Xref: utzoo news.groups:24314 comp.unix.internals:566 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!ziggy!screamer!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: so-called "vote" to re-create comp.unix.wizards Message-ID: <27120776.717A@tct.uucp> Date: 9 Oct 90 17:23:02 GMT References: <18571@rpp386.cactus.org> Followup-To: news.groups Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 28 Followers of the comp.unix.wizards/internals/esoterica debate in news.groups will no doubt be entertained to find that John F. Haugh II, who issued a newgroup on c.u.wizards without any of the normal procedures, is now trying to run a "vote" on the subject -- with the call for votes posted only to c.u.wizards. According to jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II): >Chip Salzenberg says I should run a vote if I want >to see comp.unix.wizards return. Each person is responsible for his own actions. John would like to blame me for his actions. Such attempted abdication of responsibility is futile. It is the Usenet community as a whole that expects the guidelines to be followed. The guidelines can be ignored, of course, but doing so entails the risk of having news admins collectively say: "No way, dude." John has assumed that risk. >In a month or so, I'll tally the votes and send the >results off to the net.gods for their action. It has been a long time since there were any net.gods to answer that mail. The backbone lost its spine long ago. -- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT , "I've been cranky ever since my comp.unix.wizards was removed by that evil Chip Salzenberg." -- John F. Haugh II