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From: yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: hum.* vs rec.arts.* and rec.music.*
Message-ID: <1990Feb14.230808.4556@cs.rochester.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 90 23:08:08 GMT
Reply-To: yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi)
Organization: University of Rochester Computer Science Department
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Here's a question for everyone proposing a new humanities hierarchy.

If hum.* is created, does the entire rec.arts.* subhierarchy get
shifted over into hum.arts.* or does it stay under rec.*?  How about
rec.music.*?  Does this turn into hum.music.*?

If rec.arts.books turns into hum.arts.books, should rec.arts.movies
also be shifted?  What about rec.arts.tv?  rec.arts.sf-lovers?
rec.arts.comics?

If rec.music.classical transforms into hum.music.classical, what about
rec.music.misc?  rec.music.bluenote?  rec.music.gaffa?
rec.music.gdead?

I think it should either be all or nothing, and it should be decided
in advance of creating the humanities hierarchy.  The last thing the
net needs is the massively parallel flamewar that would be ignited by
a selective shifting of the rec.arts.* and rec.music.* newsgroups.

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Brian Yamauchi				University of Rochester
yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu		Computer Science Department
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