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Subject: Re: Proposed OFFICIAL Newsgroup Creation/Deletion Guidelines
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Date: 25 Mar 89 00:30:12 GMT
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In article <3520@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> compton@silver.UUCP (Dave Compton) writes:
^
^	I have another suggestion.  Either a vote > 100 vote margin,
^or 250 or more yes votes.  Say there is a call for votes for a
^newsgroup with a controversial subject.  And for the sake of argument,
^the vote come out to.
^
^Yes 300
^No  299
^
^	Now, In my humble opinion, this newsgroup has as much right to
^exist as a speciality group that passes with the vote of:
^
^Yes 105
^No    4
^

This is just ridiculous.  300 to 299 vote passes?  What about 299
to 300?  What about 299 to 3,000?  That's more than 250 yes votes.

This has to be the stupidest posting yet that I've seen on this
subject.

A little thought, please, before giving out your ideas to the net.


					--Ken