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    This is in reply to my previous article protesting the creation
of net.sctv, a newsgroup devoted to one individual TV show. I have received
several responses by mail, and all but one expressed the same sentiment
as I: we like the SCTV show but don't feel that it justifies its own group.
And as for Andy Tannenbaum, you don't have to get so hostile. I was just under 
the impression that a
netnews guru had to approve the creation of new newsgroups, but people seem
to be creating them at will right-and-left. And your implication that I am
that restrictive is totally ridiculous, I never suggested anything of the sort.
I still feel that a single TV show is too restrictive for its own high-level
newsgroup. What I AM suggesting is something like net.tv.sctv, so that someone
who is not interested in television could shut off all those groups without
the necessity of 50 !net.sctv type things in .newsrc  .
   And there is a very good reason why we shouldn't have an infinitude of
newsgroups-- my options line in .newsrc is already as long as our hacked v6
system will allow (about 256 chars, I think). I cannot unsubscribe to any
more newsgroups, so I have a very legitimate reason for being opposed to
unlimited proliferation of newsgroups.

   Mark--Would you PLEASE state publicly what the official policy is on 
creation of new newsgroups is so we can avoid rehashing the same discussion we 
already had on this topic a while back. I for one would like to see the number
of newsgroups controlled, for reasons already stated above.

	       GREG (ucbvax!menlo70!hao!woods)