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  From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
! Subject: [DRAFT] Guidelines: Big Eight Newsgroup Creation
! Date: 1998/06/29
! Message-ID: <m3n2awntj0.fsf@windlord.Stanford.EDU>
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  Organization: The Eyrie
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- [[ TODO:  Get clarifications and exact policy on points 9 and 10, check
-    on the status of RIP proposals, wait for completion of Companion.    ]]
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  Archive-name: usenet/creating-newsgroups/big-eight
  Original-author: rra@stanford.edu (Russ Allbery)
! Last-change: 29 Jun 1998 by rra@stanford.edu (Russ Allbery)
  
                   THE BIG EIGHT NEWSGROUP CREATION PROCESS
  
  The following documents the process to create, rename, remove, or change
! the moderation status of newsgroups in the Big Eight hierarchies (comp.*,
! humanities.*, misc.*, news.*, rec.*, sci.*, soc.*, and talk.*).  For the
! process for other hierarchies, please see the appropriate groups within
! those hierarchies.  For information on how to submit a proposal and advice
! on working within this process, please see the FAQs posted to news.groups
! and news.announce.newgroups.
  
  The following documents existing practice, no more and no less.  When the
  process changes, this document will change to reflect the new practice.
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  From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
! Subject: Guidelines: The Big Eight Newsgroup Creation Process
! Date: 1999/01/31
! Message-ID: <yl7lu37gfb.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>
! Sender: eagle@windlord.stanford.edu
  Organization: The Eyrie
  Newsgroups: news.groups
  
  
  Archive-name: usenet/creating-newsgroups/big-eight
  Original-author: rra@stanford.edu (Russ Allbery)
! Last-change: 18 Jul 1998 by rra@stanford.edu (Russ Allbery)
  
                   THE BIG EIGHT NEWSGROUP CREATION PROCESS
  
  The following documents the process to create, rename, remove, or change
! the moderation status of newsgroups in the Big Eight hierarchies (those
! newsgroups with names starting with comp.*, humanities.*, misc.*, news.*,
! rec.*, sci.*, soc.*, and talk.*).  The process described below goes
! through a discussion phase, a voting phase, and a verification phase to
! attempt to ensure proposals are well-conceived and meet a real need.
! 
! For information on how to submit a proposal and advice on working within
! this process, please see the FAQs posted to news.announce.newgroups and
! news.groups.
! 
! New group proponents should be aware that the entire process typically
! takes three months and must be followed precisely.  Those who have not
! proposed a group before may wish to ask group-mentors@acpub.duke.edu for
! assistance.  Processes for creating groups in other hierarchies such as
! alt.* are often quite different and sometimes substantially easier; please
! see the appropriate groups within those hierarchies for details.
  
  The following documents existing practice, no more and no less.  When the
  process changes, this document will change to reflect the new practice.