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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: net.news.stargate
Subject: Re: Stargate new groups?
Message-ID: <148@phri.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 19-Jan-85 10:19:49 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 19 10:19:49 1985
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> 	3) People send "votes" saying that since there has never been
> 		much discussion of FOOBAR, that no new group is needed.
> 	4) People start trying to post FOOBAR messages to inappropriate
> 		groups, where they are rejected by the moderators.
> 	5) Discussions concerning FOOBAR never start.
>
>  Any thoughts on how new newsgroups might get "off the ground" :-)?
> -- 
> Ronald W. Heiby ...!ihnp4!wnuxa!heiby or ...!ihnp4!wnuxb!netnews

Sinple; all the moderators know a new group was just turned down for lack of
interest.  Instead of just rejecting things which really should have been in
that group, just forward them to the moderator of star.net.newgroups; if
enough come in, count that as a belated 'yes' vote and form the group.
-- 
{allegra,seismo}!vax135!timeinc\
            cmcl2!rocky2!cubsvax>!phri!roy  (Roy Smith)
                  ihnp4!timeinc/

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