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RFD: create unmoderated newsgroup uk.rec.skiing
Alex Heney wrote:
They should *IF* they think it will have a detrimental effect, either on usenet as a whole (unlikely in this case), or on other specific groups they read (likely in this case). It isn't just a question of whether they intend reading the group, but whether it will affect their usenet experience. Alex, it affects my Usenet experience if another useless Usenet group is created, there are already quite enough. It creates an administrative overhead for everyone who uses Usenet and carries the uk.* hierarchy. It affects my Usenet experience if groups get diluted to the point where there is no longer sufficient critical mass, although my opinion is that the propsed group will never get enough traffic to take-off, especially as most of the declared 'yes' voters are people who've never posted to a snowsports newsgroup in their lives. There are far too many self styled 'net gods' who have created dud newsgroups over the years, remember the birmingham.* debacle or r.s.a.m? Now David Mahon called for a discussion on the proposed group and asked interested parties to give their thoughts. That is what we, as European skiers are doing. A number of the regular posters to r.s.r.e also contribute to uk.* newsgroups so I think we pass the test of 'potential' users of the group and are therefore entitled to say yes or no, either way. I hope that does not appear unreasonable to unnc posters? A simple check on the google archives would confirm the bona-fides many of the r.s.r.e folks who've contributed to this thread. As I said at the start of this thread, I'm not opposed to the idea of creating the ng., and I've not even declared my voting intentions, but I'd like to hear a sound rational. My experience in this area with r.s.a.m and fr.r.n-g is that there is not sufficient demand from snowsport enthusiasts for such a group and so far the majority of proponents will be people who have declared that they will not use the group. If you want to convince people to vote yes, post some good arguments and counter those already put up. |
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