jr@inset.UUCP (Jim R Oldroyd) (11/02/85)
This article is dated exactly one week after my request for votes about the Internationalisation Newsgroup. I would draw readers' attention to related articles entitled: `Netiquette Revisited' and `Mailing of Votes', both in this newsgroup. The above articles discuss the recent net chaos and obscene mail which has been prevalent. This article is devoted to the result of the ballot. I make NO attempt at judgement of the voting. I do NOT necessarily present my personal opinions here, just those of the mail to me. We have all seen the arguments FOR and AGAINST; this is the result. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have received 111 messages on this subject. They were: FOR an internationalisation newsgroup: 91 AGAINST such a newsgroup: 0 FLAMES: 20 I have read the FLAMES with interest; see `Netiquette Revisited'. The FOR votes can be categorised as follows: Votes for `net.internat': 61 Votes for `net.intnl': 10 Votes for `net.int...': 5 Votes for `net.std.int...': 3 Votes for `net.unix.int...': 3 Votes for `mod....': 5.5 Votes for any name: 3 Also, note that I have seen votes FOR in both net.* and eunet.* from senders who have not mailed me. The above lists only those who have mailed me. In the light of these figures, and the fact that there has been a significant volume of postings of technical value during the same period, I consider that creation of a newsgroup is now valid. By `significant', I mean I have seen at least 40 articles. Compare this with the volume in other existing groups. For a non-existent newsgroup, this is a high volume! The half vote is explained in my `Mailing of Votes' article. I shall therefore be sending a newgroup control message for the original newsgroup `net.internat' once more. I am doing this because: - The votes suggest this is the preferred name. - Many SA's have not removed the original newsgroup. - There is sufficient volume to warrant this group. - The volume of postings against the removal of the group is getting too high! May I suggest that any debate concerning REnaming the newsgroup is carried out according to net procedure. I now trust that my actions will not seem irresponsible or unjustified and that the net will find this newsgroup a valuable and interesting group. I thank all those who have taken part in the discussions so far for their support. -- ++ Jim R Oldroyd ++ jr@inset.co.uk (after Jan 1, 1986. `jr@inset.UUCP' before...) ++ ..!mcvax!ukc!inset!jr