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From: wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: The disservice of pushing for sci.aquaria
Message-ID: <11414@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Nov 89 16:20:55 GMT
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Reply-To: wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker,00440,cb,1D211,6148604019)
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In article <6951@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <22209@gryphon.COM> dianeh@binky.UUCP (Diane Holt) writes:
>> In article <2897@viper.Lynx.MN.Org> dave@viper (David Messer) writes:
>> >It may be that Richard has done us a disservice by pushing the name
>> >sci.aquaria against the will of those people who care about the
>> >group name-space.
>
>> As opposed to the will of the people who voted for it...
>
>For the THOUSANDTH time, I'm sure. All together now:
>
>"They didn't vote for "sci.aquaria", they voted for ".aquaria""

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's people who state opinions with
the weight of facts.

You'r wrong, Peter.  I, for one, didn't vote at all based on .aquaria;
my vote was based on sci.  I won't even read the new group.

The point you keep overlooking is a simple one.  Sci is more widely
distributed than rec, misc, or alt.   This was verified by my recent
announcement that pure history discussions would no longer be welcome
in sci.military, and should instead be posted to soc.misc.  I got
numerous letters of complaint from my readers, who were upset because
their sites didn't carry the soc groups.  

Now, I understand why some sites don't want to carry these groups,
and that's their business.  But quite simply, any group in the sci
heirarchy will get a larger audience than the same  group in soc or
rec or talk; and it will, therefore, be a *better* newsgroup.

Richard, and the readers of .aquaria, had a very good, if selfish, reason
to want their group in the sci. heirarchy.


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