renaming FAQ).
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Great_Renaming (517 words)

	The Great Renaming FAQ
		The years between the creation of the Unix User Network in 1979 and the Great Renaming of 1986 were ones of great growth for Usenet.
		Nearer the Great Renaming, the approval of the Cabal was essential to the creation of a new newsgroup because of how the system was set up.
		As the Great Renaming progressed, a current list of proposed new newsgroups was posted to net.news several times along the way.
	www.livinginternet.com /u/ui_modern_renamingfaq.htm (2463 words)

	Development Blog › The Great Renaming!
		There has been a ton of great development on WordPress but I’ve heard from people that they don’t feel it is stable or “ready” and one reason they give me is the mis-mash of filenames.
		The thing is, the renaming had to happen sooner or later, so doing it now and getting it over with makes sense.
		For one, the developers have renamed everything, which I think is key.
	wordpress.org /development/2003/12/the-great-renaming (354 words)

	Alt hierarchy
		The birth of the alt hierarchy is tied to a drastic transformation of the Usenet: the Great Renaming in 1987.
		The "backbone carriers," or the backbone cabal as they have been referred to by some users of the Usenet, were vital hubs in the distribution chain of most of the newsgroup postings.
		As an alternative, the alt hierarchy was suggested by one of the cabal members, Brian Reid[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/al/Alt_hierarchy.html (424 words)

	Newsgroup \| Topic Definition \| Find the Meaning and Define the Answer of Newsgroup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		These were all created in the Great Renaming of 1986–1987, prior to which all of these newsgroups were in the net.* hierarchy.
		At that time there was a great controversy over what newsgroups should be allowed.
		Among those that the usenet cabal (who effectively ran the Big 7 at the time) did not allow were those concerning recipes, drugs, and sex.
	www.thefreeencyclopedia.com /definition/word.aspx?w=Newsgroup (1342 words)

	Newsgroup
		These were all created in the Great Renaming of 1986-1987 prior to which all of these newsgroups were in the net.* hierarchy.
		At that time there was a great controversy over what newsgroups should be allowed, and among those the usenet cabal (who effectively ran the Big-8 at the time) did not allow, included those on recipes, drugs, and sex.
		This resulted in the creation of an alt.* (short for "alternative") usenet hierarchy where these groups would be allowed.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ne/News_group.html (623 words)

	[No title]
		Again, if you know anything about this, please contact me. -l Since the collective memory of Usenet is something like two weeks, it is rare for an event to be of such signficance to Usenet that it be refered to a month later, much less nearly ten years later.
		Eventually, plans for the Great Renaming were announce in newsgroups outside those that had been discussing it, Wiles said.
		According to Wiles, the "alt.*" hierarchy was created "to pacify one segment of the net.community who would not tolerate the idea that there would be any sort of external control over ``their'' newsfeed.
	www.brics.dk /~poe/folklore/great-renaming.txt (736 words)

	Rename mp3 files. 1-4a-rename. Freeware file renamer for Windows 95/98/2000/XP
		"This renaming program is fantastic, I just used it to rename 700+ files and it did it in a matter of seconds.
		I had a pile of files I needed to rename (about 3000) and I was going through them by hand for a few minutes before I decided to see if there's any find and replace programs on the net.
		Even though there really isn't a help section (but great 'Pop Up' mouse explanations, I forgot the correct term for those things), I was able to to do an amazing amount.
	www.1-4a.com /rename (1177 words)

	Wikinfo \| Usenet
		In 1987, a drastic restructuring of Usenet known as the Great Renaming took place.
		The Great Renaming, led by the administrators known as the backbone cabal, re-organized newsgroups into seven hierarchies, known as the "Big Seven":
		This allows for a great depth of historical records of news, information, and of the behaviour of individuals who choose to attach their real name to messages.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Usenet (1938 words)

	Flash Renamer Awards
		Moreover, what makes Flash Renamer simply great software is that it works without flaw and gets the job done the way you intend.
		There are lots of great features that extend file naming to a level I never really thought of before I tried this program.
		I had to rename hundreds of dirs to sequential numbers and it handled it seemlessly.
	www.rlvision.com /flashren/awards.asp (1333 words)

	Definition of Great Renaming (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Names of the groups were said to be rather haphazard (see The Great Renaming FAQ (http://usenet.vrx.net.cob-web.org:8888/history/rename/)).
		Some suggest that members of the cabal had interests in bundling certain newsgroups into the talk.* hierarchy, in order that they not to be objected to by their supervisors.
		A more detailed account of reasons behind the Renaming can also be seen in a Usenet article (http://groups.google.com.cob-web.org:8888/groups?selm=4558%40gatech.CSNET) posted by Gene Spafford at net.news and net.news.group.
	www.wordiq.com.cob-web.org:8888 /definition/Great_Renaming (583 words)

	S.C.J. FAQ: Section 1.3. Why soc.culture.jewish? Wouldn't soc.religion.jewish be more appropriate?
		In the late 1980s, the Usenet namespace was reworked in what was called the "Great Renaming".
		This renaming took the flat namespace of net.* groups, and created the new top-level groups: comp, rec, soc, talk, sci, misc, and news.
		At this time, there was a common belief that renaming net.religion.jewish to talk.religion.jewish would be detrimental to the group's success, for it was believed that talk.
	www.shamash.org /lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/01-03.html (377 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Subject: A Short History of the Great Renaming.
		I am hoping that this story might jog the memory of some people around during the Great Renaming.
		Yet such is the case with the Great Renaming, which took place in 1986.
	www.unc.edu /~uevans/jomc191/bumgarner.html (553 words)

	Page 2 - Oldest post on this group?
		The "Great Renaming" took place in the late 80's, if it is that event
		That was the renaming of net.bicycle to rec.bicycles as part of the creation of
		Great Split of rec.bicycles into its current component groups.
	www.cyclingforums.com /showthread.php?p=3118285#post3118285 (840 words)

	Great Renaming (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The backbone providers, or the backbone cabal, were instrumental in this reorganization of Usenet since they had a great influence on supporting a new newsgrop.
		A more detailed account of reasons behind the Renaming can also be seen in a email message (http://groups.google.com.cob-web.org:8888/groups?selm=4558%40gatech.CSNET) by Gene Spaford at net.news and net.news.group.
		The term "alt" was originally meant as a humorous acronym for "anarchists, lunatics, and terrorists," though it became widely known as "alternative." The alt.* hierarchy was meant to be completely free from outside control, and it was not subject to the regulations of the Big Seven.
	www.mik.fastload.org.cob-web.org:8888 /gr/Great_Renaming.html (458 words)

	nntp.perl.org - perl.perl6.compiler (118) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		There will be better navigation features and such soon; be patient.
		All of the associated files and symbols have been likewise renamed, and some things have been moved around to more closely follow Parrot guidelines.
		The README file in compilers/pge has been updated as well, and it tries to explain most of what needs to be known to work with PGE.
	www.nntp.perl.org /group/perl.perl6.compiler/118 (340 words)

	Press Release - Congressman Vito J. Fossella - New York, 13th Congressional District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was their courage and resolve that defeated tyranny and made the world safe for democracy.
		While we can never repay them, we can honor their legacy by renaming Great Kills Park in their memory.
		Fossella conceived the idea of renaming the park last year and introduced legislation in the waning days of the 105th Congress.
	www.house.gov /fossella/Press/pr040299_klsprk.htm (469 words)

	Usenet is Still a Strange Place
		More and more forums were established, and it became clear that more structure was needed--it was time for the Great Renaming.
		A new hierarchy, the ``talk.'' hierarchy was proposed, and the Great* Renaming began.
		It is a great example of how and why open source works.
	www.linuxjournal.com /node/4500/print (4038 words)

	WordPress Wiki - WPChanges_0.72_to_1.0
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		Now should be able to tackle any OPML ============================================================================= RCS file: /cvsroot/cafelog/wordpress/wp-admin/menu.php,v Working file: wp-admin/menu.php head: 1.1 branch: locks: strict access list: keyword substitution: kv total revisions: 1; selected revisions: 1 description: ---------------------------- revision 1.1 date: 2003/12/11 00:22:35; author: saxmatt; state: Exp; The great renaming.
	wiki.wordpress.org /WPChanges_0.72_to_1.0 (12885 words)

	Usenet is still a strange place
		The first forums, or newsgroups, to be established were net.xxxx, and dept.xxxx; several mailing-lists from the ARPANet fed into this Unix Users Network formed the ``fa''-hierarchy.
		A new hierarchy, the ``talk.''-hierarchy was proposed, and the Great* Renaming began.
		In the time between 1986 and 1987, the main top-hierarchies were created, including comp, misc, news, rec, sci, soc and talk.
	www.netmeister.org /news/usenet/usenet.html (4127 words)

	Yawn: a wacky todo-list manager for Linux
		This Great Renaming took place on the 29th of July, 2004, five years after the initial concept of the program was laid down.
		And while I was at it, I decided that the name SFL was not unique enough (the same cause that cost me the neat name 2do); so I decided to also change it to Snore, in correspondence with Yawn's new name.
		This Lesser Renaming took place on the same day as the Great Renaming.
	eusebeia.dyndns.org /yawn/index.html (959 words)

	Open Directory - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Business Network offers one a great selection of Specialty Stores on the Net.
		N-Charge.com ~ N-Charge provides a great selection of Merchant and Charge-Card Services for Net Business everwhere.
		N-Education.com ~ N-Education.com ~ The Net's Education Superstore offers a great selection of Educational products for Teachers, Students and Parents.
	n-tier.com /Dir/dir.asp?cat=/Computers/Usenet/History (646 words)

	What's in a Name? $2,000--Family Tree Magazine
		These two things happening at the same time must have made a big impression on the parents, since the name given to the baby was Picture of Hard Times Two Thousand Dollars by Thomas Waters Jr.
		At some later time, the pain of paying the note must have dissipated, since the baby was renamed Rotheus Caswell Croom.
		In this case, however, I have the old family Bible, clearly recording the birth and renaming of Great-grandfather "Pic."
	www.familytreemagazine.com /articles/apr01/name.html (252 words)

	Collections » The Great Renaming or Not (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Yes, renaming the site will be a pain in the ass, will break a lot of links, I'll have to set up forwards and 404 pages, etc… but it will no longer be the 2 billionth weblog titled “Collections”.
		Of course this is all dependent on whether Movabletype will allow for an easy directory shift, or if it'll just choke and die, and give me the finger.
		Or, you could make it a memorial, yea, an homage, to that great bastion of the internet now lost to us.
	collections.lopolis.com.cob-web.org:8888 /archives/news/000257.html (286 words)

	WinSite: Rname-it
		The most powerful, yet simple and portable, BATCH renaming utility ever built.
		The main purpose is to allow the user to batch (en masse) rename a large quantity of files with only a few clicks.
		Files can easily be organized and grouped by renaming to a new common prefix and/or padded with a unique numerical or alphabetical value, ideal for sequential sorting purposes.
	www.winsite.com /bin/Info?500000015141 (146 words)

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