Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Now that Peter is done with the aquaria poll... Message-ID: <7316@ficc.uu.net> Date: 15 Dec 89 14:46:58 GMT References: Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Distribution: usa Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 40 In article Benjamin Chase writes: > Why another fish group? I believe the need exists. I believe the > support exists. Agreed. I'm not a "fish hater". And I don't see the need for another vote. The poll I held satisfies all the requirements of a vote save the discussion period... and I hardly think there's any shortage of that. > Why rec.aquaria? Peter's poll showed support for this name. It certainly did. > Why not just rename sci.aquaria to be rec.aquaria? Renaming groups doesn't work very well. > Why do anything? As I see it now, the distribution of sci.aquaria is > flawed, because of the anarchy and rebellion caused by the name > controversy. Also, alt.aquaria and sci.aquaria currently overlap > rather than complement each other. As evidence, I point to the number > of crossposts between these two groups. That's the purpose of my poll. To settle the question of which name was preferred. For some reason, a large number of people seemed to think that Richard's vote results meant that sci.aquaria was the preferred name. > Yes, if someone else hasn't done this by January SomethingOrOther, > then I'll take it up myself, unless someone convinces me that it's a > bad idea. I think Greg W. could convince me. Peter da Silva or Jeff > D., no chance. Go ahead and run a vote. But I don't see why it's needed. My poll is at least as valid as Richard's, and shows overwhelming support for the creation of rec.aquaria. At this point I could care less what happens to sci.aquaria. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com