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From: levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin)
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Subject: Re: modification of newgroup charter (mandetory .misc usage)
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Date: 13 Oct 89 16:13:06 GMT
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In article <1989Oct13.004003.5418@ginger.acc.com> pst@anise.acc.com (Paul Traina) writes:
|I'd like to propose a new step be added to the newgroup creation procedure.
|I feel that a proposed group should spend at *least* 90 days as a discussion
|thread in the proper top level .misc group of the proposed name . . .
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|If there is not enough interest warranted to maintain a steady worthwhile
|thread in the group for that period of time,  the group isn't worth creating.

This would have prohibited the splitting out of comp.sys.mac.programmers, 
comp.sys.mac.hardware [)-:], rec.arts.tv.uk, and sci.med.physics,
among others.

I don't think this is a great idea.

	/JBL
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