From: sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bob Sloane) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Raising limit of 100 more Yes vs. No votes Message-ID: <1992Jun8.155046.40639@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 8 Jun 92 15:50:45 CDT References: <68258@apple.Apple.COM> <10pbndINNobj@nigel.msen.com> Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 74 In <10pbndINNobj@nigel.msen.com>, emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti) writes: > Would any of the last 50 newsgroups that have been created in > the mainstream hierarchies have failed if there was a requirement > of a minimum of 125, not 100, yes votes? I don't know about the last 50 votes, but here is a list of votes over about the last two years that passed, but would have failed had the YES-NO delta been 125 rather than 100. I may have missed a few. Group Name YES NO DIFF =================================================== soc.culture.caribbean 127 26 101 rec.games.backgammon 135 34 101 rec.arts.comics.marketplace 137 35 102 rec.music.country.western 132 30 102 rec.pets.dogs 192 89 103 rec.auto.vw 152 49 103 rec.sport.baseball.college 128 25 103 comp.lang.hermes 128 24 104 rec.sport.baseball.fantasy 149 45 104 rec.motorcycles.racing 180 76 104 rec.games.corewar 138 33 105 rec.music.video 157 52 105 rec.travel.air 156 50 106 soc.veterans 137 31 106 rec.games.cyber 170 63 107 soc.culture.indian.american 194 86 108 sci.optics 115 7 108 rec.arts.dance 133 24 109 rec.food.restaurants 148 39 109 rec.music.indian.misc 170 60 110 rec.motorcycles.dirt 182 71 111 rec.radio.cb 160 49 111 comp.sys.isis 117 6 111 rec.arts.bodyart 171 59 112 rec.roller-coaster 184 72 112 rec.sport.olympics 149 37 112 comp.sys.atari.st.tech 183 71 112 comp.dcom.servers 132 19 113 rec.games.board.ce 153 40 113 comp.lang.lisp.mcl 157 44 113 rec.music.dementia 147 34 113 soc.feminism 136 22 114 rec.sport.golf 144 30 114 soc.culture.australian 139 24 115 comp.unix.i386 119 4 115 rec.pets.herp 155 39 116 rec.arts.animation 164 48 116 rec.games.video.arcade 131 15 116 comp.sys.alliant 125 8 117 rec.arts.fine 139 22 117 comp.lang.objective-c 131 14 117 rec.food.recipes 233 116 117 sco.aeronautics 124 6 118 news.software.anu-news 130 12 118 rec.boats.paddle 152 33 119 talk.politics.space 142 23 119 sci.engr.civil 131 11 120 misc.emerg-services 130 10 120 comp.sys.prime 143 21 122 talk.environment 151 29 122 sci.econ 153 30 123 rec.windsurfing 164 41 123 comp.apps.spreadsheets 147 24 123 soc.culture.usa 181 58 123 soc.culture.asian.american 138 15 123 comp.text.sgml 137 13 124 comp.unix.xenix.sco 207 83 124 rec.arts.tv.uk 136 12 124 > --Ed -- USmail: Bob Sloane, University of Kansas Computer Center, Lawrence, KS, 66045 E-mail: sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu, sloane@ukanvax.bitnet, AT&T: (913)864-0444