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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: The Big-8 Management Board &lt;board@big-8.org&gt; Subject: RESULT: comp.home.misc will be removed Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, comp.society.futures, comp.home.aut…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: The Big-8 Management Board &lt;board@big-8.org&gt;<br /> Subject: RESULT: comp.home.misc will be removed<br /> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, comp.society.futures,<br /> comp.home.automation, news.groups.proposals, comp.home.misc<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:04:56 -0600<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> RESULT<br /> comp.home.misc will be removed<br /> <br /> The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 29 Jan 2007 initiated a five-day<br /> period for final comments. Following the comment period, the Big-8<br /> Management board has decided by consensus to remove the newsgroup<br /> comp.home.misc.<br /> <br /> This group will be removed on 12 Feb 2007.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: remove comp.home.misc<br /> <br /> The newsgroup comp.home.misc has not had any approvals since December<br /> 1997, and these were invitations by the moderator to join a www-based<br /> forum saying in part:<br /> <br /> You may wonder, why we are not using the usenet comp.home.misc group<br /> for these purposes. The explanation is, that traffic on usenet is of<br /> such volume, that many servers tends to discard messages more than a<br /> few weeks old. This prevents the emergence of stabilizing thematic<br /> structure, and looses relevant researcher-participants, who may<br /> visit the net more infrequently.(But this call will go out on<br /> comp.home.misc)<br /> <br /> Prior to that, about 60 articles had been approved in an 11 month<br /> period from the founding of the newsgroup in February 1994 to January<br /> 1995.<br /> <br /> Unmoderated discussion about practical aspects of home automation may<br /> continue in comp.home.automation, so that there would be little<br /> utility in converting comp.home.misc to an unmoderated status.<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY: <br /> <br /> The newsgroup comp.home.misc was created in February 1994. At the<br /> time it was created there was interest expressed in the more practical<br /> aspects of home automation, but this was outside the proponent&#039;s<br /> vision for comp.home.misc. The unmoderated comp.home.automation was<br /> created in May 1994.<br /> <br /> The original proponent anticipated an eventual hierarchy of groups in<br /> a comp.home.* hierarchy, which explains the unusual use of &quot;.misc&quot; for<br /> a moderated group.<br /> <br /> The newsgroup comp.home.misc was active for 11 months with around 60<br /> articles posted. With the last approvals in January 1995. There were<br /> 3 additional approvals in December 1997, but these were invitations<br /> for any readers to join www-based forums.<br /> <br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups.proposals<br /> comp.home.misc<br /> comp.home.automation<br /> comp.society.futures<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT: <br /> <br /> Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY: <br /> <br /> 2007-01-18 1st RFD<br /> 2007-01-29 2nd RFD/LCC<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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