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From: sandee@sun16 (Daan Sandee)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: inappropriate postings
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Date: 28 Aug 90 18:54:53 GMT
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In article <64347@oliveb.atc.olivetti.com]  mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser) writes:
] 	The issue, to rec.birds, is not whether the group should
] be split to accomodate groups of differing interests. The definition
] of rec.birds is quite clear, and accomodates the appropriate
] people quite nicely, without change. The issue is whether we can 
] convince the inappropriate people to take their postings and their 
] discussion of a newsgroup split back to the appropriate place, namely
] rec.pets.

Agreed. One way is the current effort to establish rec.pets.dogs. Another is ...
	
In article <2148@lectroid.sw.stratus.com]  mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Mike Mahler) writes:
] 	I think the issue is what the NAME of a group discussing
] 	the hobby of birdwatching should be.  Hence the vote to
] 	change the name to rec.birding.

You mean the suggestion to change the name - I don't know of any vote.
As a birder, I'm quite happy with the current name, but I approve of the
suggestion to change it to make it less ambiguous, and so to add force to
the effort of getting inappropriate postings out of this group.

Daan Sandee                                           sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052  (904) 644-7045