Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!eagle!allegra!alice!alb From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: On Proposing New Groups Message-ID: <2612@alice.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 10:34:44 EST Article-I.D.: alice.2612 Posted: Tue Feb 21 10:34:44 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Feb-84 02:09:13 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 24 Recently, many new groups have been proposed: net.religion.jewish (just created) net.micro.hp41 and just now net.nutrition to name a few With the possible exception of net.religion.jewish, little or no prior discussion of the material suggested has been seen on the net. For example, why do we need a net.nutrition? Has there been a lot of discussion on nutrition lately? Please, a newsgroup should not be created just because someone might think the subject is neat. Look at net.bio -- look at all the ''positive responses'' it got; look at all the support it got; look at all four articles in it now... A newsgroup should be created when a need for it arises, not because someone has a pet subject he likes. Adam