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From: spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.groups,news.sysadmin,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: rec.arts.tv.bbc -- just say NO
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Date: 26 Oct 88 15:42:41 GMT
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The most immediate reactions to the sudden creation of rec.arts.tv.bbc
were:

1) for many site admins to suddenly recompile news with the NONEWGROUPS
option set (I've personally heard from 5 such individuals, including
admins at decwrl, rutgers & hao).

2) Many sites locally deleting rec.arts.tv.bbc

3) Some of us issuing net-wide rmgroups for it.  After all, if the
person who created the group thinks that there's true anarchy and he
can create groups with no discussion or thought for others, we should
be able to the do the same (in this case) with rmgroups.


Once there is some discussion on the group and some kind of indicator
of consensus as to its need (as in a poll/vote or excessive
volume of postings in inappropriate groups), then I think many of
us will honor a newgroup request.  Until then, don't bet the farm on
it staying around.

The same goes for comp.os.mach and any other pet topics, at least as
far as I'm concerned; I suspect others share that view.  If you
believe the net needs guidance, there's some.  If you believe the net
is a complete anarchy then don't complain if people don't honor your
"newgroup" or even issue countering "rmgroups."
-- 
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida  Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	uucp:	...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf