davidbe@uunet.uu.net (The Cat in the Hat) (01/08/90)
A previous call for discussion on this subject generated very little
response, and only one slightly negative comment. I feel that the actual
vote will generate more responses.
Responses will be accepted as of Jan 5, until the end of the day on Feb 5.
Send "yes" votes to yesvote@sco.COM
Send "no" votes (or send no votes) to novote@sco.COM
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Individual acknowledgements will *not* take place. I will send a mass
acknowledgement on Jan 19, and (of course) at the final listing of voters.
Charter and commentary follows:
A number of people have become annoyed by the most recent "What are your X
Favorite Albums" in rec.music.misc, as a discussion like this tends to
occur every few months. I'm sure that this situation is similar in other
groups.
In addition, one user (whose name I don't recall) posts a list of "Most
Commonly Cited Articles in comp.*". This is another list that has generated
questions concerning whether it's worthwhile to even compile such a thing,
much less post it to a number of newsgroups.
To provide a place for such compilations of statistics to exist, I suggest
that "talk.lists" be created, and all who wish to inquire about any of
the above topics and any topics they happen to desire, should do so there.
This will have the additional side effect of removing these lists (well,
some of them) from the various newsgroups where they're generating controversy.
In actuality *any* compiled list of information would be appropriate for this
group, from the Complete List of {Smileys,Cows,LBJ's} to artist discographies,
to illegally posted David Letterman Top 10 Lists (it's been confirmed that
NBC does not want these posted; they claim a book of these is coming) to
Arbitron ratings.
There's probably no way to keep bothersome lists out of a particular group,
but if the distribution is high enough, I think it will help a great deal.
I thank you, and Usenet thanks you.
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