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In article <34g02n$mpr@news.ycc.yale.edu>, una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu (Una Smith) writes...
>MOLL, THOMAS J. <tj_moll@pavo.concordia.ca> wrote:
> 
>>I don't know why there is such an uproar from the gurus when someone
>>suggests a second level hierarchy. ...
> 
>There hasn't been any, in this case.  There hasn't even 
>been a proposal.  The discussion in bit.admin has nothing
>to do with news.groups (yet), as there is NO proposal.

I realize there is no proposal, but I think the thread of discussing
how group names are formed (and in some cases imposed) by the gurus
is worth talking about.

>>If I was a newbie interested in museums I would ignore a
>>sci.infosystems.museum figuring it to be a group dedicated
>>to computer systems in museums. ...
> 
>That's the idea.  The newsgroup in question would be gated
>to an large mailing list of professionals who run museums.

Now are these professional curators or professional systems analysts
who work for museums?

(snip part on traffic)


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