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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods)
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Subject: Re: OFFICIAL Guidelines (2nd try)
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Date: 19 Apr 89 22:56:00 GMT
References: <2961@ncar.ucar.edu> <13561@steinmetz.ge.com> <1989Apr14.130718.1398@ateng.ateng.com>
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In article <1989Apr14.130718.1398@ateng.ateng.com>, chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
D> According to davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (Wm. E. Davidsen Jr):
o> >  As I have mentioned before, in the cause of reducing the cost to the
w> >net *any* list which has some number of readers (200 maybe) should be
n> >allowed to become a group by having the moderator post the names of the
T> >readers as yes votes.
h>
e> And as I have mentioned before, such a policy would run counter to the
T> purpose of the survey.  The question is not, "Is this topic interesting?"
u> The question is, "Should there be a newsgroup with this name?"
b>
e> I may subscribe to the info-turnips mailing list.  Nevertheless, I may
s> oppose the creation of soc.turnips.
And considering what happened to info-futures when it became comp.futures,
perhaps such opposition ought to be the default.  Moderators should be
required to post their readers' names as "no" votes... :-)


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