Dave Balderstone wrote in
tone.ca:

They appear to be legit. This can be a good thing. If Susan and Vito
ever really submit a multiple group reorganization, the rebuttle from
NAN would be "There's already an alt.* group like that". If the soft
wreck proponents were behind these three new groups, the charters
would probably be much more restrictive and preachy. If the kook(s)
was/were behind them, there would probably be a more ridiculous/crude
element to the charters.

There's a "Charles Sheller" listing in the vote result for
soc.religion.satanism and rec.woodworking.all-ages. Voted yes on both.

Like I said..someone following the discussion. He appears to favor the
creation of new groups :-) I still think if it was meant to be a troll
attack, there would have at least been some kind of an announcement to get
a rise. Let it play out for a while before slamming the guy. The alt.*
hierarchy is unmanaged; anyone with proper access and skill may create new
groups.

If the news.groups kook was able to send out control messages, he probably
would have put them in rec.* instead of alt.*.

--
Bill