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From: rissa@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Patricia O Tuama)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: A Hum Domain (also: how about a hum charter?)
Message-ID: <27@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: 17 Feb 90 19:20:45 GMT
Organization: Lone Star Cafe
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In article <1990Feb12.205140.1250@everexn.uucp> karen@everexn.uucp (Karen Valentino) writes:
>Also, I'm concerned about possible abuse or "pollution" or whatever
>you want to call it in a hum or hss domain, similar to what goes on in
>sci.  I'd be interested in hearing people's ideas/suggestions for how
>this could be anticipated and thwarted. 

It's my impression that the so-called abuse that goes on in sci
is due to the kinds of articles netters post there, that some of
what shows up in those newsgroups has nothing to do with science
per se.  In other words, the problem isn't that there are a few 
newsgroups that some people think shouldn't be in that hierarchy 
as much as it is the types of articles that are posted.  

>			     The more carefully delineated a top-level 
>domain is, the harder it would be to shove some newsgroup in there that 
>would taint the domain.  

"Taint" the domain??  My goodness, what a very judgmental thing to
say about your fellow netters.  What horrible things do you think 
would happen were the proposed domain to become "tainted" with a 
duly-elected but possibly inappropriate newsgroup or two?  Would 
some sites refuse to carry the entire hierarchy because of that?  
And for that matter, have any sites dropped or refused to carry the 
sci hierarchy because of the presence of "inappropriate" newsgroups 
there?