Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!sl
From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Suggestion for new newsgroup creation rule.
Message-ID: <1821@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jun 88 16:09:56 GMT
References: <960@ficc.UUCP> <2474@ukecc.engr.uky.edu> <11237@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
Organization: Wimsey Associates, Vancouver, BC.
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In article <11237@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student) writes:
>In article <2474@ukecc.engr.uky.edu>, wes@engr (Wes Morgan) writes:
>>> 	(1) Create the group in "alt".
>>> 	(2) Demonstrate volume and friendliness.
>>> 	(3) Get the *backbone* to vote on admitting it.

>>Does anyone have objections to this?  Let's consider it....seriously.

>No, let's not.  alt.* is a very fine hierarchy, and does not want to
>become the dumping ground for the rest of the net's newsgroup problems.

>Over in alt.config I've been proposing the duh.* hierarchy to be the
>official net.sewer.


Well at least we could be polite about it. 

How about a new.* hierarchy. With the same distribution rules as alt.*.
Don't send it to a site unless asked for. Anyone can feel free to create new
groups to try out a theme or discussion. If it's successful they can
petition to be moved into a more permanent distribution - alt - comp - rec,
or wherever is appropriate.


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