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From: tim@attdso.att.com (Tim J Ihde)
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Subject: Re: More on Moderated news.group
Message-ID: <1989Jun23.181637.6873@attdso.att.com>
Date: 23 Jun 89 18:16:37 GMT
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Reply-To: tim@attdso.att.com (Tim J Ihde)
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In article <3497@ncar.ucar.edu> woods@ncar.UCAR.EDU (Greg Woods) writes:
>1) The name of the group. The two alternatives are to put it under
>   news.announce (news.announce.groups) or under news.groups 
>   (news.groups.proposals). . .

>   . . . I don't think either side is more numerous in its supporters,
>   but the supporters of news.groups.proposals are more vocal;

Well, just so someone else speaks up, I still think ANNOUNCEMENTS of
group discussions or votes should go under news.announce.  This is already
a moderated hierarchy where important meta-news is posted.

However, I would still vote yes for n.g.p.

>   a number of
>   them in private mail who are great supporters of the idea of a new
>   moderated group for newsgroup proposals in general have threatened to vote
>   NO on the group if it is to be placed under news.announce.

These people should switch to Sanka as soon as possible -- it really is just
as tasty as the regular brands.

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