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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

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That's the point, the rules are only what the consensus of providers say
they are. and that's not written in stone anywhere..


Consensus of users, not providers. UseNet has a defined process
whereby users vote to establish groups.

Fred, you should *know* better than to assert that.

That 'consensus of users' is meaningful *ONLY* because there is a consensus
of providers to listen to the opinions of the users when expressed that way..

Nothing _requires_ that they do so.

*LOTS* of stuff happens _without_ going through that process, either.
e.g. the _entire_ "microsoft.*" hierarchy.