"Brian Mailman" > wrote in

Well Brian the funny thing is that the proposal i roughed out on alt.config
was Ratty's proposal which underlies this ng ( alt.support.diabetes.uk )
with "type2" added where appropriate. The mainly different bit was the
"Justification" which I should have focused on likely traffic rather than
overall general justification.
But that was also amusing - when someone quoted 2500 posts on type 2
diabetes in the last 90 days, some posters said that volume of interest
looked likely justification for the proposed group, others stated flatly
that no new ng was needed because there were already 2500 posts on the
subject in other ngs ! Very confusing.
I can't really see what useful function alt.config serves if it is so beset
with trolls who fight each other rather than weigh up proposals.