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From: johne@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (John Eaton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Creating a new newsgroup
Message-ID: <670001@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Jan 89 16:47:08 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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< We have talked about it in the past but haven't made any decisions.
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< The problem has been (my opinion) that we have called for the
< creation of umpteen different newsgroups.  I read this newsgroup
< daily and find that the postings can be divided into two main groups -
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Right on! Make it clear that there a two groups called Programing and
Programing_BAR and that nothing should be cross posted between them.
If you make eight or ten groups than some people will decide that their
words of wit somehow relate to half of the groups and  all the groups
will then bog down with duplicates.



John Eaton
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