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From: grady@cad.UUCP (Steven Grady)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Temporary discussions
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Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 20:20:39 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 20 20:20:39 1986
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Reply-To: grady@cad.UUCP (Steven Grady)
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     It seems a lot of the problem is not so much the posting  of
articles to inappropriate  newsgroups, which could  be solved  by
creating a new newsgroup,  but the short life  span such a  group
would have if it were created.   Perhaps what is needed is a  set
of newsgroups, perhaps net.temp.*  or just temp.*, which  existed
for the sole purpose of redirecting a temporary surge of articles
from an inappropriate  newsgroup.  Thus  if there were  obviously
some interest  in a  new,  not-directly-related subject,  say  at
least 10 articles  posted, the powers-that-be  and their  friends
(who presumably  monitor  a  large number  of  newsgroups)  could
create a temp  newsgroup and  suggest everyone post  there.   The
expiration date could be made  fairly short, but if there  seemed
to be a continuation  of the newsgroup for  an unusual amount  of
time, a new newsgroup could be created.  No one would have reason
to complain,  because  those  who  think it  should  be  a  real,
permanent newsgroup  will definitely  have their  claims  (goals,
hopes, aspirations,  whatever) verified  or contradicted  by  the
volume in the group after, say, one month.

     I haven't  given much  thought  to this  idea (seeing  as  I
thought of it very recently), but offhand, it seems as though all
the problems (and  there were vast  numbers of annoyances,  great
and small) caused  by New  Coke, net.bizarre,  net.sources.amiga,
copyrights and PD,  challenger vs columbia,  etc etc, would  have
been avoided by judicious creation of temp newsgroups (temp.coke,
temp.bizarre, etc.).

     Thoughts, flames, complements?

	Steven
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