[Note: Followups are directed to news.groups.proposals]
I have posted the following Request For Discussion to remove
comp.sys.mac.games.announce to:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.sys.mac.games.misc
comp.sys.mac.games.announce
If you would like to discuss the proposal (whether you agree with the
suggestion that it be removed or disagree) please post in
news.groups.proposals with your comments.
news.groups.proposals is a new moderated group for discussion of adding,
removing, or otherwise changing newsgroups in the Big 8. If the group
is not available on your server and you would like to comment, you can
read and post from:
http://news.killfile.org/?group=news.groups.proposals
Thanks! I'd like to hear what you think.
Kathy - current moderator for comp.sys.mac.games.announce
Kathy Morgan <kmorgan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
> remove comp.sys.mac.games.announce
>
> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated
> newsgroup comp.sys.mac.games.announce.
>
>
> RATIONALE: remove comp.sys.mac.games.announce
>
> comp.sys.mac.games.announce was always a low volume group, but then all
> approvals ceased for two years. I contacted Christina Schulman,
> proponent for the comp.sys.mac.games.* reorganization and moderator at
> that time, and she agreed to turn moderation over to me. Since I took
> over moderation in December 2001 there have been fewer than 10
> acceptable submissions in the best month, and many months there are no
> submissions. Christina Schulman agrees that since the group is not being
> used it should be removed cleanly and noted that most Mac game
> announcements are probably being made via RSS feeds rather than through
> newsgroups. Users would be better served to post their announcements to
> whichever of the following is most appropriate to the announcement:
>
> comp.sys.mac.games.action
> comp.sys.mac.games.adventure
> comp.sys.mac.games.flight-sim
> comp.sys.mac.games.marketplace
> comp.sys.mac.games.misc
> comp.sys.mac.games.strategic
>
>
> HISTORY:
>
> The comp.sys.mac.games.* groups were created after passing their vote,
> with the RESULT posted on 2 May 1995. csmg.announce was fairly active
> for the first 5 years, with an average of approximately 10 posts per
> month. From approximately Jan 2000 until December 2001, no posts were
> approved and the group never again picked up steam when active
> moderation resumed. Over the past couple of years, almost all of the
> mail to the submission address has been email spam unrelated to Mac
> games.
>
>
> PROCEDURE:
>
> The full group removal procedure is do***ented here:
>
> http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup
>
> Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup
should
> subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant
threads
> in that newsgroup.
>
> To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to
> news.groups.proposals.
>
> All discussion of active proposals should be posted to
news.groups.proposals.
>
> If desired by the reader****p of closely affected groups, the discussion
> may be crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken to ensure
that
> all discussion appears in news.groups.proposals as well.
>
>
> DISTRIBUTION:
>
> This do***ent has been posted to the following newsgroups:
>
> news.announce.newgroups
> news.groups.proposals
> comp.sys.mac.games.announce
> comp.sys.mac.games.misc
>
> The proponent will also post pointers to:
>
> comp.sys.mac.games.action
> comp.sys.mac.games.adventure
> comp.sys.mac.games.flight-sim
> comp.sys.mac.games.marketplace
> comp.sys.mac.games.strategic
>
>
> PROPONENT:
>
> Kathy Morgan <kmorgan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> - Current Moderator, csmg.announce
>
>
> CHANGE HISTORY:
>
> 2006-11-20 1st RFD
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