From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ihuxx!rjnoe
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Title: Topics for Discussion
Article-I.D.: ihuxx.170
Posted: Thu Sep  9 13:14:58 1982
Received: Fri Sep 10 04:51:49 1982

     I think it is probably time for the readers of this newsgroup to
come to a consensus and draw up some "suggestions" on what type of
articles should or should not appear on this newsgroup.  I realize that by
its very name, anything and only those things specifically involving
"Star Trek" fit this category precisely.  After all, the group was created
solely with the intent of opening a forum for discussing Trek without
interfering with (or for that matter, being interfered with by) any
other newsgroup.  However, it is only by virtue the fact that Trek is
graced with a large and loyal following that it has earned the right to
have its own newsgroup.  What of similar genres, e.g. Battlestar Galactica,
Star Wars, Space: 1999, Lost in Space, and a whole host of theatrical
releases?  None of these has as large or steadfast a following, though
it can be argued that they are all "related" to Trek in one way or
another.
     Mind you, I'm not necessarily advocating the idea of allowing such
topics to be discussed on net.startrek (as far as one can "allow" things
to appear on a decentralized network like this net).  I am simply
bringing the topic to the foreground for free discussion.  Not many
people, I would guess, have bothered to think much about what will or
will not appear on this newsgroup.  I do not think that we are in a
position where we must reach a conclusion very soon; I hope we have
anticipated that moment sufficiently.  Other newsgroups have not been
so fortunate.
     So what's YOUR opinion?  Feel free to expand the range of discussion
at will.  There is no need to restrict this to the few ideas I have
just mentioned.  And let's keep it on this newsgroup--that's what it's
for, right?  (Or is it?)

	Roger Noe	ihuxx!rjnoe