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- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!spdcc!merk!miracle!phil
- From: phil@miracle.com (Phil Hill)
- Newsgroups: ne.general
- Subject: Re: ne.personals?
- Message-ID: <30Dec92084753@miracle.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 08:47:53 EDT
- Organization: Miracle Computer Consultants
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- betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) writes:
- >It doesn't exist. If it did exist, also, someone might want to run a
- >local "anonymous" server.
- > The deal with starting an Internet newsgroup is that you post a
- >request for discussion all over, wait till the flame wars die down,
- >then do a CFV (call for votes) and get someone to count them. There
- >are some details to be followed....the full procedure gets posted in
- >news.announce.newusers and news.answers under the heading "How to
- >Create a New Newsgroup."
-
- That's true for the "Big Five" (rec, talk, misc, news and comp). But not
- true for the other groups. In 'alt' you discuss the creation in alt.config,
- and if you arn't flamed too bad, then you create a group (or don't discuss
- it at all... alt is the definition of chaos).
-
- > The kicker is, for international groups the yes's have to exceed the
- >no's by 100 votes. Are the rules different for local groups?
- >I can't recall ever seeing a "how to create a 'ne' newsgroup"
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- I've never seen any rules for 'ne' groups. So I guess we are on our own.
-
- I'd suggest discussing it for a few weeks in ne.general. We can decide
- if we want a formal vote, a straw poll, or just a show of "hands". If
- it's decided that we want to create a new 'ne' group, then we just send
- a newgroup message out. We should then also inform one of the "official"
- keepers of the lists that the new group is real (not just some flako who has
- figured out the correct protocol).
-
- Of course, we will probably spend 1/2 of the time debating over the correct
- procedure. :-)
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