From: euclid@NOSPAMTHANKSshaw.ca   
      
   On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 07:05:02 -0000, "Col"    
   wrote:   
      
      
      
   >The series 8 one was created by Tafka at the time in order to avoid   
   >spoilers but I don't know the history behind the others.   
   >I have a vague recollection they were created even before my time   
   >when somebody storms off the group after a flame war, vowing to   
   >set up their own group....   
   >   
   >However they quickly become deader than corduroy....   
      
   A search of Google Groups would reveal the entire story, but   
   alt.tv.red-dwarf.discussion was created after such a war as was   
   alt.tv.red-dwarf.moderated.   
      
   I forget the guy's name right now, but most of the splinter groups   
   were all started by one guy after he soured on the old-skool ATVRD   
   experience.   
      
   I can't believe I've been around long enough to have witness the   
   creation of all these off-shoot groups!   
      
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