Mission Statement

creates well-named, well-used newsgroups in the Big-8 Usenet hierarchies;
makes necessary adjustments to existing groups;
removes groups that are not well-used; and
assists and encourages the support of a canonical Big-8 newsgroup list by Usenet sites.

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Overall Big-8 Management FAQ

Core Information about the Newsgroup Creation Process
Newsgroup Creation Policies	Newsgroup Creation FAQ	news.groups.proposals FAQ
Content and Format of a Request for Discussion (RFD)		Newsgroups Proposals Queue
Core Information about Group Removal Process
Group Removal Policies	Group Removal FAQ
Content and Format of a Removal RFD		Newsgroups Proposals Queue
General Information
History of the Big-8	News Service Providers	Newsreaders
Reference Materials
FAQs, RFCs, Standards, Specifications, etc.		How to navigate the wiki
Glossary	Usenet/Big-8 Links	Index of pages by folder (namespace)
General Policies
Changing Moderation Status	Moderator Vacancy Investigations
Types of Proposals That Are Discouraged
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Board Voting Policies	Board Membership	Adding members to the Board
Working Groups / Committees – Public Pages
Dead Groups Task Force	news.answers Liaison	Usenet Volunteer Polltakers
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Recent Announcements

2010-03-08: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: soc.religion.islam - CLOSED
2010-03-08: RFD: comp.arch.hobbyist moderated (change moderator or remove) CLOSED
2010-03-07: Moderator Vacancy Announcement: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.announce
2010-03-07: Moderator Vacancy Announcement: soc.religion.christian.bible-study
2010-03-07: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: soc.religion.sikhism
2010-03-07: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: soc.religion.eastern
2010-03-07: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: soc.religion.christian.promisekeepers
2010-03-07: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: soc.religion.christian.youth-work
2010-03-07: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: soc.religion.christian
2010-03-07: RFD: misc.industry.insurance (remove) LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
2010-03-07: RFD: misc.industry.printing (remove) LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
2010-03-07: RFD: comp.lang.java.announce (remove) LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
2010-03-07: RFD: misc.activism.anti-fascism.tactics (remove) LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
2010-03-07: RFD: misc.predictions.registry (remove) LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
2010-03-07: RFD: misc.activism.anti-fascism.announce (remove) LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
2010-03-07: RFD: misc.industry.safety.personal (remove) LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
2010-03-07: RFD: misc.kids.info (remove) LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
2010-03-07: RFD: comp.protocols.dns.std (remove) LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
2010-03-05: RFD: sci.physics.acoustics (unmoderated)
2010-03-02: RESULT: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi moderated will be removed
2010-03-02: RESULT: comp.lang.tcl.announce moderated will be removed
2010-03-02: RESULT: comp.windows.x.announce moderated will be removed
2010-03-02: RESULT: comp.soft-sys.middleware.bea-tuxedo moderated will be removed
2010-03-02: RESULT: comp.protocols.kermit.announce moderated will be removed
2010-03-02: RESULT: comp.infosystems.www.announce moderated will be removed
2010-03-02: RESULT: comp.os.tpf moderated will be removed
2010-02-21: RFD: moderated group comp.infosystems.kiosks moderated - CLOSED
2010-01-20: 2nd RFD: comp.os.linux.archlinux
2009-11-01: Moderator Vacancy Announcement: comp.compression.research

Archived Announcements

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