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From: rusty@cadnetix.COM (Rusty Carruth)
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Subject: Re: tmp.* hierarchy (was: moderated "newsgroups" group)
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In article <282@ecijmm.UUCP> jmm@ecijmm.UUCP (John Macdonald) writes:
...
>  Why not
>set up an alternate newsgroup called tmp?...

I like it!

>The first category occurs when a topic is strongly supported as "urgent".
...
>(I will leave for further discussion the question of how we get agreement
>that a group really is urgent and thus is eligible for the tmp hierarchy.)


...

> category two with vague termination criteria could lead
>to flames and bad feelings if a group is removed when some people don't
>agree that it has outlived its charter.  

How about an absolute maximum life of 6 months or a year?  When the
expiration date comes around, if there is still enough interest then
it would be time to discuss it in n.g and vote on making a permanent 
place in the permanent space.

>... I could probably say more, but I don't want to put you all to sleep
>before you get a chance to follow up to what I've said so far ...

I'm awake, I promizzzz :-)

>John Macdonald


As far as 'what makes a group urgent' - one possibility which I can think
of is to require recieving x number of votes for its creation within
y number of days.  (we could also make it x more yes than no)
I hate to make this kind of suggestion, as I can see the flame
wars already, but I doubt that anybody will settle for an 'urgency czar'
who would make the decision.  Any other ideas?
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