net.sflovers.whonix <<

pking@denelcor.UUCP (Paul King) (12/08/83)

	How about a newsgroup dedicated to those folks that want to
	blather inanely about Dr. Who!?  I, for one, have no interest
	in the aforementioned TV series, and think that the oppressive
	level of articles concerning it is stifling other communication.
	Furthermore, the benefits of such a net would allow addicts to
	flog their dead horses (so to speak) to their hearts content.

	My recommendation for a name of this proposed newsgroup is:
	"net.sf-lovers.whonix" (or net.whonix)

				P.King (...!hao!denelcor.pking)

cas@cvl.UUCP (Cliff Shaffer) (12/08/83)

Yes!! A Dr. Who net!  Give these people what they deserve!
		Cliff Shaffer
		{we13,mcnc,seismo}!rlgvax!cvl!cas

johnc@dartvax.UUCP (John Cabell) (12/09/83)

I'm going to up my vote for net.whonix.  I myself
like Dr. Who imensley and think everbody should watch it.
Anyway, net.whonix would also cut down one the amount of
Dr. Who fan notes in here and get some to put their thoughts
of good sf books.  Anyway, here is an aye vote for net.whonix.
----johnc

debenedi@yale-com.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis) (12/10/83)

It really seems like the Dr. Who newsgroup should be a subgroup 
of net.sf-lovers.  Yes, I know, the name would be too long.  SO, 
how about changing the name of net.sf-lovers?  Maybe to net.sf.
Yes, I'm aware that it's called sf-lovers on ARPA, and that for 
nostalgic reasons people may want to keep that name.  However,
not everyone is running 2.10 software AND it would be nice to
be able to have subgroups for science fiction discussions.

Has any group ever changed its name before?
How do people feel about it?

As I see it, it's practicality vs. justifiable sentimentality.
Both are valid.  Just wanted to present this as an option.
Think about this before you go off and create a net.whonix.

"Now, You're Never Alone"
Another Message In The Bottle from
Robert DeBenedictis

caf@cdi.UUCP (caf) (12/10/83)

How about net.sf-lovers/TARDIS ?

-- 
Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX CDI Portland OR (503)-646-1599 cdi!caf

kcarroll@utzoo.UUCP (Kieran A. Carroll) (12/13/83)

   I hereby vote AGAINST the idea of a Dr. Who newsgroup.  I'm against the
idea of needless proliferation of newsgroups, and groups that are overly
specialized eventually become ignored and die out.  I don't mind seeing
Dr. Who articles in net.sf-lovers, especially since there seem to be few
people posting articles on other sf-related topics right now.  Dr. Who
may be marginal sf, but is of interest to many sf readers/watchers/whatever.
For those that don't like Dr. Who, why not just not read the articles
concerning the show (it's usually mentioned in the message header),
and be consoled by the fact that everyone on the net will eventually
be tired of the topic, and move onto something else?  Or, start a
discussion on some other topic...

-Kirean A. Carroll
...decvax!utzoo!kcarroll

rigney@uokvax.UUCP (12/15/83)

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uokvax!rigney    Dec 13 10:39:00 1983

There is already no standardization with regard to sf newsgroups.
We  have net.movies.sw, net.startrek, and net.sf-lovers, so there
seems no real reason to avoid creating a net.whonix.

On the other hand, there's a lot to be said for  standardization.
Perhaps  if we're going to make a change, we should do everything
at once, and have net.sf, net.sf.sw, net.sf.trek, and net.sf.who.

I rather like the current  chaos,  but  changing  to  a  net.sf.*
designation would allow much easier expansion.  Is it time yet to
move this discussion to net.news.group-lovers?

Perhaps we could also have a net.sf.lovers, altho this  may  give
the  wrong  impression.  I  won't even mention the possibility of
net.sf-lovers.whonix-wizards.

        "So, read any good books lately?"
	        Carl
        ..!ctvax!uokvax!rigney