From: tmcdonal@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Tom McDonald)
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: Re: RFD: alt.music newsgroups
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:57:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio

In article <1992Apr16.133122.19612@bradley.bradley.edu> pwh@bradley.bradley.edu (Pete Hartman) writes:
>In <1992Apr16.044405.25939@seas.gwu.edu> maple@seas.gwu.edu (Maple Moriji) writes:
>>pwh@bradley.bradley.edu (Pete Hartman) writes:
>>: You forgot a few:
>>[tons of fucking shit deleted]
>
>like your proposals weren't fucking shit?
>
>>: alt.music.give.me.a.break
>>: -- 
>>: Pete Hartman		       Bradley University	pwh@bradley.bradley.edu
>>:              If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure
>>Listen kid,
>
>Listen, *child*,

Ahhh... I see Maple has made another friend.

[Back and forth comments and insults deleted]

Actually, there has been quite a bit of discussion as to what would go into
a.r-n-r.hard and a.r-n-r.metal and believe it or not, almost everyone agrees!
Many of the previously mentioned bands are a little hard for a.r-n-r, but don't
quite make it as far as metal is concerned.  It's very easy for someone that
doesn't listen to the music to see it all as one big grey area, but for the
people in a.r-n-r.metal, the distinction is pretty clear (between metal and
hard rock).  Out of the discussion in the metal newsgroup, there has been
overwhelming support for the creation of a.r-n-r.hard and not one person
against the idea.  

Now the second matter of changing from a.r-n-r.* to a.music.* is a different
story.  The idea of this is from a few individuals who don't like the idea
of metal being related to rock and roll.  It would be close to impossible to
get people to switch to the alt.music groups. The metal group would settle
down considerably with the creation of the hard newsgroup.  The alt.music
business is just nonsense.  It basically changes alt.* to alt.music.* with
the exception of metal and thrash which would no longer have the alt.rock-n-
roll prefix.  Make the hard group and many problems would be solved.

And finally, one last suggestion.  While I don't think this would solve all
problems, I think the following three groups would help dramatically:

alt.rock-n-roll.hard			(as mentioned above)
alt.guitar.tab				(as mentioned in previous articles)
alt.rock-n-roll.flame

While many people would disagree with me, I'd like to see the flame group
held for discussion and voting.  Some people love these groups, I do not.
However, when someone starts attacking another for their tastes in music
(which happens often) then their attacks against each other could be taken
to a more appropriate format.  I'd like to hear others' opinions on this 
group.  I don't know how successful flame groups are in solving problems,
but I see two possibilities here.  One good and one bad.  One is that as 
the bickering starts, it will be moved to the flame group.  The other is
any disagreing ideas (such as an album review) will be told to "take it
to alt.rock-n-roll.flame".  I guess a third possibility exists too; that 
it will be ignored completely.  In any case, I'd like to hear other's
opinions.
						-Tom
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