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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt; Subject: RFD: remove rec.arts.movies.announce moderated Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies.misc, rec.arts.movies.announce, news.announce.ne…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> Subject: RFD: remove rec.arts.movies.announce moderated<br /> Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies.misc, rec.arts.movies.announce,<br /> news.announce.newgroups, rec.arts.movies.lists+surveys,<br /> news.groups.proposals<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:52:30 -0600<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> remove rec.arts.movies.announce<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated<br /> newsgroup rec.arts.movies.announce.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: remove rec.arts.movies.announce<br /> <br /> The newsgroup rec.arts.movies.announce has not had any approved<br /> messages since May 1998. The newsgroup was active for roughly 3<br /> years, with about one approval per day, reducing somewhat over the<br /> last year of activity.<br /> <br /> When the group was active, many lists, such as box office rankings<br /> were posted. These may be posted to rec.arts.movies.lists+surveys, or<br /> readily found on the WWW. Much of the other articles were<br /> announcements of movie-related web sites, which can be found using web<br /> search engines.<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY: <br /> <br /> The moderated newsgroup rec.arts.movies.announce was created as part<br /> of a re-organization of the rec.arts.movies.* (RAM) hierarchy in March<br /> 1995. The re-organization also created the following newsgroups:<br /> RAM.tech, RAM.people, RAM.current-films, RAM.past-films,<br /> RAM.list+surveys, and RAM.movie-going, and renamed rec.arts.movies to<br /> rec.arts.movies.misc.<br /> <br /> Technically, the creation of rec.arts.movies.announce was a renaming<br /> of the moderated newsgroup rec.arts.cinema. But, as explained in the<br /> RFD and CFV, this was simply a mechanism that removed rec.arts.cinema.<br /> The content, moderator, and moderation policy of the two groups were<br /> totally separate from each other.<br /> <br /> The newsgroup rec.arts.movies.announce was active for just over 3<br /> years, from March 1995 to May 1998, with roughly one article per day<br /> at first, declining to about half that in the last year.<br /> <br /> <br /> PROCEDURE: <br /> <br /> The full group removal procedure is documented here:<br /> <br /> http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup<br /> <br /> Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup should<br /> subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant threads <br /> in that newsgroup.<br /> <br /> To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to <br /> news.groups.proposals.<br /> <br /> All discussion of active proposals should be posted to news.groups.proposals.<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 that<br /> all discussion appears in news.groups.proposals as well.<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 /> rec.arts.movies.announce<br /> rec.arts.movies.misc<br /> rec.arts.movies.lists+surveys<br /> <br /> The proponent will also post pointers to:<br /> <br /> rec.arts.movies.current-films<br /> rec.arts.movies.past-films<br /> rec.arts.movies.movie-going<br /> rec.arts.movies.people<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT: <br /> <br /> Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY: <br /> <br /> 2007-02-07 1st RFD<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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