HEMMAT@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Mehrzad Hemmat) (11/17/89)
In an article, > IN%"hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK" "Hans Huttel" > Subj: Questions/comments on soc.culture.iranian writes: > Hi, > - this is NOT a vote on the proposed newsgroup, just a few naive > comments of mine. Firstly, I think the voting period is far too long; > it should be at least 21 days according to the generally accepted > rules (posted at regular intervals to news.announce.newusers by spaf). > However, the 7-week period you have chosen seems to be far too long. > It is my experience (from collecting votes for soc.culture.nordic and, > currently, rec.sport.soccer) that people tend to lose interest in the > vote after a couple of weeks. Moreover, by the end of the year it is > quite conceivable that a lot people may be away on holiday. That is why the period is extended, so those on vacation would have a chance to vote. > Secondly, I am well aware of the fact that there has been a call for > discussion of a soc.culture.iranian newsgroup in soc.culture.misc some > time ago. Your call for votes was issued quite a while after the > discussion died out; this may result in a lack of interest. I am glad that you have at least noticed the discussions. Many people were complaining about taking votes without a discussion period. > Thirdly, I haven't seen your call for votes in news.groups or > news.announce.newsgroups, two newsgroups to which all calls for votes, > voting results (and calls for discussion) must be submitted. This, > however, may be due to my not noticing it. It is there now. > Finally, let me say that I think soc.culture.iranian would be a good > idea. I would like to hear your response to my above comments. I appreciate your thoughts, but I'd rather let others get involve in this discussion. > Best regards > Hans M. Hemmat
peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (11/18/89)
Is Iranian culture that much different from that of neighboring Islamic states? If not, why not start with a soc.culture.mideast or soc.culture.islam? If you are going to allow Iraqi or Saudi contributions anyway, this would be an obvious change. If not, why not? -- `-_-' Peter da Silva <peter@ficc.uu.net> <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>. 'U` -------------- +1 713 274 5180. "vi is bad because it didn't work after I put jelly in my keyboard." -- Jeffrey W Percival (jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu)
ralph@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi) (11/20/89)
In article <7039@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: >Is Iranian culture that much different from that of neighboring Islamic >states? Actually, yes it is. Ethnically, the Islamic states to the west are of Arab origin; Iranians, however, are Persians, not Arabs. -- Ralph Brandi ralph@lzfme.att.com att!lzfme!ralph Work flows toward the competent until they are submerged.