peter%ficc@uunet.UU.NET (Peter da Silva) (11/22/89)
This is a call for votes on the name of an aquarium newsgroup. The vote will be held by the Single Transferrable Vote system: The following names are on the table for the name of the group. Some of the groups listed have been created, but due to various reasons none of them have a very wide distribution: alt.aquaria This is the original aquarium group, created after the vote for rec.aquaria failed. Since it is in the alt network, it has distribution problems. sci.aquaria This is the name proposed in the recent poll hald by Richard Sexton. It passed by the existing guidelines by a margin of 40 votes. Due to the controversy over the name, distribution is spotty. rec.aquaria This is the name proposed some months ago for a group of this type. That vote failed due to a lack of interest, and alt.aquaria was created. Many sites do not carry groups in the rec hierarchy. Groups in this hierarchy are in general more widely distributed than those in alt, and less widely than those in sci. rec.aquariums This name was suggested by someone who was concerned about the new-age connotations of "aquaria". There is currently a poll being held on this name. Discussion: I will note right now that I am personally opposed to the name sci.aquaria, because I see it as an attempt to defraud certain groups of people who wish to avoid the use of their facilities for recreational purposes. Currently the group sci.aquaria is being specifically blocked at some sites for this reason. There are other people who are opposed to the name rec.aquaria because they believe it will attract a lower class of posters, since people are likely to give more thought to postings if they're in a scientific forum. The need for a group on this subject has been established by the traffic in alt.aquaria, therefore there will be a group after this vote. If no candidate acheives the required 100 vote margin, the existing group alt.aquaria will remain. Voting: The vote will be held through the 11th of december. To vote, please list your choices for a name in the order of preference. You may write-in other names that I might have missed. For example, my own vote (I won't be voting) would be: rec.aquaria alt.aquaria rec.aquariums Mail your vote to "peter@sugar.lonestar.org". If this fails, then mail to "texbell!sugar!peter" or "uunet!ficc!sugar!peter". The sugar-uunet link appears to be down at the moment. The subject should be "CALL FOR VOTES: *.AQUARIA". During the vote, my kill file for news.groups will be: /aquaria/h:k /AQUARIA/h:k If you wish to contact me on this subject, please mail me at one of the addresses listed below. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva <peter@ficc.uu.net> <peter@sugar.lonestar.org>. 'U` -------------- +1 713 274 5180. "vi is bad because it didn't work after I put jelly in my keyboard." -- Jeffrey W Percival (jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu)