Xref: utzoo news.groups:13413 rec.pets:8812 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!stat!vsserv!prism!gs26 From: gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.pets Subject: Re: Formal propsal: "rec.aquarium", not to be confused with "sci.aquaria". Message-ID: <2645@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 19 Oct 89 18:56:15 GMT References: <8215@cbmvax.UUCP> <21087@gryphon.COM> Reply-To: gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone) Followup-To: news.groups Organization: when necessary Lines: 98 Rarely do I post to this group, but.... In article <21087@gryphon.COM> oleg@gryphon.COM (Oleg Kiselev) writes: >In article <8215@cbmvax.UUCP> bryce@commodore.COM (Bryce Nesbitt) writes: >>I hereby formally propose a new newsgroup to be called "rec.aquarium". >This is a complete idiocy and I appeal to ALL OF YOU (those who are in favour >of sci.aquaria or rec.aquaria or misc.aquaria) to vote NO on this attempt of >blatant sabotage by someone who does not have any interest in the group or at >least ignore it! Oleg, hush fussing. The man took the time to take a name survey, waited his 14 days (unlike Richard, who saw fit to jump the gun), and is posting a perfectly legit request. >There is a real chance that the aquarium scientists will join that group (much excess flaming about "Real Science" deleted) USENET isn't just for elite scientists, it's for all us little people, too. Unless someone wants to moderate (and neither party seems to want that), I have the sneaking suspicion that, regardless of name, there will be entirely too much of the "gee, nice rocks" kind of thing for "Real Science" to take the group seriously. >>The name "aquarium" is used for absolute clarity. >No, it's chosen out of ignorance! Aquaria is a PLURAL of aquarium. You don't have to know Latin to have fishies, Oleg. 'Sides, how do YOU know he is ignorant? Does he have a reason to lie? Do you know him better than he does? Really? Such ad hominem is unwarranted, and usually denotes having no really good reason for wanting things a certain way. Rec is where a group on pet fishies, a definite hobby, should go; it will get to Europe, as has been seen in large volume. Aquarium makes it crystal clear it's about fish, rather than something 60's-newageish. (There's a place for that, but not amongst the guppies.) Vote YES on rec.aquarium; let's put this newsgroup in its proper, rightful place. Glenn R. Stone CCASTGS@GITNVE2 ..!gatech!pyr!ccastgs Box 30372, Atlanta, GA 30332 Greeting from 'quake victim: "Hey, dude, what's shakin'?" Newsgroups: news.groups,alt.aquaria,rec.pets Subject: Re: Formal propsal: "rec.aquarium", not to be confused with "sci.aquaria". Summary: Expires: References: <8215@cbmvax.UUCP> <21087@gryphon.COM> Sender: Reply-To: gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: when necessary Keywords: Rarely do I post to this group, but.... In article <21087@gryphon.COM> oleg@gryphon.COM (Oleg Kiselev) writes: >In article <8215@cbmvax.UUCP> bryce@commodore.COM (Bryce Nesbitt) writes: >>I hereby formally propose a new newsgroup to be called "rec.aquarium". >This is a complete idiocy and I appeal to ALL OF YOU (those who are in favour >of sci.aquaria or rec.aquaria or misc.aquaria) to vote NO on this attempt of >blatant sabotage by someone who does not have any interest in the group or at >least ignore it! Oleg, hush fussing. The man took the time to take a name survey, waited his 14 days (unlike Richard, who saw fit to jump the gun), and is posting a perfectly legit request. >There is a real chance that the aquarium scientists will join that group (much excess flaming about "Real Science" deleted) USENET isn't just for elite scientists, it's for all us little people, too. Unless someone wants to moderate (and neither party seems to want that), I have the sneaking suspicion that, regardless of name, there will be entirely too much of the "gee, nice rocks" kind of thing for "Real Science" to take the group seriously. >>The name "aquarium" is used for absolute clarity. >No, it's chosen out of ignorance! Aquaria is a PLURAL of aquarium. You don't have to know Latin to have fishies, Oleg. 'Sides, how do YOU know he is ignorant? Does he have a reason to lie? Do you know him better than he does? Really? Such ad hominem is unwarranted, and usually denotes having no really good reason for wanting things a certain way. Rec is where a group on pet fishies, a definite hobby, should go; it will get to Europe, as has been seen in large volume. Aquarium makes it crystal clear it's about fish, rather than something 60's-newageish. (There's a place for that, but not amongst the guppies.) Vote YES on rec.aquarium; let's put this newsgroup in its proper, rightful place. Glenn R. Stone CCASTGS@GITNVE2 ..!gatech!pyr!ccastgs Box 30372, Atlanta, GA 30332 Greeting from 'quake victim: "Hey, dude, what's shakin'?"