Looking through engine-related sites that I have visited recently, I notice that the number of available forums seems to have expanded somewhat over the last years or so, even to the point where the ATIS/SEL List has its own forum as well now.
I haven't had a count-up, but I'd guess that there are probably a dozen or more now, if you include the Marine Engine ones as well.
Perhaps this would explain why the newsgroup traffic has fallen away somewhat?
Peter
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