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From: kibo@pawl.rpi.edu (James 'Kibo' Parry)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: news.groups: OK as is
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Date: 29 May 89 19:55:02 GMT
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In article <1465@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu> charlie@mica.stat.washington.edu (Charlie Geyer) writes:
>In article <4333@ficc.uu.net> jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes:
>> I'd like to issue a call for the status quo on news.groups.
>> I have no problem with the discussions of new groups, and,
>> even when things get off on a tangent, find the postings
>> interesting.

	Absolutely.  If a *discussion* is supposed to take place -- as it
should, before a vote on a newsgroup creation is taken -- you need an
unmoderated group to do it in...

	(The proper purpose for a moderated group is for dissemination of
information, i.e. "Everyone should know this", not discussion.  It's
less quick to spread things around and less interactive.)

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