Path: utzoo!hoptoad!mejac!decwrl!labrea!husc6!ncsuvx!mcnc!uvaarpa!umd5!grebyn!inco!klortho
From: klortho@inco.UUCP (Klortho the Exalted)
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: Re: Kent 4 Prez
Summary: Onward Klorthic Soldiers, Marching As To War
Keywords: rmgroup control
Message-ID: <2294@inco.UUCP>
Date: 12 May 88 21:25:29 GMT
References: <3537@gryphon.CTS.COM> <4491@hoptoad.uucp> <22481@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <12984@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: klortho@inco.UUCP (Operator)
Organization: McDonnell Douglas-INCO, McLean, VA
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In article <12984@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> karl@saqqara.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) writes:
>rissa@bu-cs.BU.EDU writes:
>   Oh, we like talk.bizarre just fine.  Our problem is that K*nt P. Dolan
>   seems to have arbitrarily decided that t.b is the most relevant place
>   for his presidential campaign, much to the dismay of many t.b readers.
>
>One could of course argue that this is suitable revenge being brought
>down on the t.b population for the abuse of a large fraction of the
>other 400-or-so worldwide newsgroups caused by that population due to
>inappropriate crossposting.

I hardly think that t.b is the only source of cross-posting abuse, and
I might add that it's a two-way street (since my cliche generator is
back from the shop.) In fact, t.b is generally rather cliquish; the
regulars (with the exception of KPD and handful of others) rarely
cross-post. Of course, they also rarely edit the newsgroups line...

>But personally, I don't give a hoot whether alt.birthright comes into
>existence or not.  It looks like we're going to get a dandy little
>newgroup/rmgroup ctrl msg war;

Well, someone else will have to conduct the pro side of the conflict.
I created alt.birthright because it was requested by several people
who presented a reasonable (by my lights) rationale for its existence.
This is a hell of a lot more than can be said for alt.rock-n-roll.

STella and others have said that the alt net isn't a trashcan. They
are correct. It's a ghetto. This is where the groups that the "real"
net won't tolerate end up.

alt.birthright has been created. Individual sysadmins can decide whether
or not they want it. I personally don't give a damn who carries it.
If there are any actual newsgroup creation guidelines for the alt net,
I'd be interested in hearing about them. Especially if they're more
meaningful than the ones on the "real" net.

And my very special thanks to Brian Reid, for attempting to save us
all from the annoyance of having to do our own thinking. Do you suppose
there's actually anyone out there who built their news software without
defining MANUALLY?

Dave Mack
mack@inco.UUCP
aka klortho@inco.UUCP
aka postmaster@inco.UUCP
aka root@inco.UUCP