Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu!karl From: karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Suggestion for new newsgroup creation rule. Message-ID: <16753@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 30 Jun 88 20:44:41 GMT References: <960@ficc.UUCP> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Lines: 10 In-reply-to: peter@ficc.UUCP's message of 20 Jun 88 20:59:41 GMT peter@ficc.UUCP 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. (3) Get the *backbone* to vote on admitting it. The only problem I see is that (2b) would probably cause a retroactive rmgroup of news.admin and news.groups. --Karl