From: board@big-8.org (Big 8 Management Board)
Subject: RFD: The Great Downsizing 2011/2 LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:24:31 EDT
Message-ID: <great-downsizing-2011-2-lcc@news.albasani.net>
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove 23 moderated
newsgroups.
RATIONALE:
The newsgroups listed below were chosen because they have had no on-topic
traffic for years. Moderator Vacancy Investigations (MVIs) were posted for
these groups between May 29 and June 17, 2011. The MVIs precipitated no
interest in retaining the newsgroups.
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
news.groups
Because of the magnitude of the group list this proposal is not crossposted
to target groups. Readers are encouraged to take initiative and spread the
message.
PROPONENT:
Probe posts, communication with moderators, and MVIs were done by Steve
Bonine.
PROCEDURE:
Five days after publication of the LCC the board votes on each
newsgroup individually. More details can be found here:
http://www.big-8.org/wiki/Mass_removal_of_groups
NEWSGROUP LINES:
comp.os.linux.answers FAQs, How-To's, READMEs, etc. about Linux. (Moderated)
comp.os.research Operating systems and related areas. (Moderated)
comp.security.pgp.announce New PGP versions, utils and such. (Moderated)
comp.unix.sco.announce SCO and related product announcements. (Moderated)
rec.gambling.blackjack.moderated Blackjack gambling. (Moderated)
sci.aeronautics.airliners Airliner technology. (Moderated)
sci.aeronautics.simulation Aerospace simulation technology. (Moderated)
sci.med.aids AIDS: treatment, pathology/biology of HIV, prevention. (Moderated)
sci.med.midwifery The practice of obstetrics by midwives. (Moderated)
sci.med.obgyn Obstetrics & gynecology. (Moderated)
sci.physics.discrete Discrete models of fundamental physical processes. (Moderated)
sci.psychology.journals.psyche E-journal on consciousness. (Moderated)
sci.psychology.journals.psycoloquy E-journal on psychology. (Moderated)
sci.techniques.mass-spec All areas of mass spectrometry. (Moderated)
sci.virtual-worlds Virtual Reality - technology and culture. (Moderated)
soc.culture.estonia Estonian culture, language, news, politics. (Moderated)
soc.culture.indian.info Info group for soc.culture.indian, etc. (Moderated)
soc.culture.indian.telugu The culture of the Telugu people of India. (Moderated)
soc.culture.jewish.holocaust The Shoah. (Moderated)
soc.culture.singapore.moderated Singapore & Singaporeans. (Moderated)
soc.history.war.vietnam The Vietnam War. (Moderated)
soc.politics.anti-fascism The politics of fighting fascism. (Moderated)
soc.support.pregnancy.loss Issues and support related to pregnancy loss. (Moderated)
CHANGE HISTORY:
2011-05-29 to 2011-06-17 22 individual MVIs
2011-06-17 1st RFD to remove sci.med.midwifery
2011-07-19 1st RFD to remove all 23 groups
2011-08-16 LCC
