I accidentally discovered, when I was looking for Nick's Guideline
barring HTML text in Scuba-L, that it has turned into a WEB RING
and various other versions, but the articles are no longer
retrievable (via groups.google.com archives search).

That took away the ONLY redeeming value of the old Scuba-L.


But the more INTERESTING news is that there are SEVERAL different
Scuba-L's now:

There is a Scuba-L at East Carolina University
http://www.ECUMAIL7.ecu.edu

See: http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=SCUBA-L&H=ECUMAIL7.ECU.EDU


There is a new Scuba-L archives site (not google friendly) at
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Empty so far.


The old Scuba-L is now MODERATED:

http://www.tile.net/news/index.php?news_id=4963

Didn't say by whom.  Jan Faust or Robert Lung?   :-)



All of the above seems to suggest that the PRESENT scuba-SE
should be RESTORED to its old (South-East USA) status;  be
renamed

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(East Carolina has already set a precedence whose duplicate
name permissibility was questioned before), to convey the
FACT that this is THE real home and continuation of the old
Scuba-L of the 1988-2001 era.

Da Feeesh

NED Historian and original author of NED FAQ.