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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)
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Subject: soc.history vs. misc.history
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Date: 19 Jan 90 20:05:11 GMT
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sorry for the delay in a response; i've been swamped by real
life for the past week and have rather let the net slide by.

anyway, some have suggested different top-level locations for
the proposed history group; some are ok with me and some are
not.  my preferences, in order:

soc.history      (matches up with soc.politics, soc.culture,
                    history as `social science')
misc.history     (this is really ok with me, if it's what
                    people want)

sci.history      (this is almost reasonable, but stretching
                    it a bit -- i don't think i'll call for
                    it)
talk.history     (we really are hoping for a better group than
                    the one implied by talk.* placement.  i'd
                    vote against this group myself.)

i'll take an informal poll on soc.history vs. misc.history
via email for the next week; whichever name wins is the one that
i'll run a vote on.

richard
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