User contributions for Tristan Miller

17:5517:55, 1 December 2023 diff hist +4,873‎ N Nan:2023-12-01-rfd-rec.radio.broadcasting ‎ Created page with "<pre> From: Tristan Miller <tmiller@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals Subject: RFD: Remove rec.radio.broadcasting Followup-To: news.groups.proposals Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 11:47:52 EST Message-ID: <ukd2fs$1ue60$1@dont-email.me> Archive-Name: rec.radio.broadcasting This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated newsgroup rec.radio.broadcasting. Newsgroups Line: rec.radio.broadcasting Discussion of global domesti..." current
17:5317:53, 1 December 2023 diff hist +95‎ Announcements ‎ * 2023-12-01: RFD: Remove rec.radio.broadcasting current
17:2917:29, 1 December 2023 diff hist +318‎ N Minutes/2023-12-01 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL has started importing the FAQs into the wiki ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** TM send a draft RFD to PS and RL. He will revise it in accordance with their comments and post it. Category:Meeting minutes for 2023" current

17:3117:31, 24 November 2023 diff hist +1,524‎ N Minutes/2023-11-24 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL has finished setting up the moderation system for these groups and will post to them an announcement that we are the new moderators. *** Revision and wikification of the FAQs still TBD ** {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** The moderator reports further progress on the moderation system. ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** TM has reviewed the past correspondence with..." current

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19:1719:17, 17 November 2023 diff hist +1,536‎ N Minutes/2023-11-17 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL still in the process of setting up STUMP for {{news|news.announce.newusers}}, as some procmail recipes need debugging. (The existing rules mistakenly allowed two test messages to be posted to the group despite being rejected by STUMP.) *** RL has posted the charters and signing keys for these groups on the wiki *** Revising the FAQs still TBD ** {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}..."

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15:3515:35, 12 November 2023 diff hist +852‎ N Minutes/2023-11-10 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** The new moderator, Bixby, reports that he is almost done writing his own moderation software and has already updated the group's submission address with the ISC. ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL has received the latest FAQs from Kathy Morgan. These need to be updated. ** {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} *** A user reported to TM that a post..." current

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16:1816:18, 3 November 2023 diff hist +967‎ N Minutes/2023-11-03 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL has produced working procmail recipes for {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and will do the same for {{news|news.announce.newusers}}. *** RL has suggested obtaining the latest version of the FAQs that were periodically posted to these groups so that we can continue to post them ourselves. Agreed that RL would check with Kathy Morgan what the latest versions are. ** {{news|rec...."
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15:1815:18, 3 November 2023 diff hist +546‎ N Minutes/2023-10-27 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}}: No further updates. * Infrastructure ** Mail server. RL fixed SSL certificate, but did not yet upgrade mail-in-a-box. TM to add SpamAssassin whitelist rules. * (Web)STUMP ** TM: No update yet on GPG signing best practices on Savannah * Publicity ** LibrePlanet 2024: Deadline for session proposals extended to 17 November. * Misc ** PS has sent updates to the sample .newsrc file. RL..." current

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14:5314:53, 27 October 2023 diff hist +853‎ N Minutes/2023-10-20 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** The prospective moderator, Bixby, has indicated to the Board that he will be writing his own moderation software. ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}}: No further updates. * Infrastructure ** Mail server SSL certificate: No further updates. * (Web)STUMP ** TM: No update yet on GPG signing best practices on Savannah * Publicity ** LibrePlanet 2024: No p..." current

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15:2315:23, 13 October 2023 diff hist +1,586‎ N Minutes/2023-10-13 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** Result: Group will be created. RL has posted the result on Usenet and the Board's website, and has notified the ISC. ISC have created the group and RL has confirmed that it is now appearing on many news servers (but not, as expected, Google Groups). The group is already seeing some activity. ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Discussion continuing in {{news|news.groups.proposals}}. The Boa..." current

15:2115:21, 6 October 2023 diff hist +1,056‎ N Minutes/2023-10-06 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** Voting by e-mail underway; voting ends tomorrow. RL to post the result and inform the ISC at the conclusion of voting. ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** The Board has been monitoring the discussion in {{news|news.groups.proposals}} and communicating with the prospective moderator, Bixby, on technical and procedural issues. RL to ask Bixby when he'd be ready to take over moderation. ** {{new..." current

16:0016:00, 29 September 2023 diff hist +8,581‎ N Nan:2023-09-28-mvi-soc.history.war.world-war-ii ‎ Moderator Vacancy Investigation: soc.history.war.world-war-ii current
15:5815:58, 29 September 2023 diff hist +2,207‎ N Nan:2023-09-25-lcc-revised-comp.lang.go ‎ RFD: comp.lang.go - LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS (revised) current
15:5715:57, 29 September 2023 diff hist +252‎ Announcements ‎No edit summary
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15:5415:54, 29 September 2023 diff hist +1,866‎ N Minutes/2023-09-29 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** RL posted a revised LCC (without the clause in the charter proposing to convert the group to a moderated one in the future) at the request of the proponent. The voting period will begin on 2023-09-30. RL and TM have been following the discussions in {{news|news.groups.proposals}}. RL has been keeping JE in the loop and will send all Board members an e-mail reminder when it is time to begin voting. Voting will end once all..." current
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09:4809:48, 25 September 2023 diff hist +1,862‎ N Nan:2023-09-22-lcc-comp.lang.go ‎ RFD: comp.lang.go - LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS current
09:4709:47, 25 September 2023 diff hist +106‎ Announcements ‎ * 2023-09-22: 2nd RFD: comp.lang.go (create) - LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
09:4309:43, 25 September 2023 diff hist +1,667‎ N Minutes/2023-09-22 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** Proponent has confirmed final wording of the RFD and RL has posted the LCC. TM to publicize the LCC in the usual channels. Board to vote on the RFD at its meeting on 29 September. RL to inform JE about the vote. ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Volunteer has confirmed that they have the technical and procedural knowledge to moderate the group, and has agreed to RL's suggestion that the Bo..." current

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12:4512:45, 18 September 2023 diff hist +494‎ N Big-8 covered in The Register, TechSpot ‎ The Big-8 hierarchy and the Big-8 Management Board have been covered in two recent articles in the tech press current
12:4012:40, 18 September 2023 diff hist +58‎ Announcements ‎ Big-8 covered in The Register, TechSpot
12:3912:39, 18 September 2023 diff hist −421‎ Announcements ‎ * 2023-07-04: 1st RFD: comp.lang.go (create)
12:3812:38, 18 September 2023 diff hist +1,437‎ N Nan:2023-07-04-rfd-comp.lang.go ‎ RFD for comp.lang.go current
12:3512:35, 18 September 2023 diff hist +502‎ Archived announcements ‎ Archive announcements current
12:3312:33, 18 September 2023 diff hist −1,958‎ Archived announcements ‎ Replace months with years

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16:0516:05, 15 September 2023 diff hist +2,317‎ N Minutes/2023-09-15 ‎ Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** RL has been corresponding with the proponent and is now awaiting final confirmation on the RFD before voting. TM to remind the proponent that we are awaiting confirmation. ** {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Russ Allbery forwarded a message from someone volunteering to take over moderatorship. TM to respond. ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** The Board received an inquiry on..." current
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18:1418:14, 25 August 2023 diff hist +3‎ Getting Started with Usenet ‎ →‎Task 5: Subscribe to some real newsgroups current
18:1418:14, 25 August 2023 diff hist +36‎ N File:Sample-netrc.txt ‎ Tristan Miller moved page File:Sample-netrc.txt to File:Sample-newsrc.txt current Tag: New redirect
18:1418:14, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0‎ m File:Sample-newsrc.txt ‎ Tristan Miller moved page File:Sample-netrc.txt to File:Sample-newsrc.txt
15:5115:51, 25 August 2023 diff hist +1,001‎ N Minutes/2023-08-25 ‎ Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** TM has pinged the proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go. * Infrastructure ** Starting on 21 August, {{news|comp.ai}} has been experiencing a flood of hundreds of binary articles with randomized Subject and From lines. STUMP's blocking mechanism is ineffective for this, so TM added a rule to .procmailrc that sends the submissions to /dev/null. The articles appear to originate from Newsgroup Ninja. An abuse report sent to the e-mail a..." current
15:4315:43, 25 August 2023 diff hist +1,450‎ Getting Started with Usenet ‎ Subscribe to real newsgroups
15:2415:24, 25 August 2023 diff hist +12‎ Getting Started with Usenet ‎ fix formatting
15:2315:23, 25 August 2023 diff hist +9‎ Getting Started with Usenet ‎ →‎Summary
15:2115:21, 25 August 2023 diff hist +210‎ Getting Started with Usenet ‎ →‎Task 4: Post your first newsgroup article
15:1915:19, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0‎ File:New message.png ‎ Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:New message.png current
14:3014:30, 25 August 2023 diff hist +4‎ Getting Started with Usenet ‎ →‎Task 3: Subscribe to your first newsgroups
14:2514:25, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0‎ File:Subscribe.png ‎ Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:Subscribe.png current
14:2314:23, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0‎ File:View settings.png ‎ Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:View settings.png current
14:2314:23, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0‎ File:Account wizard.png ‎ Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:Account wizard.png current
14:2114:21, 25 August 2023 diff hist +733‎ Getting Started with Usenet ‎ →‎Task 2: Set up Thunderbird

15:3515:35, 18 August 2023 diff hist +24‎ Board:Agenda for next Board meeting ‎No edit summary
15:3515:35, 18 August 2023 diff hist +892‎ N Minutes/2023-08-18 ‎ Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL received many replies to his post on {{news|news.admin.net-abuse.usenet}}cancels, cancelbots, and other technical anti-spam measures currently in use. RL to summarize the relevant information in the Board's wiki. ** TM has not yet pinged the proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go but will do so soon. * Infrastructure ** TM was to post Paul Schleck's sample .newsrc file on our Getting Started with Usenet tutorial but discovered..." current
14:4314:43, 18 August 2023 diff hist +84‎ N File:Sample-newsrc.txt ‎ Sample .netrc file with some Big-8 newsgroups active as of August 2023
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16:0116:01, 11 August 2023 diff hist +607‎ N Minutes/2023-08-11 ‎ Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL has posted to {{news|news.admin.net-abuse.usenet}} to ask about cancels, cancelbots, and other technical anti-spam measures currently in use ** No further communication from proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go; TM to ping the proponent in a few days * Infrastructure ** E-mail from Paul Schleck noting that {{news|alt.fan.usenet}} has finally been added to Panix's news server * Publicity ** E-mail from Paul Schleck with a sample .n..." current

15:1415:14, 4 August 2023 diff hist +315‎ N Minutes/2023-08-04 ‎ Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Infrastructure ** RL has discovered that the webmail's upgrade script wants to uninstall system packages that are in use (e.g., our web server). Since none of the active Board members currently use webmail, it was decided that RL would simply deactivate it. Category:Meeting minutes for 2023" current

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19:2219:22, 28 July 2023 diff hist +1,009‎ N Minutes/2023-07-28 ‎ Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** {{news|news.groups.proposals}} received a group creation RFD; while having the correct structure, TM rejected it because it contained extraneous and incorrect information. TM wrote to the proponent to explain what needs to be removed or corrected, and to encourage resubmission. * Infrastructure * TM upgraded the Web server's OS to the latest current LTS release. Again, this was necessary in order to upgrade MediaWiki, which was on a..."

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19:4519:45, 21 July 2023 diff hist +746‎ N Minutes/2023-07-21 ‎ Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** {{news|comp.dcom.telecom}} moderator change announcement *** RL has sent best wishes on behalf of the Board to Bill Horne but has not yet..." current
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15:4815:48, 14 July 2023 diff hist +1,277‎ N Minutes/2023-07-14 ‎ Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** {{news|comp.dcom.telecom moderator}} change announcement *** Still no response from Bill Horne; PS wrote to us to draw our attention to an..." current

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15:5515:55, 7 July 2023 diff hist +266‎ N Minutes/2023-07-07 ‎ Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Abbreviated meeting this week due to Board members' other commitments * The Board noted an ongoing RFD on {{news|news.groups.proposals}} concerning a propos..." current
15:5315:53, 7 July 2023 diff hist +704‎ N Minutes/2023-06-30 ‎ Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL has asked Bill Horne if he was successful in communicating the moderator change for {{news|comp.dcom.telecom}} to the ISC, and asked if..." current

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15:3615:36, 23 June 2023 diff hist +2,388‎ N Minutes/2023-06-23 ‎ Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL looked into the ISC archive for {{news|comp.dcom.telecom}} and turned up nothing. TM suggested simply using "comp.dcom.telecom" as the..." current
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14:4714:47, 23 June 2023 diff hist +2,519‎ N Minutes/2023-06-16 ‎ Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** Bill Horne of {{news|comp.dcom.telcom}}, who has found a new moderator, indicates that the moderator address should stay the same. RL to..." current

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