From: joe@sfbooks.com 
  
 In article <20030926180148.08650.00000199@mb-m05.aol.com>, 
 Warren J. Dew  wrote: 
  
 > 2.  otherwise okay as long as r.a.d does not get removed in favor of 
 > r.a.d.misc.  The usenet powers that be don't like discussion in branch 
 > nodes, just in leaf nodes, but moving real dance discussion to .misc 
 > would be a pain. 
  
 The Usenet powers in question have retired, and gave up that particular 
 fight even before they had all retired.  These days I think there's 
 actually a moderately strong bias *against* renaming, but there's no 
 pressure from above either way. 
  
 Joe Bernstein 
  
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