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From: military-request@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: The Future of History
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Date: 3 Nov 89 04:19:45 GMT
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From: military-request@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
As I stated two days ago, I feel it's necessary to cut back on the
number of history postings here in sci.military.  My policy henceforth
shall be this:

Historical information will only be accepted insofar as it is relevant
to military technology.  For example, the current "What if Germany
had invaded Britain ?" topic is not acceptable, but the comparisons
of Me 109 and Spitfire technical data and performance is.  Further, I
intend to allow historical anecdotes which support a technical thesis;
for example, an analysis of the evolution of infantry tactics with regard
to small arms development.

It's a bit vague, but I'll try not to be too difficult 8-)

Of course, it's obvious that lots of people want to talk about history,
military and otherwise.  I therefore propose that we use soc.misc for
this purpose.  That group has been fairly unused of late.  If it looks
like there's enough interest, we might go so far as to propose a 
separate history newsgroup.  

I generally refuse to crosspost articles from sci.military, but at least
for the present, I will be willing to accept articles crossposted to
soc.misc, *provided* that followups are directed to soc.misc only.  I
will append the correct followup line to any crossposted submissions
I receive.

50 Years Ago will also move to soc.misc.  For the benefit of readers of
the sci.military mailing list, who cannot access that group, I will 
continue to include 50YA in the digest.

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