> It is something like an "prestige-object", too - only languages with 
> enouth traffic can create this seperate _usenet_ group (and fill it with 
> traffic).

I strongly dissagree to make any decision based on prestige. Either do 
something because it makes sense, or dont do it.

For me the [ANN] announcements in this newsgroup is perfectly ok, it is 
nice to have one central point where all the good discussion is going 
on. I vote for keeping it as is.

martinus