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*[[Big-8 Management FAQ|FAQ: Big-8 Hierarchy Management]] *[[Compliance|FAQ: Control Messages & Checkgroups]] What is the process for notifying news s

* A hierarchy is an ordered list of newsgroups. * Each of the subsets of the Big-8 is a hierarchy (comp.*, humanities.*, misc.*, news.*, rec.*, sci.*, soc.*, talk.

...is article was written as part of a description of news.groups.proposals. A much more complete discussion and history is [[Big-8_Usenet_hierarchies#His ...came into existence as net.news.group as a place to discuss proposals for new newsgroups. Its purpose remained unchanged until the establishment of news

== Who decided to restrict access to alt.* groups? == ...e following ISPs have signed agreements with the Attorney General's Office to stop online child pornography":

...list of members on the Board. We've been given the task of rethinking how to manage the [[Checkgroups|official list for Big-8 newsgroups]]. ...[[big8|Big-8 newsgroup hierarchies.]] After a year on probation, the [[n.a.n.]] moderators confirmed the work that the Board had done and made the cha

== Creating New Newsgroups FAQ == === Can I propose a new newsgroup now? ===

...he Big-8 Management Board. In unmanaged hierarchies, the control messages to perform these functions may be sent by any user.[http://www.supernews.com/s ...e expected to reach (almost) everyone. That's why it requires management, to ensure that it remains stable and suitable for most Usenet sites."[http://g

== How does moderation work? == 1. A poster sends message (via NNTP post) to a [[NSP|news service provider (NSP).]]

This FAQ attempts to provide help to Usenet hierarchy administrators, the people who try to maintain the canonical lists of newsgroups in managed

=== Newsgroup Creation RFDS -- General Concepts === ==== 1. Newsgroup Name ====

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