mackeown@CompSci.Bristol.AC.UK (W. Mackeown) (10/13/89)
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An OPINION POLL on the subject of RENAMING THE NEWSGROUPS is running
from now until Friday 27 October (inclusive). If you have an opinion
about renaming newsgroups, this is your chance to influence the outcome
of this poll.
Please see my other posting <971@csisles.Bristol.AC.UK> for more
discussion on newsgroup renaming.
This poll will not by itself determine how/whether a renaming takes
place, but the results will probably influence future events/discussions.
So don't leave it to someone else. Reply now.
POLL #1) Would everyone with an opinion on whether it is time for another
renaming of newsgroups, in SOME form, please reply by e-mail with
subject header line "Subject: poll1" to :
mackeown@compsci.bristol.ac.uk
with a clear, preferably very brief (<5 lines) indication in the
message of your opinion. (New-users, press the 'r' key at the end
of this article, if using the readnews program, "rn")
POLL #2) To the same address, but in a separate e-mail message with subject
line "Subject: poll2", list your suggestions for badly named groups
in this form ONLY:
old name of newsgroup => new name of newsgroup (your choice)
old name of newsgroup => NULL (if you think it should not exist)
I will post the results in 2 weeks
time. I will also mail the results to the following in case they miss
the posting.
Gene Spafford (spaf@uther.cs.purdue.edu)
Chuq von Rospach (chuq@apple.com)
Greg Woods (woods@handies.ucar.edu)
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William Mackeown (mackeown@compsci.bristol.ac.uk)
"Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making." -- J.Milton, 1665