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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: Rob Maxwell &lt;robu-san@excite.com&gt; Subject: RFD: reorganization of rec.arts.anime.* Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.models, rec.arts.anime.music, news.announce.newgroups, …&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: Rob Maxwell &lt;robu-san@excite.com&gt;<br /> Subject: RFD: reorganization of rec.arts.anime.*<br /> Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.models, rec.arts.anime.music,<br /> news.announce.newgroups, rec.arts.anime.games, news.groups.proposals<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:01:57 -0800<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> reorganization of rec.arts.anime.*<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the reorganization of a <br /> Usenet hierarchy, as listed below:<br /> <br /> <br /> NEWSGROUPS: <br /> <br /> rec.arts.anime.games Group will be removed.<br /> rec.arts.anime.models Group will be removed.<br /> rec.arts.anime.music Group will be removed.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: <br /> <br /> First the numbers -- the first number is the total posts for the year 2007,<br /> and the second number is the total posts for the month of December 2007.<br /> <br /> rec.arts.anime.creative 133 4<br /> rec.arts.anime.fandom 524 18<br /> rec.arts.anime.games 4 0<br /> rec.arts.anime.info 33 3<br /> rec.arts.anime.marketplace 266 17<br /> rec.arts.anime.models 55 2<br /> rec.arts.anime.music 64 5<br /> [There were 10s of 1000s of posts in rec.arts.anime.misc last year.]<br /> <br /> As can be seen by the above numbers, four newsgroups had less than 100 posts<br /> in all of last year [2007]. rec.arts.anime.info is a moderated newsgroup<br /> that had an unhealthy moderator that recently passed away, hence the low<br /> traffic. Furthermore, there is some desire to retain the newsgroup, with the<br /> addition of a new moderator(s) at a later date.<br /> <br /> Of the remaining three, what little discussion there was previously in<br /> rec.arts.anime.games and rec.arts.anime.music, has migrated to<br /> rec.arts.anime.misc. rec.arts.anime.models is mostly eBay ads with the rare<br /> on-topic post garnering one to zero replies. Given the near absence of<br /> on-topic traffic, I propose the removal of these three newsgroups.<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY:<br /> <br /> All three were newgrouped as part of the second rec.arts.anime.*<br /> sub-hierarchical reorganization on March 18, 1996.<br /> <br /> <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 /> <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 /> rec.arts.anime.games<br /> rec.arts.anime.models<br /> rec.arts.anime.music<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT:<br /> <br /> Rob Maxwell &lt;robu-san@excite.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY:<br /> <br /> 2008-01-16 1st RFD<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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