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In Article <800105006snz@isc-uk.demon.co.uk>, Andrew Smith
<andrewsmith@isc-uk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Erm, what is your point? You urge us to vote no to the renaming of sci.chem
>but don't give any reason. I feel that there is sufficient distinction
>between analytical chemistry (how to get decent results on your HPLC, who
>makes equipment for photoacoustic FTIR, announcements of conferences, etc) 
>and discussions of things vaguely chemical in nature (eg current threads on 
>sarin, jokes and the ubiquitous 'how do I make TNT/LSD/any other 'dodgy' 
>substance?' threads) to justify separate groups. The name sci.chem.misc will
>serve to highlight this distinction.
>


The problem with this proposal is that it wasn't a complete reorganization.
You seem to be happy because your interest in analytical chemistry will
be covered in the new newsgroup, but that doesn't justify the elimination 
(or renaming) of sci.chem.   What about organic, physical, polymer, 
biochem, etc, etc, ?  Sci.chem is still a good overall group name.  
sci.chem.misc suggests leftovers that don't fit anywhere else.  Frankly,
the traffic in sci.chem is not that great and really doesn't justify
what is being proposed at the moment.

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