Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!shaddock From: shaddock@rti-sel.UUCP (Mike Shaddock) Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing on the Clouds Message-ID: <510@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 21:33:57 EST Article-I.D.: rti-sel.510 Posted: Mon Oct 28 21:33:57 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 05:43:17 EST References: <614@h-sc1.UUCP> <1817@hao.UUCP> <446@brl-sem.ARPA> Reply-To: shaddock@rti-sel.UUCP (Mike Shaddock) Followup-To: net.news,net.news.group Distribution: net Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 31 Xref: watmath net.news:4175 net.news.group:4057 Summary: Well, it seems that once again when someone tries to do something for the net he gets flamed wildly. Wake up, folks. All Spaf is trying to do is keep the creation/deletion of newsgroups even-handed. I am amazed that Mr. Wood was about the only person who noticed it. These groups were never created by the rules (yes, I regularly read net.news.*), so they should not be carried, regardless of content. I personally see no reason to have net.bizarre, since it is mostly full of trash, or so it was when I finally got sick of it. I have trouble keeping up in worthwhile newsgroups, much less trying to follow something like net.bizarre. Perhaps, though, we should do as Lauren Weinstein has suggested, that is, declare a moratorium on newsgroup creations *and* deletions until the smoke clears. The net is getting overloaded, though, so we need to do something soon. As for net.internat: Should net.internat have been nuked? Yes. Should it be created following the guildlines? Yes again, but probably as a moderated group, since a lot of the current articles have been of the "Yes, I agree with you" / "No, I disagree" type (should sound familiar to readers of this group :-) ). EUUG (or whatever) mandated that it be created, let some people from it moderate it. Keep at it Spaf, don't let the hyenas get you down. -- Mike Shaddock {decvax,seismo,ihnp4}!mcnc!rti-sel!shaddock