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From: bnews@nixpbe.UUCP (Martin Boening)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: The disservice of pushing for sci.aquaria
Message-ID: <634@nixpbe.UUCP>
Date: 17 Nov 89 06:31:07 GMT
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dianeh@gryphon.COM (Diane Holt) writes:

>As opposed to the will of the people who voted for it...

Why would they not have voted for a rec.aquaria group, eh?
Why must it be a 'sci.' group?

>On the contrary, because of the name it will be more widely distributed
>than it was before, or than it would be under the rec hierarchy.

>Unless of course, you've got a total yo-yo for a system administrator.

On the contrary sci.aquaria will probably NOT be as widely distributed as
you think because of so many administrators you choose to call yo-yos.
The name sci.aquaria is badly chosen, and that's it. Distribution is no
argument. If you want REAL distribution, why not make it comp.aquaria
or better yet news.aquaria (since every news site is supposed to distribute
news stuff and also carry it.) Sounds stupid but essentially it's the
same argument.

>Let me see if I've got this -- you'd carry rec.aquaria but not sci.aquaria,
>simply because you don't happen to like the name, yet it's Richard who's done
>a "disservice"?

The disservice Richard has done to USENET is not that he wanted and pushed
a group for fish keeping! The disservice is that it is in the WRONG TOP
LEVEL GROUP. If people don't carry recreational stuff, why should they
continue to carry sci stuff now that it's become a mere extension of the
rec stuff (or rather, threatens to do so). Think about it. This might very
well impair the distribution of sci groups, includeing those that REALLY
have to do with some science (physics, math, etc.)

>Diane Holt
>(dianeh@binky.UUCP)

Martin Boening
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