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- From: pete@mimsy.umd.edu (Pete Cottrell)
- Newsgroups: dc.general
- Subject: Re: Goodbye dc.general
- Message-ID: <63055@mimsy.umd.edu>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 20:38:47 GMT
- References: <725086927.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP> <1992Dec23.190329.5769@afterlife.ncsc.mil> <BzqE7K.48M@pix.com>
- Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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- In article <BzqE7K.48M@pix.com> lidl@pix.com (Kurt J. Lidl) writes:
- >It would seem that some sites didn't carry the newgroup for dc.talk.guns,
- >as it was created without discussion, in a knee-jerk reaction to the
- >people discussing (ad nauseum) the various pro/con gun aspects of
- >the great Earth Area. Lobby your system administrator to create the
- >newsgroup.
- >
- >(I can call call it a knee-jerk reaction, 'cause I sent the newgroup)
-
- Kurt, I knew it was you who sent the newgroup; I've been meaning to
- flame you since then ;-)
-
- I didn't create the newsgroup on my machines for the exact reasons
- you mention; the group was created as a knee-jerk reaction with no discussion.
- I am also of the school of philosophy that wants to keep the number of DC
- groups relatively low, with discussion at a reasonable level.
- As you know, news continues to explode. More people join the net
- each day and post more stuff. It is becoming harder to stay current with
- the groups I need to read, much less the ones I want to read. I'd like
- to see the traffic on the DC groups stay relatively low so that they are
- easier to track. Look at the groups that exist now; they are for things
- that are specific to the DC area (Smithsonian, Redskins), or are geared
- towards a certain activity as it relates to DC (dining, housing, traffic).
- I don't see the need for dc.talk.guns unless there is sufficient traffic
- specifically related to guns in the District; there has been some mention
- of DC in the gun postings, but for the most part it is the general stuff
- that is best left for the bigger newsgroups.
- We don't need a new newsgroup everytime some topic which already
- has a newsgroup touches some issue involving DC. I just saw another
- newgroup control message for dc.talk.guns, which I will ignore. There is
- also one for dc.politics, supposedly "as per discussion in dc.general".
- The only discussion I saw was complaints about gun-control postings; the
- need is dc.politics may exist, but I haven't seen it yet nor have I seen
- any discussion and so I may not carry it.
- Just my opinions, of course, but based on what I've read, I
- believe that they echo what a fair number of other people feel. I
- urge people to be judicious in the creation of new DC groups.
-
- >PS -- I understand the reason that most sys-admins didn't honor the
- >newgroup message. I probably wouldn't have either, in my past life
- >at the UM campus.
-
- Ahh, so at least you understand....
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