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From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>

Subject: 1st RFD: rec.arts.sf.reviews moderated (remove)

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:43:56 EDT

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              REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)

              moderated group rec.arts.sf.reviews



This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove moderated

newsgroup rec.arts.sf.reviews.



RATIONALE:



According to Google's archive the last regular post was approved on

2004-12-07. The last regular crosspost (approved by the moderators of

rec.arts.movies.reviews) was published 2005-04-26.



A probe message resulted in a bounce.



sf-reviews@postmodern.com

  (generated from rec-arts-sf-reviews@moderators.isc.org)

  SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<sf-reviews@postmodern.com>:

  host penguin.postmodern.com [75.101.18.162]: 550 5.1.1

  <sf-reviews@postmodern.com>... User unknown



Aahz Maruch forwarded the MVI to Alan Wexelblat, the moderator of

record, and got no response.

>Message-ID: <i3p7pg$m5p$1@panix5.panix.com>



Stephen Graham said he would be willing to serve as moderator, but is

concerned that the long period without posts will make it difficult

to get started again.

>Message-ID: <DMWdnT_ULIxbt_3RnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d@speakeasy.net>



NEWSGROUPS LINE:



rec.arts.sf.reviews	Reviews of science fiction/fantasy/horror works. (Moderated)



DISTRIBUTION:



news.announce.newgroups

news.groups.proposals

rec.arts.sf.reviews

rec.arts.sf.misc



CHARTER OF REC.ARTS.SF.REVIEWS



  rec.arts.sf-reviews will be a moderated newsgroup, under shared

  moderation, whose purpose is to distribute reviews and critical 

  reviews of works of interest to the science fiction/fantasy/horror 

  community.  



  "Works" includes but is not limited to:  books, short stories, 

  movies, "graphic novels," and any other publically-available media.



  "Of interest to the sf/f/h community" will be interpreted

  liberally by the sitting moderator.  The discussion period for

  the creation of this group has led to the conclusion that nonfiction 

  or other kinds of fiction by and/or about sf/f/h writers would be 

  permitted, as well as non-fiction of a sort related to one of the 

  above (e.g., speculative science books or mythographies).  



  Reviews of individual episodes or issues of continuing TV series, 

  comic books, etc., would most likely _not_ be permitted; however, 

  reviews of such series as a whole, or of large "arcs" of such

  series, would most likely be permitted.  As noted, however, this 

  would be up to the judgement of the sitting moderator, as influenced

  by the readership.



  Multiple reviews of the same work(s) will be welcome, as will

  single reviews of multiple works.  Comments on reviews will be 

  passed to the newsgroup on a _highly_ selective basis:  generally, 

  they must say something new about the work, rather than simply 

  discussing the review.  This is not intended to stifle debate 

  but to keep the content/noise ratio as high as possible.



HISTORY OF THE GROUP:



rec.arts.sf-reviews is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for

creation by 342:25 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 8 May 1991.

rec.arts.sf.reviews supersedes it as per the 714:86 vote in the

rec.arts.sf reorganization results announced on 13 October 1991.



PROPONENT:



Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>



PROCEDURE:



Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup should

subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant threads

in that newsgroup.



To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to

news.groups.proposals.



In the course of the removal process four formal announcements are posted

(MVI, 1st RFD, 2nd RFD, and LCC), each taking two weeks. At the end of the

process the B8MB will vote on the issue.



Available options for rec.arts.sf.reviews are:

- leave the group as it is

- remove the group



For more information on the removal process, please see 



http://www.big-8.org/wiki/Group_Removal_FAQ



CHANGE HISTORY:



2010-05-20	First probe post

2010-08-09	Moderator Vacancy Investigation

2010-08-23	1st RFD

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