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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: bulk creation of &quot;obvious&quot; groups passes Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups.proposals Foll…&#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: bulk creation of &quot;obvious&quot; groups passes<br /> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups.proposals<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:41:39 -0500<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> RESULT<br /> bulk creation of &quot;obvious&quot; groups<br /> <br /> The Big-8 Management Board has decided by vote to implement the bulk-creation<br /> experiment. The vote was 6 in favor, 1 opposed, and two abstentions/no-votes.<br /> <br /> Additionally, the Board has voted to adopt the proposed template, with a<br /> vote of 4 in favor, 2 opposed, and three abstentions/no-votes.<br /> <br /> Finally, the following groups were selected as the &quot;most obvious&quot; from<br /> the original list, again by vote (from 6 members of the Board):<br /> <br /> comp.bittorrent<br /> comp.internet.services.blog.livejournal<br /> comp.internet.services.google<br /> comp.internet.services.social.myspace<br /> comp.internet.services.video.youtube<br /> comp.internet.services.wiki<br /> comp.phone.mobile<br /> comp.phone.mobile.iphone<br /> rec.arts.tv.comedy.the-office<br /> rec.arts.tv.news.oreilly-factor<br /> rec.games.online.mmorpg.world-of-warcraft<br /> rec.games.video.microsoft.xbox360<br /> rec.games.video.nintendo.wii<br /> rec.games.video.sony.playstation3<br /> rec.media.players.portable<br /> rec.media.players.portable.ipod<br /> <br /> These groups will be created at a rate of 4 per week for the following<br /> four Mondays. The names are still up for discussion in<br /> news.groups.proposals.<br /> <br /> NEWSGROUPS: <br /> <br /> comp.bittorrent Distributed file sharing over the Bittorrent protocol<br /> comp.internet.services.blog.livejournal LJ blogging service and software<br /> comp.internet.services.google Search, Gmail, Groups, Maps, Picasa, etc<br /> comp.internet.services.social.myspace Teenage social networking<br /> comp.internet.services.video.youtube Internet video for the masses<br /> comp.internet.services.wiki Wikis, such as Wikipedia<br /> comp.phone.mobile.iphone Apple&#039;s iPhone<br /> comp.phone.mobile Cellular telephones<br /> rec.arts.tv.comedy.the-office The Office, both US and UK Version<br /> rec.arts.tv.news.oreilly-factor Fox News&#039; The O&#039;Reilly Factor<br /> rec.games.online.mmorpg.world-of-warcraft World of Warcraft<br /> rec.games.video.microsoft.xbox360 Microsoft XBox360 console<br /> rec.games.video.nintendo.wii Nintendo Wii gaming console<br /> rec.games.video.sony.playstation3 Sony PS3 comsole<br /> rec.media.players.portable.ipod Apple&#039;s iPod media players<br /> rec.media.players.portable Portable media players<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CHARTER:<br /> <br /> (The following is a template charter, which will be set for all groups.)<br /> <br /> This newsgroup was created as part of a trial &quot;bulk creation&quot; newsgroup<br /> creation process, in which &quot;obvious&quot; newsgroups are created without specific<br /> proponents or charters. Users of this group are urged to formulate a more<br /> specific charter and/or newsgroup description for this group, and to propose<br /> them in news.groups.proposals.<br /> <br /> If this group is not used within the next 18 months, it will be removed.<br /> For more information, please refer to the FAQs posted in<br /> news.announce.newgroups.<br /> <br /> Advertising, spam, and excessive crossposting are prohibited. Messages must<br /> be plain text only (no HTML, pictures or other binaries) with the exception<br /> of X-Face headers or PGP-type signatures. Posts should be on-topic for the<br /> name of the group, subject to future interpretation by the overall group<br /> culture.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups (moderated)<br /> news.groups.proposals (moderated)<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT:<br /> <br /> Tim Skirvin &lt;skirv@big-8.org&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY:<br /> <br /> 2007-09-14 1st RFD<br /> 2007-09-24 2nd RFD/LCC<br /> 2007-09-28 3rd RFD/LCC<br /> 2007-10-03 Results<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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