*** 19911130.txt Sat Feb 16 10:33:35 2002 --- 19920923.txt Sat Feb 16 10:33:40 2002 *************** *** 1,20 **** ! From: tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.groups,news.admin,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers ! Subject: How to Create a New Newsgroup ! Message-ID: ! Date: 7 Dec 91 02:14:05 GMT ! Expires: 5 Feb 92 14:14:05 GMT Sender: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU ! Reply-To: tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) Followup-To: news.newusers.questions ! Lines: 150 Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU ! Supersedes: <15999@ector.cs.purdue.edu> Archive-name: creating-newsgroups/part1 Original-author: woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) ! Last-change: 30 Nov 91 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION --- 1,20 ---- ! From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.groups,news.admin,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers ! Subject: How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup ! Message-ID: ! Date: 19 Oct 92 05:15:29 GMT ! Expires: 18 Dec 92 17:15:25 GMT Sender: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU ! Reply-To: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Followup-To: news.newusers.questions ! Lines: 151 Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU ! Supersedes: Archive-name: creating-newsgroups/part1 Original-author: woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) ! Last-change: 23 Sep 1992 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION *************** *** 48,54 **** the Followup-to: header will be set so that the actual discussion takes place only in news.groups. Users on sites which have difficulty posting to moderated groups may mail submissions intended for news.announce.newgroups ! to announce-newgroups@rpi.edu. The article should be cross-posted among the newsgroups, including news.announce.newgroups, rather than posted as separate articles. Note that --- 48,54 ---- the Followup-to: header will be set so that the actual discussion takes place only in news.groups. Users on sites which have difficulty posting to moderated groups may mail submissions intended for news.announce.newgroups ! to announce-newgroups@uunet.uu.net. The article should be cross-posted among the newsgroups, including news.announce.newgroups, rather than posted as separate articles. Note that *************** *** 67,73 **** 3) Group advocates seeking help in choosing a name to suit the proposed charter, or looking for any other guidance in the creation procedure, can ! send a message to group-advice@rpi.edu; a few seasoned news administrators are available through this address. The Vote --- 67,73 ---- 3) Group advocates seeking help in choosing a name to suit the proposed charter, or looking for any other guidance in the creation procedure, can ! send a message to group-advice@uunet.uu.net; a few seasoned news administrators are available through this address. The Vote *************** *** 134,140 **** The Result 1) At the completion of the voting period, the vote taker must post the ! vote tally and the E-mail addresses and (if available) names of the votes received to news.announce.newgroups and any other groups or mailing lists to which the original call for votes was posted. The tally should include a statement of which way each voter voted so that the results can be --- 134,140 ---- The Result 1) At the completion of the voting period, the vote taker must post the ! vote tally and the E-mail addresses and (if available) names of the voters received to news.announce.newgroups and any other groups or mailing lists to which the original call for votes was posted. The tally should include a statement of which way each voter voted so that the results can be *************** *** 155,166 **** 4) The newgroup message will be sent by the news.announce.newgroups moderator at the end of the waiting period of a successful vote. If the new group is moderated, the vote-taker should send a message during the waiting period to ! Gene Spafford and David C. Lawrence with both the moderator's contact address and the group's submission address. 5) A proposal which has failed under point (3) above should not again be brought up for discussion until at least six months have passed from the close of the vote. This limitation does not apply to proposals which never went to vote. --- 155,167 ---- 4) The newgroup message will be sent by the news.announce.newgroups moderator at the end of the waiting period of a successful vote. If the new group is moderated, the vote-taker should send a message during the waiting period to ! Gene Spafford and David C. Lawrence with both the moderator's contact address and the group's submission address. 5) A proposal which has failed under point (3) above should not again be brought up for discussion until at least six months have passed from the close of the vote. This limitation does not apply to proposals which never went to vote. +