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From: sdpage@prg.ox.ac.uk (Stephen Page)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS NEWSGROUP?
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Date: 13 Jun 91 19:39:08 GMT
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In article <9106120249.AA20142@lilac.berkeley.edu> ISSSSM@NUSVM.BITNET (Stephen Smoliar) writes:
> When you have anarchy, it is hard to implement very
>much control.

Yes, indeed, the Usenet community is ungovernable, especially when it comes
to any suggestion about which is the most appropriate newsgroup for articles
on "hobby" topics. It has always completely astounded me how people can
honestly submit articles on amplifiers for sale (etc) to a newsgroup about
music RESEARCH...

> comp.music would
>certainly be the better forum, since contributions to rec.music.classical
>do not get incorporated into the Music-Research Digest, thus allowing other
>contributors to enter the fray...

Yes, there are a very large number of people who receive the Digest, and
only comp.music is passed on to these readers.

However, I would add that I am thinking of turning off this gateway, as
I am getting very fed up with throwing out messages on synthesizers.

What has happened to all the good people who promised summaries of articles
they had read, conference discussions, etc., on the original aims?

Stephen Page
Moderator, Music-Research Digest (and co-originator of this newsgroup)