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From: furuta@uw-june (Richard Furuta)
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Subject: Re: It has been brought to my attention...
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Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 13:34:56 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 30 13:34:56 1984
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My recollection based on the mail messages sent around last summer was that
rather than get rid of net.general at that point, what was going to happen
was that a complete reorganization of netnews was going to be suggested,
posted, and decided upon.  At whatever time this reorganization happened,
net.general was going to become obsolete and at that time its removal
wouldn't make any difference.

I think the argument that I remember was that removal of net.general was
going to be a somewhat cataclysmic event that would cause confusion and
probably hard feelings.  As long as there was going to be confusion and hard
feelings, one might as well just redo the whole thing.

The newly created set of mod groups surprised me since they didn't seem to
fit within this master plan.  However, I'm not arguing that they shouldn't
have been created or that the need for them does not exist.  Within the
context of current netnews they seem quite appropriate.

Given the current situation, I continue to argue that it is inappropriate to
get rid of net.general.  Removal of net.general would be addressing a
symptom, not the basic problem.

					--Rick