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From: jdb@mordor.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: newsgroup for Dr. Who
Message-ID: <169@mordor.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Dec-83 11:13:40 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 13 11:13:40 1983
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Although I am a Dr. Who fan, I am unconvinced that a new newsgroup
should be created for this show, for two reasons.  First, I've seen
comments on Dr. Who come and go in "net.sf-lovers" in the past; I'm
not sure that there would be a sustained series of submissions to
warrant creating a new newsgroup.  Second, creating a "net.tv.who"
does not address the problem of subscribers to the ARPANET mailing
list SF-LOVERS; they will be unable to read/submit to the new
newsgroup.  (I don't recall how many submissions have been from
ARPANET sites, so I don't know how great a problem this will be.)
This means that there will still be submissions to SF-LOVERS.
(Articles are still posted concerning Star Trek and Star Wars,
even though there are separate newsgroups for them.)  The people who
are annoyed at Dr. Who messages will still have to read some of them,
and those who want to read all of the Dr. Who messages will still have
to scan "net.sf-lovers".  Meanwhile, ARPANET Dr. Who fans will miss
out on messages that may be of interest to them.

I would suggest that we do nothing for a while, to see if we really
do need a separate newsgroup.  If the interest continues (or grows)
then "net.tv.who" sounds like the best subgroup to me.
-- 
	John Bruner (S-1 Project, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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