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- Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.tv.twin-peaks
- Subject: Re: Proposal for new alt group: alt.fan.david-lynchmenu
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.084522.2137@msus1.msus.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 08:45:22 -0600
- References: <9302021.28548@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <C164xE.5H0@panix.com>
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- In article <C164xE.5H0@panix.com>, jhawk@panix.com (John Hawkinson) writes:
- > In <9302021.28548@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> schuller@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Wayne Schuller) writes:
- >
- >>I really arent sure if I am going about this the right way but....
- >
- > You really aren't. Though you may or may not have been around for it,
- > this has been discussed in the past in alt.tv.twin-peaks. I'm cross
- > posting this article to alt.tv.twin-peaks, because this essentially
- > concerns only that group and most of those people don't read alt.config,
- > and shouldn't be expected to.
- >
- >>At the moment, the twin-peaks newsgroup (cant remember its full
- >>name),
- >
- > alt.tv.twin-peaks
- >
- >>has become a forum for fans of David Lynch to discuss many of his
- >>other works. Seeing that David Lynch was not the only person who
- >>helped make twin-peaks, it is not exactly a good group for fans to
- >>discuss Lynchs other films, music he has produced, videos he has
- >>released and many other works. Many ppls except Lynch as a talented
- >>director/producer/writer/musician and there is no group where fans
- >>can discuss all his works. It should be decided as to whether this
- >>group could be seen as a replacement to the twin-peaks group, or an
- >>addition. Although there are still regular twin-peaks related
- >>questions, they are not relatively huge in frequency, and much of the
- >>group seems to be now centred around david-lynch, hence the need for
- >>a change of name, or addition of alt.fan.david-lynch.
- >
- > Just about anybody who knows anything about David Lynch is quite familiar
- > with Twin Peaks. The newsgroup alt.tv.twin-peaks is not a particularly
- > high traffic one, but yes, the majority of postings in it are about
- > twin peaks (primarily because it is Lynch's most recent work, excluding
- > On The Air). Just because the group may have a lot to do with David Lynch
- > doesn't automatically mean that it has to be renamed (as you seem to
- > assume in your last sentence of the above paragraph). By adding an
- > alt.fan.david-lynch, not only would it fragment the alt.tv.twin-peaks
- > newsgroup unnecessarily (with people crossposting stuff this way and
- > that), but the alt.fan heirarchy isn't exactly the most desirable
- > type of namespace (this could be argued). If you were to suggest
- > rmgrouping alt.tv.twin-peaks then your proposal would make sense, however
- > that's not possible or feasable because many sites never honor rmgroups
- > for alt, and furthermore assholes like Bruce Becker send newgroups for
- > every rmgrouped group.
- >
- >>I am not sure if i am going about this the right way, so no mega
- >>flames please.
- >
- > In general, it's probably a good idea to consult with the consituents of
- > a group before (or simultaneously with) suggesting a change that effects
- > them. You should probably have posted to a.tv.t-p before posting this,
- > but you CERTAINLY should have cross posted your article to it. (this
- > is only a micro-flame, not a mega flame. :-) ).
- >
- > --
- > John Hawkinson
- > jhawk@panix.com
- I, for one, vote for the new newsgroup.
-
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