*** 19941102.txt Sat Feb 16 10:34:01 2002 --- 19950118.txt Sat Feb 16 10:34:07 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: 1 Jan 1995 19:50:53 -0500 Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA ! Lines: 158 Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net ! Expires: 3 Mar 95 12:50:51 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: 12 Mar 1995 19:41:00 -0500 Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA ! Lines: 166 Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net ! Expires: 12 May 95 12:40:59 GMT ! Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Summary: creating new groups in comp, misc, news, rec, sci, soc, or talk *************** *** 16,34 **** Archive-name: usenet/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: 2 Nov 1994 by tale@uunet.uu.net GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION REQUIREMENTS FOR GROUP CREATION: These are guidelines that have been generally agreed upon across ! USENET as appropriate for following in the creating of new newsgroups in ! the "standard" USENET newsgroup hierarchy. They are NOT intended as ! guidelines for setting USENET policy other than group creations, and they are not intended to apply to "alternate" or local news hierarchies. The part of the namespace affected is comp, news, sci, misc, soc, talk, rec, ! which are the most widely-distributed areas of the USENET hierarchy. Any group creation request which follows these guidelines to a successful result should be honored, and any request which fails to follow these procedures or to obtain a successful result from doing so --- 16,34 ---- Archive-name: usenet/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: 18 Jan 1995 by tale@uunet.uu.net GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION REQUIREMENTS FOR GROUP CREATION: These are guidelines that have been generally agreed upon across ! Usenet as appropriate for following in the creating of new newsgroups in ! the "standard" Usenet newsgroup hierarchy. They are NOT intended as ! guidelines for setting Usenet policy other than group creations, and they are not intended to apply to "alternate" or local news hierarchies. The part of the namespace affected is comp, news, sci, misc, soc, talk, rec, ! which are the most widely-distributed areas of the Usenet hierarchy. Any group creation request which follows these guidelines to a successful result should be honored, and any request which fails to follow these procedures or to obtain a successful result from doing so *************** *** 41,49 **** machine. These guidelines are intended merely as an aid in making those decisions. - The Discussion 1) A request for discussion on creation of a new newsgroup should be posted to news.announce.newgroups, and also to any other groups or mailing lists at all related to the proposed topic if desired. The group is moderated, and --- 41,57 ---- machine. These guidelines are intended merely as an aid in making those decisions. The Discussion + group-mentors@amdahl.com is a body of volunteers experienced with the + newsgroup creation process. They assist people who want to propose + new groups with the formation and submission of a good proposal. It + is strongly encouraged, though not required, that they be contacted + with an outline of the basic idea for a proposal, and a mentor will + work with the proponents to submit a formal proposal. People who have + experience with the process and wish to help others should contact + group-mentors-request@amdahl.com to join. + 1) A request for discussion on creation of a new newsgroup should be posted to news.announce.newgroups, and also to any other groups or mailing lists at all related to the proposed topic if desired. The group is moderated, and *************** *** 75,84 **** 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 --- 83,92 ---- 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. The coordinators of the group can be reached at ! uvv-contact@amdahl.com; contact them 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 *************** *** 163,170 **** 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 ! 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 --- 171,178 ---- 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 ! 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