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From: werner@zephyr.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: news.groups,alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria,sci.aquaria
Subject: Re: A possible solution to the aquaria Xpost problem.
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Date: 21 Feb 90 10:15:41 GMT
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> The name that I had previously [suggested] was SCI.AQUARIA.RESEARCH

	how about something simple like   SCI.BIO.FISH
	(I'm sure there is a Latin name akin to flora and fauna, but
	 I can't remember it).  it simply makes no sense to have  AQUARIA
	as a name directly under SCI.  I can envision the day when a
	group named SCI.BIO.FISH.AQUARIA would deserve to get created
	(when the superior group overflows with traffic) - and I can even
	imagine someone having a problem because he has only plants and
	no fishes in the water) - but maybe someone can then suggest a
	SCI.BIO.FLORA or the appropriate Latin word for plant-life in water.
	and if someone is absolutely enamoured with the pure science involved
	in aquariums, well then let's have a group SCI.TECH.AQUARIUMS,
	by all means (and 100+ votes) otherwise create a private or
	semi-public mailing-list, for all I know there already may be
	one around.  And please do consider that electronic news can
	in many aspects never come close to what you can get out of a
	paper-magazine !!!

	I deplore that rec.aquaria is getting a bad name because some
	idiots insisted on creating sci.aquaria and it is high time that
	reasonable people adjust things so hobbyist can have their forum
	and those who discuss fishies on a scientific level have a respected
	and well-distributed forum also.  I mean it is not so hard to admit
	that discussing fishies in sci.bio (which currently has only one
	subgroup, named "technology") is not as appealing as having a
	subgroup SCI.BIO.FISH

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