Nan:2026-07-23-rfd-rec.arts.anime.creative

From: Usenet Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org>
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals,rec.arts.anime.creative,rec.arts.anime.fandom,rec.arts.anime.misc
Subject: RFD: Remove rec.arts.anime.creative
Followup-To: news.groups.proposals
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:08:24 EDT
Message-ID: <113talk$e75$1@reader1.panix.com>
Archive-Name: rec.arts.anime.creative

This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the
moderated newsgroup rec.arts.anime.creative.


Newsgroups Line:

rec.arts.anime.creative	Original works by fans, related to anime/manga. 
(Moderated)


Distribution:
	news.announce.newgroups
	news.groups.proposals
	rec.arts.anime.creative
         rec.arts.anime.fandom
	rec.arts.anime.misc


Proponent: Usenet Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org>


Charter:

This moderated newsgroup serves as a place for the posting of fan
created works.  For any anime or manga related fan work including
stories, parodies, original scripts written by fans, poems, song
lyrics, and original artwork.  Only the actual fan works will be
posted here - any discussion regarding these works should be posted to
rec.arts.anime.fandom.


Rationale for removal:

The group currently has no moderator address assigned and hasn't seen
any posts since 2017.  The posts from the years 2013-2017 are only FAQ
posts.  The last non-FAQ post was in 2012.  That means the group was
unused even when moderation was still working.

In a 2025-01-03 RFD initiated by the Board, the group was proposed for
deletion as part of a mass cull of moderated groups without a
moderator.  The group was excluded from the 3rd iteration of the RFD
after someone expressed interest in moderating it.  Despite repeated
queries, the Board has had no further communication from this
potential volunteer.

As the group is unusable in its current state, it is reasonable to
remove it.


History of the group:

1995-11-18: 1st RFD (create; originally as rec.arts.anime.fan-works.misc)
1995-12-12: 2nd RFD (create)
1996-01-18: 3rd RFD (create)
1996-03-13: Result: rec.arts.anime.creative passes 292:51
2025-01-03: 1st RFD (as part of a mass deletion)
2025-02-02: 2nd RFD (as part of a mass deletion)
2025-03-11: 3rd RFD (as part of a mass deletion)
2025-05-05: Group excluded from LCC


Procedure:

Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup
should subscribe to news: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.

All discussion of active proposals should be posted to
news.groups.proposals.

If desired by the readership of closely affected groups, the
discussion may be crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken
to ensure that all discussion appears in news.groups.proposals as
well.

For more information on the newsgroup removal process, please see
https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Removing_newsgroups


History of this RFD:

2026-07-23: 1st RFD (remove)


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