nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (07/23/85)
It has been decided to abolish net.general. This group will be replaced with a moderated group, mod.general, for announcements of general interest to the net. Discussions which seem to have no appropriate newsgroup, but are not of general interest (the recent coke discussion comes to mind) should be directed to net.misc. I will be moderating the newsgroup. My uucp address is ihnp4!abnji!nyssa. net.general's removal will follow within a couple weeks from when you read this. Articles submitted will either be approved, returned with a reason given for rejection, or returned with a suggestion for a more appropriate newsgroup. -- James C Armstrong, Jnr. ihnp4!abnji!nyssa "Congratulations, Sir, You survived the vote!" (What story was that? Who said it?)
jgd@uwmcsd1.UUCP (John G Dobnick) (07/26/85)
[Just who was that masked line-eater, anyway?] > It has been decided to abolish net.general. This group will be > replaced with a moderated group, mod.general, for announcements > of general interest to the net. > -- > James C Armstrong, Jnr. ihnp4!abnji!nyssa A few questions, if you please. 1) WHO decided to abolish net.general? 2) WHERE was the discussion of this action? Being fairly new to the net, I may have missed something. However, I get the distinct impression that there is an informal (at least) protocol for making changes (additions/ deletions) to the list of active newsgroups. (Didn't someone just get "stomped on" for creating net.bizarre without *proper* discussion?) 3) WHY is this group to be abolished? WHAT purpose will it serve? WHAT benefit will the net gain from the demise of net.general? (I doubt that volume is the main concern, since in the 3 weeks our site has been on the net we have only received 45 messages. This is hardly an avalanche.) 4) WHAT benefits do the rest of the "netters" gain by the creation of mod.general? 5) WHO is "nyssa". Is it *really* James C Armstrong, Jnr.? If so, what is Mr. Armstrong's site? WHO is he to *dictate* (?) to the net? Or, is there some nuance of net.etiquette that I am not aware of? This message cross-posted to net.general (the object of discussion), and net.news.group (which, as I understand it, is the place for discussions of this kind.) No flames please. Instruction in proper etiquette *is* welcome. -- John G Dobnick Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (...ihnp4!uwmcsd1!jgd) The above statements are only my personal opinion, which I will flatly deny if questioned.
mda@whuxcc.UUCP (07/29/85)
**THIS LINE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK** If mod.general works the way I think it will work (that is, users will mail their desired post to some central site, and some demagogue will decide if it's appropropriate to post and do so if it is), then it seems that postings will take at least twice as long to make it to the net. One of the best things about electronic bboards is their spontaneity-- issues remain current due to the speed of transmission. It looks like this would be lost on mod.general. And who is this demagogue, anyway? Mark Abramowitz Bell Communications Research Morristown, NJ ...!ihnp4!whuxcc!mda