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From: davidbe@sco.COM (The Cat in the Hat)
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Subject: Re: Proposed OFFICIAL Newsgroup Creation/Deletion Guidelines
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Date: 28 Mar 89 19:06:43 GMT
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woods@ncar.UCAR.EDU (Greg Woods) said:
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-      RULES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION AND DELETION (draft)

	[ etc, etc...Greg just formalizes the current situation. ]
	[ I don't think anyone has any real objections with this.]
-
-	RULES FOR DELETING A USENET GROUP
-
-[Since there has obviously been no consensus ever reached on this, this
- statement cannot be construed as anything other than my personal opinion]
-   
-I propose that the procedure be the same as for group creation, with
-100 more keep than delete votes required to save the group, with the exception
-that all calls for votes and discussions MUST be cross-posted to both
-news.groups and the group in question. This will obviously only work for
-unmoderated groups; I am open to discussion on procedures for deleting
-moderated groups, but I would prefer to wait for a final resolution on
-the rec.humor.funny/Brad Templeton controversy before trying to formalize
-them, because it will be IMPOSSIBLE to keep the flames down until then.

I've got a couple of suggestions/clarifications here.

1)  Same procedure as for group creation includes a discussion period before
a vote.

2)  A vote should always require a margin [however much is decided on] to 
CHANGE the status quo.  Thus, there should be 100 more yes than no votes
to create a newsgroup, and 100 more delete votes than keep votes to remove
a group.

3)  This rule should, of course, not apply to newsgroups with significant
amounts of volume or readership.  Hell, forget significant; substitute
negligible.  Removing a newsgroup should only be an extreme thing.

4)  There is no number 4.  Ponder the above 3 and see if it's so bad for you
to deal with.

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