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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: John Corliss &lt;rtd3ws at yahoo dot com&gt; Subject: RFD: rec.motorcycles.victory Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, rec.motorcycles, rec.motorcycles.harle…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: John Corliss &lt;rtd3ws at yahoo dot com&gt;<br /> Subject: RFD: rec.motorcycles.victory<br /> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, rec.motorcycles,<br /> rec.motorcycles.harley, rec.motorcycles.tech<br /> Followup-To: news.groups<br /> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:04:46 -0800<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> unmoderated group rec.motorcycles.victory<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of the<br /> unmoderated Usenet newsgroup, rec.motorcycles.victory.<br /> <br /> <br /> NEWSGROUPS LINE: rec.motorcycles.victory<br /> <br /> rec.motorcycles.victory Polaris Victory motorcycle rides, tech, resources.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: rec.motorcycles.victory<br /> <br /> To promote the safe use of Victory motorcycles as well as to better<br /> develop social connections among Victory riders, it&#039;s vital for owners<br /> to be able to easily exchange information on a world-wide basis and this<br /> newsgroup will fill that need.<br /> <br /> There are a several online forums available for discussing Victory<br /> motorcycles:<br /> <br /> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/VictoryDigest/<br /> http://forums.thevmc.com/megabbs/category-view.asp<br /> http://savr.phpbbnow.com/<br /> http://victorypowerriders.com/phpBB2/index.php<br /> http://www.illinoisvictoryriders.com/forums/<br /> http://www.kingpincruisers.net/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,38/<br /> http://www.mwmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php?board=54.0<br /> http://www.rideavictory.com/forum/<br /> http://www.tcvr.us/messages/<br /> http://www.thvmc.com/forums/<br /> http://www.v-twinforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=120<br /> http://www.victory-motorcycle.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi<br /> http://www.vmclinks.com/x/modules/newbb/<br /> <br /> ...but many of them are more or less regionally limited, require<br /> registration or membership, and-or are difficult to find.<br /> <br /> Usenet motorcycle newsgroups are generally for the discussion of<br /> other makes of motorcycles and-or the participant communicates in<br /> non-English languages. The rec.motorcycles group is an exception but is<br /> too generalized and far too active (currently well over 100,000 posts<br /> have been made in that group and the rate is well over 200 posts a day.)<br /> <br /> Although rec.motorcycles might work for an occasional question,<br /> getting a useful answer to a question from another Victory owner is much<br /> less likely due to the vast readership.<br /> <br /> Ownership and interest in Victory motorcyles has grown to the point<br /> where there will be adequate interest to support a make-specific<br /> newsgroup. This would be similar to the way rec.motorcyles.harley serves<br /> the community of those interested in Harley Davidson motorcyles.<br /> <br /> Based on the topic alone, there would be no (or at least very little)<br /> overlap with other motorcycle groups and rec.motorcycles.victory would<br /> be easy to locate for Victory owners who are usenet savvy.<br /> <br /> <br /> TRAFFIC ANALYSIS:<br /> <br /> 2006-10-29 analysis of existing motorcycle newsgroup activity is as follows:<br /> <br /> GROUP NAME CURRENT ARTICLE COUNT<br /> nordunet.rec.motorcycles 6<br /> alt.uk.motorcycles.harley 62<br /> tamu.clubs.motorcycles 69<br /> tnn.rec.motorcycles 70<br /> ky.motorcycles 72<br /> alt.motorcycles.mrf 130<br /> pa.motorcycle 309<br /> ne.motorcycles 376<br /> alt.motorcycles.abate 459<br /> can.rec.motorcycles 618<br /> ni.motorcycles 760<br /> alt.binaries.pictures.motorcycles 874<br /> uk.rec.motorcycles.trailriding 1096<br /> r j.rec.motorcycles 1431<br /> alt.motorcycles.ducati 1536<br /> nyc.motorcycles 1784<br /> be.rec.motorcycles 2985<br /> alt.binaries.pictures.motorcycles.sportbike 3758<br /> alt.binaries.pictures.motorcycles.harley 8052<br /> alt.motorcycles.yamaha 9740<br /> rec.motorcycles.racing 14724<br /> alt.motorcycles 14872<br /> ba.motorcycles 19484<br /> otimotorcycles 21411<br /> rec.motorcycles.tech 22189<br /> uk.rec.motorcycles.classic 25085<br /> alt.motorcycles.harley 30582<br /> tx.motorcycles 50340<br /> tw.bbs.rec.motorcycle 55328<br /> alt.motorcycle.sportbike 89004<br /> rec.motorcycles.dirt 122735<br /> aus.motorcycles 150446<br /> rec.motorcycles.harley 229118<br /> rec.motorcycles 281282<br /> uk.rec.motorcycles 702114<br /> <br /> <br /> CHARTER:<br /> <br /> rec.motorcycles.victory is for discussion of all aspects of Polaris<br /> Victory motorcycles, hereafter referred to simply as &quot;Victory&quot;<br /> motorcycles. Topics include technical discussion, ride reports, product<br /> and new model reviews and announcements of upcoming rides.<br /> <br /> Posters are expected to abide by normal Usenet standards of decorum (for<br /> example, lurking a while before posting, etc.) and to refrain from<br /> sending, as well as ignore, articles intended to disrupt the group.<br /> Bottom posting will be the norm.<br /> <br /> Examples of inappropriate posts are the following:<br /> <br /> * Off topic articles, including:<br /> - Commercial advertisements<br /> - Personal advertisements not related to Victory motorcycles<br /> - General discussions not related to Victory motorcycles<br /> - Money-making schemes<br /> - Chain letters<br /> - EMP AKA &quot;excessive multiple posting&quot; spam<br /> <br /> * Articles with unacceptable content, such as:<br /> - HTML<br /> - Copyright violations<br /> - Excessive quoting<br /> - Threats and/or advocation of violence<br /> - Binaries, except PGP signatures, X-Face headers, and other<br /> ancillary meta-data<br /> <br /> * Attempts to subvert message filtering or to pretend to be somebody<br /> else, such as:<br /> - Forgery or imitation of a valid e-mail address<br /> - Excessive morphing/nym-shifting AKA &quot;using sock puppets&quot;<br /> <br /> The group will be unmoderated and will not be gated to a mailing list.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> PROCEDURE:<br /> <br /> For more information on the newsgroup creation process, please see:<br /> <br /> http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:creation<br /> <br /> Those who wish to influence the development of this RFD and its final<br /> resolution should subscribe to news.groups and participate in the<br /> relevant threads in that newsgroup. This is both a courtesy to groups<br /> in which discussion of creating a new group is off-topic as well as the<br /> best method of making sure that one&#039;s comments or criticisms are heard.<br /> <br /> All discussion of active proposals should be posted to news.groups.<br /> <br /> To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to<br /> news.groups.<br /> <br /> If desired by the readership of closely affected groups, the discussion<br /> may be crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken to ensure<br /> that all discussion appears in news.groups as well.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups<br /> rec.motorcycles<br /> rec.motorcycles.harley<br /> rec.motorcycles.tech<br /> <br /> The proponent will also post pointers to:<br /> <br /> alt.motorcycles.abate<br /> alt.motorcycles.harley<br /> uk.rec.motorcycles<br /> tx.motorcycles<br /> aus.motorcycles<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT:<br /> <br /> John Corliss &lt;rtd3ws at yahoo dot com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY:<br /> <br /> 2006-10-30 1st RFD<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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