*** 19951111.txt Sat Feb 16 10:34:20 2002 --- 19961219.txt Sat Feb 16 10:34:26 2002 *************** *** 1,25 **** From: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Subject: How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup ! Date: 1996/02/03 ! Message-ID: ! expires: 3 Apr 96 18:59:26 GMT sender: tale@uunet.uu.net ! supersedes: ! followup-to: news.newusers.questions ! summary: creating new groups in the hierarchies of ! organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA ! newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.groups,news.admin.misc,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers 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: 11 Nov 1995 by newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) ! ! Summary of changes from previous version: ! + group-mentors address changed from @amdahl.com to @acpub.duke.edu ! + formatted to 70 column left margin ! + six month rule noted to not apply to polls that were cancelled/invalidated GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION --- 1,20 ---- From: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Subject: How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup ! Date: 1996/12/20 ! Message-ID: ! expires: 20 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMT sender: tale@uunet.uu.net ! supersedes: ! followup-to: news.groups ! organization: . ! newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,news.announce.newusers,news.admin.misc,news.answers ! 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: 19 Dec 1996 by newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION *************** *** 65,71 **** 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 newgroups@uunet.uu.net. The article should be cross-posted among the newsgroups, including news.announce.newgroups, rather than posted as separate articles. --- 60,68 ---- 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 newgroups@uunet.uu.net. The proposal ! must be in the format defined in "How to Format and Submit a ! New Group Proposal", a pointer to which is at the end of this message. The article should be cross-posted among the newsgroups, including news.announce.newgroups, rather than posted as separate articles. *************** *** 188,193 **** --- 185,207 ---- from the close of the vote. This limitation does not apply to proposals which never went to vote or polls that were cancelled or invalidated. + + ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: + + If you want to create a new group, the following additional documents + should be read before you begin the process. + + Subject: How to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal + Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups + + Subject: How to Write a Good Newsgroup Proposal + Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups + + Subject: Usenet Newsgroup Creation Companion + Newsgroups: news.groups,news.annound.newusers,news.answers + + Subject: What is Usenet? + Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.admin.misc,news.answers