newgroup wars

newgroup wars
 /n[y]oo'groop worz/, n.

   [Usenet] The salvos of dueling newgroup and rmgroup messages sometimes
   exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a
   {newsgroup} should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently)
   whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out
   within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a
   natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in
   the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups
   themselves become a form of comment or humor; e.g., the group
   alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork which originated as a birthday joke
   for a Muppets fan, or any number of specialized abuse groups named
   after particularly notorious {flamer}s, e.g., alt.weemba.
    

newgroup wars

   /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [{Usenet}] The salvos of dueling
   "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by
   persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a
   {newsgroup} should be created net-wide, or (even more
   frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed.  These
   usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear
   whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it
   doesn't).  At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt
   hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of
   comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of
   alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early
   1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after
   particularly notorious {flamers}, e.g. alt.weemba.

   [{Jargon File}]