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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: Steve Bonine &lt;spb@pobox.com&gt; Subject: RFD: moderation policy change, news.groups.proposals Newsgroups: news.admin.announce, news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, new…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: Steve Bonine &lt;spb@pobox.com&gt;<br /> Subject: RFD: moderation policy change, news.groups.proposals<br /> Newsgroups: news.admin.announce, news.announce.newgroups, news.groups,<br /> news.groups.proposals, news.admin.hierarchies<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:57:35 -0500<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> moderated group news.groups.proposals<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for a change in the<br /> moderation policy of the Usenet newsgroup, news.groups.proposals.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE:<br /> <br /> The newsgroup news.groups.proposals was created 18 Nov 2006. The<br /> moderation policy includes the provision that &quot;All substantive<br /> modifications to the moderation policy will go through an RFD/LCC process<br /> before implementation.&quot;<br /> <br /> The purpose of this RFD is to change the moderation policy to allow<br /> discussion of proposed groups before an official RFD is published.<br /> <br /> <br /> CHARTER:<br /> <br /> The current charter reads:<br /> <br /> Discussions should pertain to specific active proposals to create,<br /> remove, or modify newsgroups in the Big-8 newsgroup hierarchies<br /> (comp, humanities, misc, news, rec, sci, soc, and talk).<br /> <br /> The change proposed in this RFD is to remove the words &quot;specific active&quot;<br /> from the above text. No other changes are requested.<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.proposals and participate in the<br /> relevant threads in that newsgroup. This is both a courtesy to groups in<br /> which discussion of creating a new group is off-topic as well as the best<br /> 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.proposals. <br /> To this end, the &#039;Followup-To&#039; header of this RFD has been set to this group.<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.proposals as well.<br /> <br /> We urge those who would like to read or post in the proposed newsgroup<br /> to make a comment to that effect in this thread; we ask proponents to<br /> keep a list of such positive posts with the relevant message ID<br /> (e.g., Barney Fife, &lt;4JGdnb60fsMzHA7ZnZ2dnUVZ_rWdnZ2d@sysmatrix.net&gt;).<br /> Such lists of positive feedback for the proposal may constitute good<br /> evidence that the group will be well-used if it is created.<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 /> news.groups<br /> news.admin.announce<br /> news.admin.hierarchies<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT:<br /> <br /> Steve Bonine &lt;spb@pobox.com&gt;<br /> <br /> Co-Proponent: news.groups.proposals Moderation Team &lt;ngp-mods@lists.big-8.org&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY:<br /> <br /> 2007-03-15 1st RFD<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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