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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin.misc
- Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Yes votes >= 200+2*No Votes
- Message-ID: <id.UE0W._OK@ferranti.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 17:36:53 GMT
- References: <EMCGUIRE.92Dec15083301@fuller.intellection.com> <id.V2WV.CO7@ferranti.com> <EMCGUIRE.92Dec18153008@fuller.intellection.com>
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- In article <EMCGUIRE.92Dec18153008@fuller.intellection.com> emcguire@intellection.com (Ed McGuire) writes:
- > In article <id.V2WV.CO7@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- > You should only vote on a group if (a) you are interested in the
- > group and expect to read it, or (b) you think there is something
- > flawed about the proposal other than interest level.
-
- > Any proposal is flawed which does not include a rationale showing that
- > sufficient traffic on the topic exists to justify creating a newsgroup
- > instead of a mailing list.
-
- I see. You have decided (by psychic assistance, I assume) that the interest
- level is too low therefor you vote "NO", artificially lowering the interest
- level. Brilliant.
-
- Has it ever occurred to you that there are reason that traffic on a topic
- might be low other than lack of interest. For example, there being no existing
- group appropriate to the topic?
-
- Not every new group is a split.
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