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- From: geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu (Geoff Bronner)
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- Subject: Re: rec.arts.fantasy
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.220654.19908@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 22:06:54 GMT
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- In <By4zHL.FB4@newcastle.ac.uk> Chris.Holt@newcastle.ac.uk (Chris Holt) writes:
-
- >I'm not convinced by the argument that the dividing line is too
- >hard to draw and would produce too many flames. There are many
- >groups that overlap and have fuzzy borderlines, and they survive.
- >Why can't
- > a. clearcut fantasy threads be on r.a.f
- > b. clearcut sf threads be on r.a.sf.*
- > c. borderline threads be cross-posted
- >?
-
- For two reasons. 1) A large amount of this traffic would be type c). And
- two groups of mostly crossposts should really be one single group in my
- opinion. 2) Disagreements over the proper group for certain discussions
- could cause lots of flames and waste all our time. rec.arts.sf.written is
- a nice quiet group. Why break something that works?
-
- -Geoff
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