Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gatech.CSNET Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gatech!spaf From: spaf@gatech.CSNET (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: Net.misc.coke? Surely you jest! Message-ID: <577@gatech.CSNET> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 11:38:09 EDT Article-I.D.: gatech.577 Posted: Mon Jul 15 11:38:09 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 06:25:42 EDT References: <324@phri.UUCP> Reply-To: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) Distribution: net Organization: The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech Lines: 34 Summary: About once a year, something comes along which takes us all by surprise, and which captures the collective imagination of netters. Usually, this event (whatever it may be) causes a flood of news postings, all largely duplicates and all on the same general subject which is of little interest to everyone else. The flood usually subsides after a few months. In those rare cases where one of these events occurs, it is preferable for a temporary newsgroup to be created ASAP to handle the flood. There are a number of experienced netters out there who have seen it all happen before, and in whom I have enough confidence that it doesn't bother me if they create a TEMPORARY newsgroup to handle the flood. Mark Horton is one of those people, and he created net.misc.coke just about the time I was thinking about doing it myself. He clearly labelled it as TEMPORARY, and that is a big distinction from other groups on the net. The last time something like this was done, it was for the Star Wars sagas, and net.movies.sw was created. (Which reminds me....it is about time we rmgroup'd that -- see my next posting.) If netters out there think we should can net.misc.coke and return all the addicts to net.misc, send me mail. If I get more than about 20 responses to delete it, I'll send out a rmgroup. I doubt I'll get that many objections, though. When the volume in the group drops to about one message per week for a month, I'll delete it then (or someone else can) as it will have outlived its purpose. -- Gene "3 months and holding" Spafford The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 CSNet: Spaf @ GATech ARPA: Spaf%GATech.CSNet @ CSNet-Relay.ARPA uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,hplabs,ihnp4,linus,seismo,ulysses}!gatech!spaf