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From: jgd@uwmcsd1.UUCP (John G Dobnick)
Newsgroups: net.general,net.news.group
Subject: Re: Demise of net.general
Message-ID: <345@uwmcsd1.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 11:03:18 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 26 11:03:18 1985
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[Just who was that masked line-eater, anyway?]

> It has been decided to abolish net.general.  This group will be
> replaced with a moderated group, mod.general, for announcements
> of general interest to the net.
> -- 
> James C Armstrong, Jnr.   ihnp4!abnji!nyssa

A few questions, if you please.

1) WHO decided to abolish net.general?

2) WHERE was the discussion of this action?  Being fairly new to the net,
   I may have missed something.  However, I get the distinct impression that
   there is an informal (at least) protocol for making changes (additions/
   deletions) to the list of active newsgroups.  (Didn't someone just get
   "stomped on" for creating net.bizarre without *proper* discussion?)

3) WHY is this group to be abolished?  WHAT purpose will it serve?  WHAT
   benefit will the net gain from the demise of net.general?  (I doubt that
   volume is the main concern, since in the 3 weeks our site has been on
   the net we have only received 45 messages.  This is hardly an avalanche.)

4) WHAT benefits do the rest of the "netters" gain by the creation of
   mod.general?

5) WHO is "nyssa".  Is it *really* James C Armstrong, Jnr.?  If so, what
   is Mr. Armstrong's site?  WHO is he to *dictate* (?) to the net?  Or,
   is there some nuance of net.etiquette that I am not aware of? 

This message cross-posted to net.general (the object of discussion), and
net.news.group (which, as I understand it, is the place for discussions
of this kind.)  No flames please.  Instruction in proper etiquette *is*
welcome.
-- 

John G Dobnick
Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
(...ihnp4!uwmcsd1!jgd)

The above statements are only my personal opinion, which I will flatly
deny if questioned.