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This article is from the Dance FAQ, by
eijkhout@jacobi.math.ucla.edu (Victor Eijkhout) with numerous
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2.11 Why are there all these posts about types of dance I'm not interested in? Why don't we have separate newsgroups?
Rec.arts.dance gets posts from many types of social and competition
dancers, though mostly ballroom, country-western, and swing at this
time. Some of the topics are specific to one dance type, and some are
more general.
It's sometimes suggested that r.a.d should be split into more specific
subgroups, such as rec.arts.dance.ballroom. Creating a new newsgroup is
not a simple matter; for this to happen, someone will have to take on
personal responsibility to create and refine an acceptable proposal and
follow it through the formal Request For Discussion and Call For Votes
process as documented in news.announce.newusers. From beginning to end
this will take at least 3-4 months, and possibly much longer. Just
posting complaints accomplishes nothing other than increasing the noise
level.
It is not clear that such a proposal would be voted in, for several
reasons. A rule of thumb is that group volume should be on the order of
100 posts/day before a split is likely to pass, and r.a.d does not have
this volume. Many readers have strong objections to a split and would
campaign and vote against it. There would be lengthy arguments over
just what the split should be. Finally, many topics are likely to be
crossposted between new subgroups anyway, so a split might not have the
desired effect.
Another way to cut down on posts you aren't interested in seeing is
provided by most news readers, which can "kill" articles with a
specified subject or author. This can be done immediately and be
tailored to your preferences..
A final possibility is to stop reading rec.arts.dance and subscribe to
one or more of the topic-specific mailing lists (3.3) , such as
cw-dance, ballroom-l, or tango-l. Most appropriate posts are gatewayed
from the group to the mailing lists, but you will probably miss out on
some articles you would be interested in. (JL)
If you still think, after reading the above, that a split is a good
idea, and you are the one willing to write the proposal and get the
wheels in motion, you should realise the following. Many people on
rec.arts.dance are against a split. For your proposal to be accepted
you need 100 more yes than no votes, and 2/3 of the vote should be in
favour. In other words, you need at least 100 people wiling to vote for
your plan, and for everyone voting against a split you will need two
more people for it.
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