Xref: utzoo news.misc:3538 news.groups:12036 news.admin:6719 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!husc6!purdue!spaf From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: news.misc,news.groups,news.admin Subject: Changes to How to Create a New Newsgroup Message-ID: <7854@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Date: 3 Sep 89 22:26:45 GMT Expires: 2 Dec 89 22:26:45 GMT Followup-To: news.misc Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ. Lines: 120 Supersedes: <7423@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to the news.announce.newusers group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. It is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** /tmp/fo121046 Sun Sep 3 17:24:27 1989 --- /tmp/fo221046 Sun Sep 3 17:24:28 1989 *************** *** 5,7 Original-from: woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) ! [Most recent change: 14 May 1989 by Greg Woods] --- 5,7 ----- Original-from: woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) ! [Most recent change: 3 Sep 1989 by woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods)] *************** *** 35,39 1) A call for discussion on creation of a new newsgroup should be posted ! to news.groups, and also to any other groups or mailing lists at all ! related to the proposed topic if desired. The Followup-to: header should be ! set so that the actual discussion takes place only in news.groups --- 35,42 ----- 1) A call for discussion on creation of a new newsgroup should be posted ! to news.announce.newgroups, and also to any other groups or mailing lists ! at all related to the proposed topic if desired. This group is moderated, ! and The Followup-to: header will be set so that the actual discussion takes ! place only in news.groups. Users on sites which have difficulty posting ! to moderated groups may mail submissions intended for news.announce.newgroups ! to "announce-newgroups@ncar.ucar.edu". *************** *** 43,46 3) The name and charter of the proposed group and whether it will be moderated ! or unmoderated (and if the former, who the moderator will be) should be ! determined during the discussion period. If there is no general consensus on these points among the proponents of a new group at the end of 30 days --- 46,49 ----- 3) The name and charter of the proposed group and whether it will be moderated ! or unmoderated (and if the former, who the moderator(s) will be) should be ! determined during the discussion period. If there is no general agreement on these points among the proponents of a new group at the end of 30 days *************** *** 56,59 determined whether the group will be moderated and if so who will ! moderate it, a call for votes may be posted to news.groups and any ! other groups or mailing lists that the original call for discussion might have been posted to. There should be minimal delay between the --- 59,62 ----- determined whether the group will be moderated and if so who will ! moderate it, a call for votes may be posted to news.announce.newgroups and ! any other groups or mailing lists that the original call for discussion might have been posted to. There should be minimal delay between the *************** *** 81,82 group proposal, that a vote is in progress on it, and how to cast a vote. --- 84,89 ----- group proposal, that a vote is in progress on it, and how to cast a vote. + It is permitted to post a "mass acknowledgement" in which all the names + of those from whom votes have been received are posted, as long as no + indication is made of which way anybody voted until the voting period + is officially over. *************** *** 92,94 a different moderated/unmoderated status or (if moderated) a different ! moderator. --- 99,101 ----- a different moderated/unmoderated status or (if moderated) a different ! moderator or set of moderators. *************** *** 105,108 the vote tally and the E-mail addresses and (if available) names of the ! votes received to news.groups and any other groups or mailing lists to ! which the original call for votes was posted. --- 112,115 ----- the vote tally and the E-mail addresses and (if available) names of the ! votes received to news.announce.newgroups and any other groups or mailing ! lists to which the original call for votes was posted. *************** *** 118,120 or by the system administrator on the vote-taker's machine. If this ! option is not available, then the vote-taker may send mail to "newgroup@ncar.ucar.edu" saying that a successful vote has been run --- 125,127 ----- or by the system administrator on the vote-taker's machine. If this ! option is not available, then the vote-taker should send mail to "newgroup@ncar.ucar.edu" saying that a successful vote has been run *************** *** 121,124 and requesting that a newgroup message be sent. DO NOT send the vote ! results; we can look those up in news.groups if we haven't seen them ! there already. In any case, please send mail to Gene Spafford (spaf@purdue.edu) informing him of a successful vote, so he can add the --- 128,131 ----- and requesting that a newgroup message be sent. DO NOT send the vote ! results; we can look those up in news.announce.newgroups if we haven't seen ! them there already. In any case, please send mail to Gene Spafford (spaf@purdue.edu) informing him of a successful vote, so he can add the -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com