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From: dsill@ark1.nswc.navy.mil (Dave Sill)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: modification of newgroup charter (mandetory .misc usage)
Message-ID: <167@ark1.nswc.navy.mil>
Date: 13 Oct 89 18:10:57 GMT
References: <46889@bbn.COM> <1989Oct13.004003.5418@ginger.acc.com>
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Reply-To: Dave Sill <dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil>
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In article <46889@bbn.COM>, levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) writes:
> [90-day trial period in .misc] 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.

One flaw does not invalidate the whole idea.

This is basically the Trial Newsgroup concept I proposed weeks ago.
One thing my proposal had that this one doesn't was the convention of
including the trial group's name enclosed in square brackets on the
subject line to distinguish it from regular .misc traffic.

Anyway, when this flaw was later pointed out, I amended the "rule" so
it wouldn't apply to splits.

I still think this would be an excellent way for a truly new group to
demonstrate its viability.

Dave Sill (dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil)