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From: alien@cpoint.UUCP (Alien Wells)
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Subject: Re: ****   Call for Discussion  --  Creation of Sci.Aquaria   ****
Message-ID: <2678@cpoint.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 89 20:37:06 GMT
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In article <161@ark1.nswc.navy.mil> dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Dave Sill) writes:
>Why not propose rec.aquariums now, with a general hobbyist-oriented
>charter, keeping alt.aquaria for the tech talk?  Then later propose
>moving alt.aquaria to rec.aquariums.tech or sci.aquaria or whatever.
>Even proposing both groups simultaneously now would be better than
>trying to simply move alt.aquaria.

I see ... so this is sort of like extortion?  The net.gods decide that it
would be nice to have a rec.aquariums or rec.pets.aquariums for the masses
of goldfish and guppy fans, so we can't have our group until they get thiers?
This despite the fact that we have demonstrated a consistent, long-term
interest and, for all you know, the K-Mart fish department crowd may not
support the traffic?

I don't propose rec.KMart.aquariums because I don't want it.  If we 
started a bozo group while maintaining alt.aquaria, I wouldn't subscribe to
it.  Go check out rec.pets and see if there is enough traffic there on fish
to justify rec.pets.aquariums.  If so, suggest that they start it.  If not,
please don't try to get us to 'jump on our sword' and create a group for
them.
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