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From: barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett)
Newsgroups: net.wobegon
Subject: Re: On "wobegon" as a folk-music area...
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 00:53:37 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  2 00:53:37 1984
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From: chabot@amber.DEC (L S Chabot)

>I agree with Mary Johnson and Karl.  Although I don't mind too much the extra
>articles, other people might, and there is no sense at all in "hiding" folk
>music stuff in net.wobegon.  (It's bad enough as it is--some people think
>this is the place for the melancholy or jilted.)

I suppose these are valid concerns, but isn't the suggested combination
better than having no place at all for folk oriented topics?  The problem
of folk stuff being "hidden" could be remedied by contacting the person
who keeps track of currently active newsgroups and having them add "and
other folk-life topics" to the description of net.wobegon.  

Personally, the reason I was first attracted to PHC was the great folk
music featured on the program every week.  The rest of the show has, of
course, grown on me, but the music on the show and (by extension) the
genre of music featured on the show is one of the obvious topics for this
group.  As for being worried about being deluged, the quoted message
was the first one that has shown up at our site in two or three days.
That's not even a light rain.  And then there is the notable silence of
several months duration recently when nothing at all was posted.

I'd be all for a separate group for folk music and other things, but I 
think it's been suggested before, and not found to have sufficient support
to justify its creation.  As I said, I'd rather be able to talk about it
here than not have anywhere to talk about it at all.


Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712

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