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news.announce.newgroups (n.a.n) is a moderated announcement group | {{lowercase}} | ||
'''{{news|news.announce.newgroups}}''' (n.a.n) is a moderated announcement group. | |||
It was [http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups/msg/e464008f22c5d615 created in August 1989] as a special venue for circulation of new newsgroup proposals, calls for votes, and results of votes in the Big 7 newsgroup hierarchies. In 1995, the Big 7 became the Big 8. | |||
[ | Since 2006, the Big 8 are managed by a [[Main Page|Board]] and calls for votes have been replaced by [[Final RFD / Last Call for Comments|Last Calls for Comments]]. | ||
[ | As a general rule, posts made to n.a.n have followups set to {{news|news.groups.proposals}}, a moderated group [ftp://ftp.isc.org/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/news/news.groups.proposals created in November 2006]. | ||
[[Category: | == Moderators == | ||
* [[User:Tristan Miller|Tristan Miller]] | |||
* [[User:Jason Evans|Jason Evans]] | |||
* [[User:Rayner Lucas|Rayner Lucas]] | |||
* [http://www.panix.com/~pschleck/ Paul Schleck] | |||
To contact the moderators, e-mail [mailto:news-announce-newgroups-request@panix.com news-announce-newgroups-request@panix.com]. | |||
== Further information == | |||
* [[Signing key for news.announce.newgroups]] | |||
[[Category:news.announce.newgroups|news.announce.newgroups]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:59, 10 November 2020
news.announce.newgroups 
(n.a.n) is a moderated announcement group.
It was created in August 1989 as a special venue for circulation of new newsgroup proposals, calls for votes, and results of votes in the Big 7 newsgroup hierarchies. In 1995, the Big 7 became the Big 8.
Since 2006, the Big 8 are managed by a Board and calls for votes have been replaced by Last Calls for Comments.
As a general rule, posts made to n.a.n have followups set to news.groups.proposals , a moderated group created in November 2006.
Moderators
To contact the moderators, e-mail news-announce-newgroups-request@panix.com.
