Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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 {flamer}s, e.g. alt.weemba.
     
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