When I posted my message, the system removed the indentations I used to differentiate what I quoted from Wikipedia. Without the indents it's not clear what text is mine and what is theirs. The following is the part from Wikipedia, the rest are my own statements.

Brian

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The major set of worldwide newsgroups is contained within nine hierarchies,
eight of which are operated under consensual guidelines that govern their
administration and naming. The current "Big Eight" are:

* comp.*: computer-related discussions (comp.software, comp.sys.amiga)
* misc.*: Miscellaneous topics (misc.education, misc.forsale, misc.kids)
* news.*: Discussions and announcements about news (meaning Usenet, not current events) (news.groups, news.admin)
* rec.*: Recreation and entertainment (rec.music, rec.arts.movies)
* sci.*: Science related discussions (sci.psychology, sci.research)
* soc.*: Social discussions (soc.college.org, soc.culture.african)
* talk.*: Talk about various controversial topics (talk.religion, talk.politics)
* humanities.*: Fine arts, literature, and philosophy (humanities.classics, humanities.design.misc)