Xref: utzoo news.misc:2717 rec.humor.d:1747 news.admin:5045 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!shelby!polya!waters From: waters@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jim Waters) Newsgroups: news.misc,rec.humor.d,news.admin Subject: Re: Expansion of rec.humor.funny to other networks Keywords: Brad Templetons latest scheme Message-ID: <7646@polya.Stanford.EDU> Date: 12 Mar 89 06:31:36 GMT References: <439@corpane.UUCP> <3100@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <9773@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Sender: Jim Waters Reply-To: waters@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jim Waters) Followup-To: news.misc Organization: very little, actually Lines: 17 In article <9773@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> richmond@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan E. D. Richmond) writes: >On a pragmatic basis, you should all consider the future of the >rec.humor.funny newsgroup. Given that Stanford has already pulled >the plug, and the alt.hypertext poster has done so as well, it seems likely >that a policy of allowing unrestrained offensive material will simply >lead to more sites cutting the newsgroup out. On a pragmatic basis, don't draw too many conclusions from Stanford's removal of rec.humor.funny. That was a rather hasty decision, made by the administration without consulting the people who do the work and/or pay the bills here (i.e. faculty and students). Indications are that now that our Faculty Senate has taken up the issue, rec.humor.funny very well may be reinstated. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Waters UUCP: decwrl!polya.stanford.edu!waters waters@polya.stanford.edu BITNET: waters%umunhum.stanford.edu@stanford