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From: koreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Steven Grimm)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Suggestion for new newsgroup creation rule.
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Date: 22 Jun 88 15:31:34 GMT
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In article <960@ficc.UUCP> peter@ficc.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Now that alt is here to stay, might I suggest a new newsgroup creation rule:
 
>	(1) Create the group in "alt".
>	(2) Demonstrate volume and friendliness.
			^^^^^^

I thought lots of sites didn't get the alt groups?  Unless that changes
(which would defeat the whole purpose of this suggestion, as the new
groups would eat the same amount of net bandwidth as if they had been
created the old way), wouldn't new groups go unnoticed by most, if not
all, of their potential audience?

>	(3) Get the *backbone* to vote on admitting it.
>-- Peter da Silva, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

It is a good idea, though, except for the above problem.

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