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From: msb@sq.uucp (Mark Brader)
Date: Thu, 31-Dec-87 06:52:49 EST
Message-ID: <1987Dec31.065249.24476@sq.uucp>
Newsgroups: misc.misc,news.misc
Subject: Re: "We don't get that newsgroup here"
References: <202@aiva.ed.ac.uk> <793@its63b.ed.ac.uk> <2495@sfsup.UUCP> <603@acer.stl.stc.co.uk> <1987Dec27.015006.1547@sq.uucp> <2390@dasys1.UUCP>
Reply-To: msb@sq.UUCP (Mark Brader)
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto

William Linden (wlinden@dasys1.UUCP) writes:

> ... how can you possibly claim that
> something does not "belong" in misc.misc? If someone, somewhere, starts
> a group for X, do messages about X instantly become taboo here, even
> if his distribution comes nowhere near me? ...

I overrode his Followup-To because I think this is a very interesting
and news.miscy question.  The interpretation that I have always taken
is that the spaf's official list of backbone-supported newsgroups is
what should be used to resolve such questions.  I would therefore say
that misc.misc is for anything that doesn't fit under any of the
existing newsgroups in that list.

For people in deprived areas such as Europe, this may not be a fair
interpretation.  Or, on the other hand, it may be fair after all.
See my earlier article with this Subject line.

What do the backbone people feel about this?

Mark Brader, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com
	"The conversation never became heated, which would have been difficult
	 in any argument where there is a built-in cooling-down period between
	 any remark and its answer."		-- Hal Clement, STAR LIGHT