dmark@cs.Buffalo.EDU (David Mark) (05/20/89)
In article <1849@leah.Albany.Edu> ss6349@leah.albany.edu.UUCP (Steven H Schimmrich) writes: > [some lines deleted] > What is SCI.GEO and why is it needed? > ------------------------------------- > > SCI.GEO is the proposed name for an unmoderated newsgroup to discuss the >earth and planetary sciences. There currently does not exist any newsgroup >for the discussion of geology, paleontology, geophysics, planetology, >meteorology, climatology, etc. except where they might fit into other >newsgroups such as SCI.BIO, SCI.ASTRO, SCI.CHEM, SCI.PHYSICS, SCI.SPACE, >etc. There are no SCI newsgroups dealing specifically with the earth >sciences and this one would fill that gap. ... > [35 lines deleted] > ... Don't bother suggesting new names for the newsgroup, >that stage has passed. It will be named SCI.GEO or it will not be created >(at least through my efforts). I sent my "official" vote directly, but decided also to post this follow-up in case anyone feels the way I do, and may wish to vote similarly. ==========================copy of my "vote" and reason below================== I hereby vote "NO" on sci.geo, strictly because of the name. Since your recent posting took the hard line "Don't bother suggesting new names... It will be named SCI.GEO or it will not be created", I am forced to vote "No", because GEO is also the first 3 letters of a major discipline, GEOgraphy, which is primarliy concerned with the Social Sciences, and the links between humans and environments. And let's not forget an even older discipline, GEOmetry, a branch of mathematiccs. Since GEOgraphy itself might easily deserve a newsgroup, to say nothing of GEOmetry, I feel that establish- ment of a group, un-negotiably named SCI.GEO, yet restricted to Earth Sciences, would lead to confusion and ambiguity, and should not be done. I would have voted "YES" for SCI.GEOLOGY, or SCI.EARTH_SCIENCE, and will do so, if this attempt fails, and if you try again with a more appropriate name. David Mark Professor Department of GEOgraphy SUNY at Buffalo dmark@cs.buffalo.edu
steve@revolver.gatech.edu (Poppa Smurf) (05/22/89)
In article <5983@cs.Buffalo.EDU+ dmark@sunybcs.UUCP (David Mark) writes:
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+I hereby vote "NO" on sci.geo, strictly because of the name.
+
+Since your recent posting took the hard line "Don't bother suggesting new
+names... It will be named SCI.GEO or it will not be created", I am forced to
+vote "No", because GEO is also the first 3 letters of a major discipline,
+GEOgraphy, which is primarliy concerned with the Social Sciences, and the
+links between humans and environments. And let's not forget an even older
+discipline, GEOmetry, a branch of mathematiccs. Since GEOgraphy itself might
+I would have voted "YES" for SCI.GEOLOGY, or SCI.EARTH_SCIENCE, and will do so,
+if this attempt fails, and if you try again with a more appropriate name.
+
+David Mark
+Professor
+Department of GEOgraphy
+SUNY at Buffalo
+
+dmark@cs.buffalo.edu
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I agree, and I see no "Earthly" reason why you can't simply name it sci.geology.I hope it's not simply ego involvement in having come up with the original name.If you name it sci.geology then I vote "YES."
Steve Fischer (School of Geosciences)
Georgia Techss6349@leah.Albany.Edu (Steven H Schimmrich) (05/22/89)
In article <8291@pyr.gatech.EDU> steve@revolver.gatech.edu (Poppa Smurf) writes: > I agree, and I see no "Earthly" reason why you can't simply name it > sci.geology.I hope it's not simply ego involvement in having come up > with the original name.If you name it sci.geology then I vote "YES." > > Steve Fischer (School of Geosciences) > Georgia Tech The original name I suggested (article <1775@leah.Albany.Edu>) was SCI.EARTH. As I said before -- I could care less what it's called. I just want to see the newsgroup come into existence (and if you're in the school of geosciences, I can't see why you should possibly oppose it for such a minor detail as whether it's GEO or GEOLOGY!). SCI.GEO was what most everyone wanted during the discussion period (some of whom are NOT geologists, but people interested in other areas of the earth sciences such as oceanography, meteorology, etc.). Now it's time to vote, it can't be named SCI.GEOLOGY (except if the voting goes against SCI.GEO and someone else takes the thankless job of doing this). As I've said before -- there does not exist a single name which would please everyone. The group is what is important, not its name. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | Steven H. Schimmrich | Internet : ss6349@leah.albany.edu | | Department of Geological Sciences | "The Rock Men are very primitive | | State University of New York at Albany | Flash, they have no science." | | Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4470 | Dr. Zarkhov. | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --