Subject: fan97 Usenet newsgroup alt.fan.john-turmel
Usenet newsgroup alt.fan.john-turmel
Article #35950 (36119 is last):
From: mcr@amaterasu.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca (Michael
Richardson)
Newsgroups: alt.config,ott.general,ncf.general
Subject: PROPOSAL: alt.fan.john-turmel
Date: Wed Jan 22 11:49:40 1997
Many of you have enjoyed the posts of Ottawa's John
Turmel.
Many of you shudder when your newsreader comes up with a
subject
line "TURMEL". In any case, you know it will be an
interesting
day. Those of you with kill files probably don't know what
you
are missing.
Who is this man? Is John Turmel his real name? Rumour
has it
that he is fabulously rich. Others say that is just
posturing.
Charter:
alt.fan.john-turmel is a place to post questions,
queries, and
debate about this well spoken, widely crossposted person.
Where
else can you go and *know* you'll find posts from this master
of
words and rhetoric?
- --
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Article #35954 (36119 is last):
From: cs905@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Stephen Saikkonen)
Date: Wed Jan 22 13:47:48 1997
I would like to see this newsgroup created. Are you planning
to
post an RFD and have a vote (CFV) regarding the proposal?
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Article #35957 (36119 is last):
From: kmennie@chat.carleton.ca (K.M. Mennie)
Date: Wed Jan 22 14:09:18 1997
(For an _alt.*_ group?)
I'd like to see alt.bonehead.john-turmel, unless somebody can
come up with the equivalent of a `Speedbump' nickname for
him.
No, wait.
`alt.fan.the-engineer'
`alt.fan.x-post.x-post.x-post'
`alt.fan.hardhat'
`news.admin.censorship' -- no, wait, that's Bump's...
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Article #35976 (36119 is last):
From: greg@hydra.sce.carleton.ca (Greg Franks)
Date: Thu Jan 23 13:23:13 1997
What's wrong with alt.usenet.kooks??
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Article #35966 (36119 is last):
From: cs905@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Stephen Saikkonen)
Date: Wed Jan 22 19:47:22 1997
K.M. Mennie (kmennie@chat.carleton.ca) writes:
*(For an _alt.*_ group?)
I was thinking of the newsgroup creation process for the big
8
groups. Could misc.fan.john-turmel be a viable alternative to
alt.fan.john-turmel? Another possibilty is to try to create a
similar newsgroup in a regional heirarchy (ie can.*,
ont.*, ott.*).
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Article #35959 (36119 is last):
From: marinier@igs.net (Michel Marinier)
Date: Wed Jan 22 15:05:22 1997
Geeeeeeez, does this mean all the cross-posting will stop and
I
can remove my kill filters???
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Article #35964 (36119 is last):
From: anonymous <rudeboy@rudeboy.net>
Date: Wed Jan 22 16:31:22 1997
Michel Marinier wrote:
> Geeeeeeez, does this mean all the cross-posting will
stop and I can
> remove my kill filters???
No, it just means that Turmoil will have one more
newsgroup
to add to his already voluminous list. We'll still see his
posts
smeared all around the newsgroups.
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Article #35962 (36119 is last):
From: grobe@netins.net (Jonathan Grobe)
Date: Wed Jan 22 16:50:28 1997
I am opposed to alt.fan.* groups on Usenet personalities. The
vast
majority of posts are cross-posted to the groups they are
active in
so nothing is gained.
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Article #35995 (36119 is last):
From: greg@newbury.edu (Relentless Etiological Theorist)
Date: Thu Jan 23 09:14:36 1997
It's pretty safe to say that the chances for getting a Big-8
group out
of this is slim. Personalities must have a *massive*
following to get
one. The idea of getting a regional group sounds like a good
one,
provided there's really enough interest out there.
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