alt.unix.wizards

[Kent Paul Dolan]

dave at compnect.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe) writes:
> peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>> I'd say comp.unix.wizards is dead. There is no way to ressurrect it short of
>> involving the SS. That being so, would there be any objection from outside
>> of Dallas if I went ahead and newgrouped an auto-moderated alt.unix.wizards?
>
>None here Peter but I seriously doubt John will accept it. And, of course,
>there will now be the many cries of poor 'alt' propagation. 

I certainly hope not with a straight  face.  Since  it  is  exactly  the
wizards, rather than the wizard-wannabes, that control  the  propagation
of any alt group, this is a perfect way to conduct a meaningful vote  on
the existance of a *.unix.wizards group. "If you  build  it,  they  will
come." If, as strongly suspected, anyone with a  real  life  could  care
less about being able to post in a group where he can consider himself a
"wizard" exactly and only because of the group name, rather  than,  say,
the quality of his or her contribution, it will fall flat on  its  face,
and  that  _should_  (but  of  course  will  not)  end  the  discussion.

What will happen instead is screams of  rage  from  the  wannabes  about
rigged votes and fascist sysadmins. I, for one, will then laugh until  I
cry;  your  reaction  may  vary.
                                                           /// It's Amiga
                                                          /// for me:  why
Kent, the man from xanth.                             \\\///   settle for
<xanthian at Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian at well.sf.ca.us>   \XX/  anything less?
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