Ansc.156
net.misc
utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!menlo70!nsc!miker@sri-unix
Mon May  3 18:19:37 1982
New Newsgroups Idea
Of course, what we don't need are more newsgroups, but . . .
I had an idea that it might be interesting to start up a set
of newsgroups in languages other than English, i.e net.francais,
net.deutsch, net.gaeilge etc.  The purpose would be mostly to
give people who speak those languages an opportunity to keep them
up.  The groups could contain items on any subject, so long as it
was expressed in the appropriate language, but would probably be
mostly concerned with the language and its corresponding country.

This message is simply a trial balloon to ascertain if there is any
interest in such groups.  If you want to cast a vote for your
favourite language, mail to me and I will keep count.  Please keep
mail in English.

Another question open to discussion is the group structure.  Should
it be net.francais, net.lang.francais, net.indoeuropean.romance.francais,
net.babel or what?

                                       Michael Robinson


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