Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: call for discussion: rec.arts.startrek.info Message-ID: <7297@ficc.uu.net> Date: 13 Dec 89 23:32:31 GMT References: <8912121501.AA11524@talos.uu.net> <4341@hydra.gatech.EDU> <4351@hydra.gatech.EDU> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 35 In article <4351@hydra.gatech.EDU> louise@pravda.UUCP (Louise Penberthy) writes: > I also think this is a good idea. Well, I think it's a really screwy idea. What you're gonna get is everyone thinking their stuff is 'info' and post to .info... or to both groups. It's bad enough with the comparitively (compared to this proposal anyway) well defined .tech groups in comp.sys.*. If you want to improve the s/n ratio, there are a number of alternatives: rec.arts.startrek.movies rec.arts.startrek.books rec.arts.startrek.original rec.arts.startrek.new Also, you could try a moderated subgroup, a-la rec.humor.funny: rec.arts.startrek.announce (moderated) rec.arts.startrek.mod (moderated) rec.arts.startrek.info (moderated) Or, you could segregate the flames into a seperate part of the hierarchy: talk.startrek alt.startrek rec.arts.startrek.trekkie rec.arts.startrek.trekker In fact, you can go ahead and set up any structure you want in alt and try it out, before coming up with a proposal. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "Scientific progress is predicated on name-calling and intolerance, not to mention asking lots of stupid questions." -- Mark S Madsen