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From: gwc@root.co.uk (Geoff Clare)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Maybe a vote on rec.music.rock is in order...
Summary: Not on its own, please!
Message-ID: <1035@root44.co.uk>
Date: 20 Oct 89 13:19:06 GMT
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Reply-To: gwc@root.co.uk (Geoff Clare)
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When there have been votes on rec.music.rock in the past they have
always failed because the resulting group would be no different
from the present rec.music.misc.

If there is going to be a change to rec.music.* it should be a
radical change, with lots of new groups each catering to
a particular type of music.  If there is overlap between them,
that's no problem - just crosspost.  The volume in each new group
would still be at an acceptable level compared to the current
volume in rec.music.misc.

To make this work, as many new groups as possible need to be
created, ideally 10 to 20.  Here are some suggestions:

	rec.music.artrock
	rec.music.charthits
	rec.music.dance
	rec.music.disco
	rec.music.elevator
	rec.music.fifties
	rec.music.funk
	rec.music.hardrock
	rec.music.indie
	rec.music.instrumental
	rec.music.metal
	rec.music.newage
	rec.music.progrock
	rec.music.rap
	rec.music.rock-n-roll
	rec.music.sixties
	rec.music.soul
	rec.music.soundtracks
	rec.music.thrash

I would really like to see this happen.  My KILL file for rec.music.misc
is now over 400 lines, and becoming a royal pain in the arse.

-- 
Geoff Clare, UniSoft Limited, Saunderson House, Hayne Street, London EC1A 9HH
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