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From: ansok@stsci.EDU (Gary)
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Subject: Re: ****   Call for Discussion  --  Creation of Sci.Aquaria   ****
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Date: 10 Oct 89 19:47:47 GMT
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Nobody asked me, but here's MHO anyway...

Just a simple "aquaria" is not enough of a description for the person
scanning the newsgroup list as to what the group is about.  Frankly,
my first thought when I saw "alt.aquaria" was "new-age stuff", and my
second was "wonder if there's an alt.sagittaria, too" (although in that
case it would have been alt.aquarii anyway ;-).  Granted, alt.* lends
itself to that sort of assumption, but I think "rec.aquaria" is non-
obvious as a newsgroup name.

My first choice would honestly be "rec.pets.fish", followed by
"rec.pets.aquaria".  If people feel strongly about putting it
in the sci. heirarchy, I think "sci.bio.aquaria" would be the
best name.  (You could call it "sci.piscean" if you really want
to confuse the astrology fans!)

	Gary
	ansok@stsci.{edu,bitnet}

"I don't know anything.  I've been in California the last three years."
  -- N. Charles