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From: gln@cs.arizona.edu (GaRY NEwelL)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: *% CALL FOR VOTES %* NEW GROUP - soc.culture.british
Summary: overkill
Message-ID: <16364@megaron.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 26 Dec 89 01:14:34 GMT
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Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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 This seems to be a bit of overkill don't you think? I mean this group 
(s.c.celtic)is lucky to have a dozen articles a week, and it already (at least 
in theory) deals with the Scottish and Welsh. Never in the past has the fact 
that it is designed for Celtic subjects prevented various folks from posting 
topics that were clearly English and I doubt that these topics would suddenly 
become off limits.

 I guess before I would vote yes I would like to see some sort of justification
for the group. Where is the demand? What about cross-posting problems (My guess
is that a posting that deals with say Scottish meat pies would belong in both
groups - why have two groups covering the same material??? why not have a
soc.culture.english instead?? Now that I would love to vote for......


		gln