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. Lines: 26 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. -- Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca {ubc-cs,uunet}!van-bc!sl Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532