Path: utzoo!attcan!sobmips!uunet!samsung!xanth!talos!kjones
From: kjones@talos.uucp (Kyle Jones)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION:  SCI.VIRTUAL-WORLDS
Message-ID: <1989Nov16.161429.12549@talos.uucp>
Date: 16 Nov 89 16:14:29 GMT
References: <14547-repost@well.UUCP>
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 >     Initial directions for this newsgroup have been suggested by
 > various participants in the alt.cyberpunk newsgroup and its
 > derivative newsgroups.  However, to ensure the highest level of
 > discussion regarding virtual worlds, we believe that this subject
 > should be elevated to the level of a sci. newsgroup, with the
 > formal endorsement of the Usenet community.

Uh-oh...

This may seem old-fashioned, but why not start a mailing-list and see if
the interest is really there.

If the mailing list becomes large and unwieldy, then it would be
reasonable to talk about a newsgroup.

The name sci.virtual-worlds is pretty gruesome.  comp.interfaces seems
more accurate.  Discussion of virtual world interfaces could occur in a
subgroup of comp.interfaces if traffic warranted a subgroup.  In the
meantime, comp.interfaces could handle virtual worlds as well as the
more prosaic discussions about mice, trak balls, joysticks,
touch-screens, voice actuated systems, and other computer interfaces.