It's always a worthwhile exercise to Google yourself. If you don't watch over your reputation, who will?
Found an ancient post of mine (1991) where I started the process of separating the old Usenet group rec.motorcycles into a number of smaller, more dedicated newsgroups. This was a big thing then as there weren't that many newsgroups and folks tended to be pretty ardent about membership. Huge flamewars ensued, but the new groups were eventually formed after about six months of wrangling.
Ah.. youth.
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From: Stefan.Fielding-Isaacs@Corp.Sun.COM
Subject: RFD: rec.motorcycles.tech
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Date: 28 Sep 91 23:16:19 GMT
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Alright. I'm interested in starting a new newsgroup, split
off from rec.motorcycles. I propose that it be limited to
discussions of technical content and road- and dirt- track
racing.
Normally, I think two groups might be more appropriate
(a number of individuals have suggested .tech and .race
groups) but I'm not convinced that there would be sufficient
support or traffic to support both groups.
I have a copy of the UseNet guidelines on the matter and
intend to follow them pretty closely.
Consequently, we have the following stages:
1) this posting to news.announce.newsgroups and rec.motorcycles
2) follow-up discussion in news.groups
3) after discussion and settlement on the name and new charter for
the group there will be a call for votes (3 weeks in duration)
which will be posted to news.announce.newsgroups and rec.motorcycles
So hear it is folks. I (and those like-minded individuals out there)
would like to fission rec.motorcycles into two groups. The
new group would be called:
rec.motorcycles.tech
unmoderated group. Discussion limited to articles with technical
content and on- and off-road motorcycle racing.
Follow-up discussion is to be conducted on news.groups.
The debate will be over the title and charter of the proposed new
group. We have 30 days to reach a consensus on title and charter.
Alternative group names have been suggested:
rec.motorcycles.sport
rec.motorcycles.racing
rec.motorcycles.offroad (both track and dirt racing)
Feel free to put forth another suggestion.
Thanks for participating. I welcome your input on the matter.
Stefan