Xref: utzoo news.groups:15192 rec.arts.tv.uk:1730 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!philmtl!ray From: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.arts.tv.uk Subject: Re: *CALL FOR DISCUSSION - New group "rec.arts.uk.misc"* Message-ID: <875@philmtl.philips.ca> Date: 29 Nov 89 15:52:09 GMT References: <8911281706.AA06461@ncar.UCAR.EDU> Reply-To: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn) Followup-To: news.groups Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. - St. Laurent P.Q., Canada Lines: 33 In article <8911281706.AA06461@ncar.UCAR.EDU> writes: > >As there are many locations that do not get the '.soc' newsgroups >it would seem appropriate to have this group under the '.rec' >heading. > Sigh.... here we go again, a totally inappropriate name just for distribution reasons. Anarchy at its worst I suppose. >There has been a lot of comment in recent times regarding postings >to 'rec.arts.tv.uk' that have nothing to do with TV. No, there has been at most a handful of comments in a newsgroup that averages about 10 postings a day. Until your call for discussion, there was only 1 posting on the subject in the last 15 days. >The fact is that they do often originate from questions arising >from brit tv shows seen in N. America (and maybe elsewhere). So, in fact there is a strong argument that the postings are perfectly valid. >However, I think it is time to give a seperate sub-group for these >questions/discussions of things such as food, customs, sayings etc. Why is a sub-group required in a newsgroup with a daily traffic of 10 postings? -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ray@philmt.philips.ca Philips Electronics Ltd. | ..!{uunet|philapd|philabs}!philmtl!ray 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext : 2347 (Phonemail) St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | FAX : (514) 744-6455 TLX : 05-824090 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com