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- From: bible@iastate.edu (Anthony E Bible)
- Subject: Re: non-fiction/fiction split
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <mtan-260193100206@maureen.cen.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:47:37 GMT
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- In article <mtan-260193100206@maureen.cen.uiuc.edu> mtan@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Maureen Tan) writes:
- >While I can see the rational for creating a non-fiction group,
- >I for one would rather see misc. writing remain as it is and
- >cover *all* topics.
- >
-
- [reasons deleted]
-
- I agree with Maureen (or Jane). If there was so much traffic in this
- group that a reader had difficulty finding the fiction articles amongst the
- non-fiction articles then it might be time to consider splitting the group.
- To me, the current number of articles does not appear justify a split at this
- time.
-
-
-
- >
- >A possible compromise: Perhaps we could follow Tipper Gore's
- >example and start labelling our posts? Something like (F) for fiction,
- > (N-F) for nonfiction, (G) for general, and (OU) offensive and
- >unfit for human consumption (i.e.: read me first).
- >
-
- This is an excellent suggestion. I use a threaded news reader, and I
- could get through the OU postings much quicker if this were adopted. (I am
- resisting the temptation to re-label this article.)
-
- Regards,
- tony
-