welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty) (01/08/90)
for the past month or so, there has been a fair bit of discussion
of history in soc.misc, as the notion of having a separate group,
soc.history was being tried out. this was pretty successful,
although it has slacked off somewhat over the holidays.
this is a call for discussion on actually creating the proposed
group, soc.history. barring the appearance of good reasons
not to do so, i shall call for votes in two weeks (on 19 January)
on soc.history. the voting period shall last 21 days (ending
on 9 February.)
the proposed soc.history shall be unmoderated (i saw little
need for moderation in the trial period on soc.misc) it shall
cover both non-military and military history from all periods.
as need arises, subgroups can be spun off easily (e.g.,
soc.history.mediaeval, soc.history.military, etc.) soc.history
forms nice symmetry with existing groups in soc.culture.* and
soc.politics.*
i can see a vague case for talk.history, but i think the case
for soc.history is a bit stronger.
richard
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