welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty) (01/08/90)
for the past month or so, there has been a fair bit of discussion of history in soc.misc, as the notion of having a separate group, soc.history was being tried out. this was pretty successful, although it has slacked off somewhat over the holidays. this is a call for discussion on actually creating the proposed group, soc.history. barring the appearance of good reasons not to do so, i shall call for votes in two weeks (on 19 January) on soc.history. the voting period shall last 21 days (ending on 9 February.) the proposed soc.history shall be unmoderated (i saw little need for moderation in the trial period on soc.misc) it shall cover both non-military and military history from all periods. as need arises, subgroups can be spun off easily (e.g., soc.history.mediaeval, soc.history.military, etc.) soc.history forms nice symmetry with existing groups in soc.culture.* and soc.politics.* i can see a vague case for talk.history, but i think the case for soc.history is a bit stronger. richard -- richard welty 518-387-6346, GE R&D, K1-5C39, Niskayuna, New York ..!crdgw1!lewis.crd.ge.com!welty welty@lewis.crd.ge.com ``air holes!? nobody said anything to me about air holes''