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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: rec.games.computer.doom.announce will be removed Newsgroups: rec.games.computer.doom.misc, news.announce…&#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: rec.games.computer.doom.announce will be removed<br /> Newsgroups: rec.games.computer.doom.misc, news.announce.newgroups,<br /> rec.games.computer.doom.editing, rec.games.computer.doom.announce,<br /> news.groups.proposals<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:09:22 -0500<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> RESULT<br /> rec.games.computer.doom.announce will be removed<br /> <br /> The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 17 Apr 2007 initiated a five-day period<br /> for final comments. Following the comment period, the Big-8 Management Board<br /> has decided by consensus to remove rec.games.computer.doom.announce.<br /> <br /> This group will be removed on 27 Apr 2007.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: remove rec.games.computer.doom.announce<br /> <br /> The last approved regular article was in April 2000, with FAQs being<br /> posted until September 2000. There had been an earlier interruption<br /> that lasted from May 1997 until August 1998. After the restart,<br /> approvals were typically only 1 or 2 per month. Traffic in the entire<br /> rec.games.computer.doom.* hierarchy is extremely low, with fewer than<br /> 100 articles total in the past 12 months.<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY: <br /> <br /> The newsgroup rec.games.computer.doom.announce was created in November<br /> 1994 as part of the creation of the rec.games.computer.doom.* (RGCD)<br /> hierarchy. The entire hierarchy, including RGCD.announce,<br /> RGCD.editing, RGCD.help, RGCD.playing, and RGCD.misc were created at<br /> the same time.<br /> <br /> Traffic was extremely high for an announcement group with around 3<br /> approved articles per day, with some decline over the next few years.<br /> Approvals were interrupted in May 1997. Moderation restarted in<br /> August 1998, but approvals other FAQs were light, less than 5 articles<br /> per month. The last approval of a regular article was in April 2000.<br /> FAQs continued to be posted until September 2000.<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.games.computer.doom.announce<br /> rec.games.computer.doom.misc<br /> rec.games.computer.doom.editing<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT: <br /> <br /> Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY: <br /> <br /> 2007-04-04 1st RFD<br /> 2007-04-17 2nd RFD/LCC<br /> 2007-04-24 Results (passes)<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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