*** 19931130.txt Sat Feb 16 10:33:50 2002 --- 19940217.txt Sat Feb 16 10:33:56 2002 *************** *** 1,14 **** From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.groups,news.admin.misc,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers Subject: How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup ! Supersedes: Followup-To: news.newusers.questions ! Date: 30 Nov 1993 18:36:16 -0500 Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA ! Lines: 157 Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net ! Expires: 30 Jan 94 11:36:14 GMT ! Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Summary: creating new groups in comp, misc, news, rec, sci, soc, or talk --- 1,14 ---- From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.groups,news.admin.misc,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers Subject: How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup ! Supersedes: Followup-To: news.newusers.questions ! Date: 1 Apr 1994 02:19:13 -0500 Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA ! Lines: 158 Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net ! Expires: 31 May 94 19:14:56 GMT ! Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Summary: creating new groups in comp, misc, news, rec, sci, soc, or talk *************** *** 16,22 **** Archive-name: creating-newsgroups/part1 Original-author: woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) ! Last-change: 30 Nov 1993 by tale@uunet.uu.net GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION --- 16,22 ---- Archive-name: creating-newsgroups/part1 Original-author: woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) ! Last-change: 17 Feb 1994 by tale@uunet.uu.net GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION *************** *** 74,83 **** The Vote ! Currently, the use of the Usenet Volunteer Votetakers (UVV) is strongly ! advocated for all newsgroup proposals. Ron Dippold ! co-ordinates this group. Contact him to arrange the handling of the vote. ! The mechanics of vote will be handled in accord with the paragraphs below. 1) AFTER the discussion period, if it has been determined that a new group is really desired, a name and charter are agreed upon, and it has been --- 74,84 ---- The Vote ! The Usenet Volunteer Votetakers (UVV) are a group of neutral third-party ! vote-takers who currently handle vote gathering and counting for all newsgroup ! proposals. Ron Dippold co-ordinates this group. ! Contact him to arrange the handling of the vote. The mechanics of vote will ! be handled in accord with the paragraphs below. 1) AFTER the discussion period, if it has been determined that a new group is really desired, a name and charter are agreed upon, and it has been