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From: sahayman@orchid.UUCP
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Subject: Re: newsgroup creation policies in the alt subnet
Message-ID: <10688@orchid.waterloo.edu>
Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969
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Reply-To: sahayman@orchid.waterloo.edu (Steve Hayman)
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Brian Reid writes:
>Although I haven't consulted any of the other "founders" of the alt network
>on this issue, I am fairly confident that I speak for all of them when I say
>that the policy for newsgroup creation on the alt network is that there is no
>policy.

If there is no policy, then what keeps people from deleting newsgroups
at will?  You'll need a policy soon.  If I don't happen to like the
idea of "alt.flame", I ought to be able to rmgroup it, at least
according to these non-guidelines.

Not being an anarchist myself, I wouldn't do it, but sooner or later
someone will try.

Steve Hayman