https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Nan%3A2010-08-17-result-rec.arts.books.excerpts 2026-05-05T12:06:15Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.1 https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?title=Nan:2010-08-17-result-rec.arts.books.excerpts&diff=1466&oldid=prev 2010-08-18T01:37:01Z

<p>Created page with &quot;&lt;pre&gt; From: Big-8 Management Board &lt;board@big-8.org&gt; Subject: RESULT: rec.arts.books.excerpts will be removed Message-ID: &lt;i4e464$q7t$1@news.albasani.net&gt; ...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: Big-8 Management Board &lt;board@big-8.org&gt;<br /> Subject: RESULT: rec.arts.books.excerpts will be removed<br /> Message-ID: &lt;i4e464$q7t$1@news.albasani.net&gt;<br /> <br /> RESULT<br /> rec.arts.books.excerpts will be removed<br /> <br /> The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 2010-08-04 initiated a five-day<br /> period for final comments. Following this comment period, the Big-8<br /> Management Board has decided by vote to remove moderated group<br /> rec.arts.books.excerpts.<br /> <br /> Vote results (yes-no-abstain): 8-0-0<br /> <br /> RATIONALE:<br /> <br /> According to Google&#039;s archive the last regular post was approved on<br /> 2005-12-08. A probe message showed no result.<br /> <br /> NEWSGROUPS LINE:<br /> <br /> rec.arts.books.excerpts Online book excerpts. (Moderated)<br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups.proposals<br /> rec.arts.books.excerpts<br /> rec.arts.books<br /> <br /> CHARTER OF REC.ARTS.BOOKS.EXCERPTS<br /> <br /> rec.arts.books.excerpts is a place to post and discuss excerpts<br /> from books or links to online book excerpts. This forum allows<br /> readers to share the free book excerpts that they find online<br /> with other readers and to discuss them. Authors and publishers<br /> can share excerpts from upcoming titles with readers and get<br /> feedback. Links to entire works online are acceptable.<br /> <br /> Moderation will ensure that the newsgroup is not abused by<br /> commercial entities for promotional purposes and that<br /> discussion remains on-topic. Binary messages are banned except<br /> for small PGP-type signatures.<br /> <br /> Promotional messages or ads for a book that do not include or<br /> link to a freely available excerpt from the book are prohibited.<br /> Personal attacks and other abusive content will be deemed off<br /> topic and will not be tolerated.<br /> <br /> Crossposting to other appropriate newsgroups will be acceptable<br /> where the topic of the post fits with the other group&#039;s charter.<br /> <br /> Compliance with copyright laws is the responsibility of the<br /> poster. The moderators will have no personal responsibility<br /> for content and reserve the right to reject unsuitable posts.<br /> <br /> Moderation: The moderator may appoint co-moderators to approve or<br /> reject posts to minimize delays in propagation. Rejected posts may<br /> be returned to the sender for correction at the discretion of the<br /> moderator. The moderator may place trusted posters on a &quot;white<br /> list&quot; for automated approval of their posts. Personal attacks or<br /> abusive content, for example, may result in an approved poster<br /> being removed from the white list.<br /> <br /> HISTORY OF THE GROUP:<br /> <br /> rec.arts.books.excerpts is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for<br /> creation by 112:9 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 5 Sep 2003.<br /> <br /> PROPONENT:<br /> <br /> Alexander Bartolich &lt;alexander.bartolich@gmx.at&gt;<br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY:<br /> <br /> 2010-04-05 Probe post<br /> 2010-05-18 Moderator Vacancy Investigation<br /> 2010-06-09 1st RFD<br /> 2010-08-04 LCC<br /> 2010-08-17 RESULT<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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