alt.source-code - The alt.sources clone.

[Kent Landfield]

In article <1618 at crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen at crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>In article <566 at ssbell.UUCP>, kent at ssbell.UUCP (Kent Landfield) writes:
>|  Sorry, but I think that this group is a major mistake and a waste of
>|  time. I not only do not want it moderated, I do not want it to exist
>|  at all. I maintain a large archive site and archive all articles in 
>|  alt.sources. Once a week, I spend between 5 and 15 minutes clearing
>|  out the non-sources articles. It has never been a problem before now.
>|  Do not make it one. FYI, I was one who did an immediate rmgroup on 
>|  alt.source-code when it hit my site.
>
>  Since there are a number of us who would like a code only group, I
>suggest that you not try to decide for us. I did not honor your rmgroup,
>and will post to the new group if it seems to be working. Let's not have
>self-appointed net.gods on the alt. net as well.
>-- 
>bill davidsen	(davidsen at crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)

You *could* not honor my rmgroup since it *never* reached your site. I did
the rmgroup on my machine *only* and did not bother the net *at* all. I was 
not trying to be a *net.god* like some. I *will* not archive this group here
and that is my choice. I would like a code only group as much as you bill,
but creating groups in the hope that people will follow the rules in the 
alt *anarchy* is an experiment destined to fail. If you want to assure that 
you have a sources only alt group, then create it as a moderated group leaving
alt.sources as an unmoderated group.  Don't just create an group identical to 
alt.sources and expect new net readers to immediately know by the name 
"alt.source-code" that they should not post requests for "source code" to the
alt.source-code newsgroup.

				-Kent+
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