gary@sci34hub.UUCP (Gary Heston) (02/03/90)
In article <18966@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, danno@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Danno) writes: > While I like the idea, I'm not sure that there's so much Depeche Mode > being discussed that we need a newsgroup. What about a mailing list? I went and looked in rec.music.misc. With a 14 day expire (oldest article was 1/20, today is 2/2) I found 934 articles, with 38 that mentioned this bunch in some way. That figures out to 4%. 38 postings in 14 days is not anywhere near enough traffic for a newsgroup, IMHO. Go with a mailing list until you've got about 200 names on it--then, you'll have enough people to vote in a group, and enough posters to justify it. Flames to TROUNDS@BITNET -- Gary Heston { uunet!sci34hub!gary } System Mismanager SCI Technology, Inc. OEM Products Department (i.e., computers) Hestons' First Law: I qualify virtually everything I say.
cudep@warwick.ac.uk (Ian Dickinson) (02/06/90)
In article <429.25c59544@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu> v055n6j3@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu writes: > Proposal for Depeche Mode Music Newsgroup. > Rec.Music.DepecheMode There are many bands that are as deserving of a newsgroup as DM, and I don't think splitting off newsgroups left, right and centre will do much good. Now if you were suggesting a group with a much broader charter that covered much electronic/dance/indie/whatever-it-is, I might be tempted to vote for it......... Besides - the traffic in r.m.misc isn't too much for the 'k' key to handle! -- \/ato. vato@uk.ac.warwick. *NIX gives good head. Support the FSF. Plinth. "When it's a smoking charred stump, that's too much. Mine hasn't charred yet." - entropy@alembic.acs.com
hbchan@tiger.waterloo.edu (Samuel Chan) (02/08/90)
Despite the fact that I myself is a great DM fan, I'm not in favour
of the newsgroup as proposed. The traffic of DM stuff is just not heavy
enough to hog rec.music.misc, as we can see.
Nevertheless I think it's time to start a DM mailing list (if there's
none so far), to which I'll be very glad to subscribe.
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