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--[[User:John Stumbles|John Stumbles]] 00:02, 13 June 2007 (BST)
 
--[[User:John Stumbles|John Stumbles]] 00:02, 13 June 2007 (BST)
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Maybe we should change the article title, as really its for discussion forums of all kinds. Not sure what title to suggest though.
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[[User:NT|NT]] 10:34, 13 June 2007 (BST)
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Couldn't we just merge the links into the main page, which already has links to other resources (or into more specialised articles, as appropriate)? --[[User:John Stumbles|John Stumbles]] 22:31, 13 June 2007 (BST)
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I'm sure we could. But if as a reader I were looking at the contents trying to find places for discussion and more advice, I wouldnt think to click on 'Main Page', but I would think to click on 'newsgroups' 'discussion sites' or something like that. If I think of a better title I'll come back to it.
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I'm also aware that in time the list of sites will grow, and be quite enough for an article on its own. Hopefully.
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[[User:NT|NT]] 23:01, 13 June 2007 (BST)
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== 2 removed ==
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* [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/free.uk.diy.home news:free.uk.diy.home]
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* [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/misc.consumers.house misc.consumers.house]
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as they've been dead for a long time.
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[[User:NT|NT]] ([[User talk:NT|talk]]) 18:58, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 18:58, 16 November 2016

Yahoo groups != newsgroups

(as any real uk.d-i-yer will say most emphatically!)

--John Stumbles 00:02, 13 June 2007 (BST)

Maybe we should change the article title, as really its for discussion forums of all kinds. Not sure what title to suggest though. NT 10:34, 13 June 2007 (BST)

Couldn't we just merge the links into the main page, which already has links to other resources (or into more specialised articles, as appropriate)? --John Stumbles 22:31, 13 June 2007 (BST)


I'm sure we could. But if as a reader I were looking at the contents trying to find places for discussion and more advice, I wouldnt think to click on 'Main Page', but I would think to click on 'newsgroups' 'discussion sites' or something like that. If I think of a better title I'll come back to it.

I'm also aware that in time the list of sites will grow, and be quite enough for an article on its own. Hopefully. NT 23:01, 13 June 2007 (BST)

2 removed

as they've been dead for a long time. NT (talk) 18:58, 16 November 2016 (UTC)