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- From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
- Newsgroups: alt.config
- Subject: news.answers.d (was Re: alt.answers alternatives)
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- Date: 21 Jan 1993 17:13:06 GMT
- Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- In article <1993Jan21.045858.29037@netcom.com>, jef@netcom.com (Jef Poskanzer) writes:
- |> In any case, if a group gets created I'd like to see an alt.answers.d
- |> as well. I suggested news.answers.d to Kamens twice, by the way, but
- |> he shot it down.
-
- More accurately, I stated that I do not see the need for such a group and that
- I do not think it would be successful at accomplishing the goals for which Jef
- wishes to see it created. Therefore, I will not spearhead an attempt to get
- such a group created.
-
- Last time I checked, it was not my obligation to spearhead the group-creation
- process of any news.answers-related newsgroup that someone else thinks is a
- good idea. Furthermore, last time I checked, it was not my prerogative to stop
- someone else from using the group-creation process to have such a group
- created.
-
- If someone else wants news.answers.d, they can issue an RFD and CFV for it. If
- that happens, I will probably participate in the discussion and perhaps become
- convinced that it would be a good idea. If so, I will vote for it; if not, I
- will vote against it.
-
- That's all the say I have in whether news.answers.d gets created. I do not
- have the ability to "shoot it down" if someone else wants it and enough people
- support it to get the votes needed.
-
- (Incidentally, the reasons why I do not think news.answers.d is a good idea
- have nothing to do with Jef personally. The group was suggested by other
- people besides Jef; in fact, I do not think he was the first to suggest it. I
- will be glad to discuss my reasons, in E-mail, with anyone who wants to know
- them.)
-
- --
- Jonathan Kamens jik@MIT.Edu
- Aktis, Inc. Moderator, *.answers
-