softech@micomvax.UUCP (10/08/83)
Let's hear it for NET.ABBY !!! Don't all of us netters have *inquiring* minds ???
debenedi@yale-com.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis) (10/10/83)
I second the notion to form net.abby (Someone should write Her and tell Her.) Robert DeBenedictis
ofut@gatech.UUCP (10/11/83)
Who volunteers to be Abby? Surely not ALL of us crazies out here in net-land??!! -- Jeff Offutt CSNet: Ofut @ GaTech ARPA: Ofut.GaTech @ UDel-Relay uucp: ...!{sb1,allegra,ut-ngp}!gatech!Ofut ...!duke!mcnc!msdc!gatech!Ofut
debray@sbcs.UUCP (Saumya Debray) (10/26/83)
In recent months we've seen an explosion of newsgroups, apparently fuelled (at least in part) by an attitude of "if it sounds good, let's do it!". In many cases, newsgroups that were created in a burst of enthusiasm have remained dormant since the initial set of submissions. While I have nothing against the creation of groups that are *genuinely* needed (i.e. their contents don't fit into any other group), I think it's important that we establish that (a) the group DOES, in fact, deal with areas not already covered in other groups, and (b) that the group is expected to have a long life (short discussions that do not fall neatly into any group should go to net.misc). (At least one reason for this is that I don't want my .newsrc file, not to mention system news directories, grow without bound!). In this case, I am not convinced that net.abby would cover areas not already covered under net.social. I, therefore, vote against. Saumya Debray SUNY at Stony Brook philabs!sbcs!debray