Usenet Big-8 Management Board big8_wiki https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.39.4 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Big 8 Big 8 talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Nan Nan talk Board Board talk Main Page 0 1 3595 3504 2023-08-30T16:53:19Z Rayner Lucas 23 Add "getting started" guide to "About Usenet" section 3595 wikitext text/x-wiki __NOTOC__ <div class="box-padding-md"> <div class="jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-white"> <div class="row align-items-center"> <div class="col-1"></div> <div class="col-3"><img src="https://www.big-8.org/Big-8_logo.svg" alt="The Usenet Big-8 logo: A blue figure 8 superimposed on a yellow figure 8 turned on its side so as to resemble an infinity sign" class="img-fluid w-100 bg-white" /></div> <div class="col-7 h-100"> <p class="h1">The '''Usenet Big-8 Management Board'''</p> <ul class="lead"> <li>'''[[creation|creates]]''' well-named, well-used newsgroups in the '''[[Big-8 Usenet hierarchies]]''',</li> <li>makes '''[[Changing moderation status|necessary adjustments]]''' to existing groups,</li> <li>'''[[rmgroup|removes groups]]''' that are not well-used, and</li> <li>assists and encourages the support of a canonical '''[[Big-8 newsgroup list]]''' by Usenet sites.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-1"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card mb-3"> <h5 class="card-header text-white bg-primary">Latest news</h5> <div class="card-body"> {{:Announcements}} </div><p class="text-muted text-right pr-3">[[Archived announcements]]</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="card h-100"> <h5 class="card-header text-white bg-secondary">About the Big-8 Management Board</h5> <div class="card-body"> * [[Board members]] * [[Technical Team]] * [[How to volunteer or donate]] * [[Finances]] * [[Contacting the Board]] </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="card h-100"> <h5 class="card-header text-white bg-secondary">About Usenet</h5> <div class="card-body"> * [[What is Usenet?]] * [[Getting Started with Usenet]] * [[News service providers]] * [[Newsreaders]] </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row mt-3"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="card h-100"> <h5 class="card-header text-white bg-secondary">Policies and guides</h5> <div class="card-body"> * [[Newsgroup creation]] * [[Newsgroup removal]] * [[Moderation]] * [[Board policies]] </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="card h-100"> <h5 class="card-header text-white bg-secondary">Reference library</h5> <div class="card-body"> * [[Archived announcements]] * [[Meeting minutes]] * [[Frequently asked questions (FAQs)]] * [[RFCs]] * [[Glossary]] * [[Links]] </div> </div> </div> </div> 2bwc8haymb9v9hxskzy6rzwgy079t9g