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15:45, 19 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Chat services and pen pals (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
15:41, 19 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Announcing your web page (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
15:36, 19 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Advertising and selling (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
15:35, 19 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page 'Make money fast' schemes (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
15:34, 19 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Public news servers (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
15:17, 19 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page How to go to soc.penpals or any other newsgroup (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs; minor fixes)
18:46, 18 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Finding information on the Internet (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs. Updated ISC FTP links to HTTP, as most browsers no longer support FTP at all. Updated some other outdated info.)
23:41, 17 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page How to cancel an article you have posted (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
22:33, 17 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Pictures, sounds and document files (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
22:29, 17 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Avoiding HTML when posting news (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
22:20, 17 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Quoting style in newsgroup postings (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
21:57, 17 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Writing style on Usenet (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
23:59, 16 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Where to post test messages (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
23:44, 16 July 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Where to post your very first message (Initial import of page from NNQ FAQs)
18:54, 12 July 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-07-12 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** Still waiting for Greg Pfeil to confirm that he's now set up to send approved posts to this group. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** No response yet from moderator re status of gateway. ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** No response from the volunteer. RL to ping one last time; it was agreed that the Board would proceed with the RFD if no response is received within a short time. ** {{news|comp.os.plan9}} ***...")
21:18, 5 July 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-07-05 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** Still waiting for Greg Pfeil to confirm that he's now set up to send approved posts to this group. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** No response yet from moderator re status of gateway. ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** RL still to ping the respective correpondents. ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** No further updates ** {{news|talk.origins}} *...")
15:56, 30 June 2024 Rayner Lucas talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:Sample-newsrc.txt (Added more newsgroups suggested by Paul Schleck on 30 June 2024)
16:09, 21 June 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-06-21 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** Still waiting for Greg Pfeil to confirm that he's now set up to send approved posts to this group. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** No response yet from moderator re status of gateway. ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** RL still to ping the respective correpondents. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** RL still to look into some NGP submission notifications still going to our Junk folde...")
16:09, 14 June 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-06-14 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** Still waiting for Greg Pfeil to confirm that he's now set up to send approved posts to this group. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** RL pinged the moderator for an update on the gateway and notified Marco Moock about this. ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** RL still to ping the respective correpondents. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** RL still to look into some NGP submission notifi...")
21:28, 7 June 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-06-07 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** Still waiting for Greg Pfeil to confirm that he's now set up to send approved posts to this group. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** Marco Moock has notified us that he has not heard back from the moderator. RL to ping the moderator for an update on the gateway and to notify Marco that he has done so. If the moderator does not respond, then there may not be anything the Board can do other than entertaining an RF...")
17:49, 24 May 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-05-24 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** Still waiting for Greg Pfeil to confirm that he's now set up to send approved posts to this group. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** Marco Moock has written to the moderator for an update and is awaiting a reply. ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** RL still to ping the respective correpondents. ** {{news|misc.test.moderated}} *** Edward McGuire wrote that, using Eternal September, he was...")
17:34, 24 May 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-05-17 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** RL wrote to Greg Pfeil asking for confirmation that he's now set up to send approved posts to this group. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** Marco Moock wrote asking about the status of the gateway. RL responded with an update, suggesting he get in touch with the moderator directly for further information, and that we would contact him ourselves in the event that Marco received no reply. ** {{news|rec.radio.broadca...")
19:52, 10 May 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-05-10 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** RL still to ping the respective correpondents. ** Moderation status of {{news|comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce}} *** Still waiting for response from Florian Rehnisch confirming that he is willing to remain moderator. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** RL still to look into some NGP submission notifications still going to our Junk f...")
16:28, 3 May 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-05-03 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. RL to ping the respective correpondents. ** Moderation status of {{news|comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce}} *** TM has written to Florian Rehnisch to confirm that he is willing to remain moderator. Waiting for response. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** RL still to look into some NGP submission notifications s...")
22:01, 29 April 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-04-26 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. RL to ping the respective correpondents. ** Moderation status of {{news|comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce}} *** TM had further correspondence with Florian Rehnisch after noting that he now seems to be approving posts. Florian seems to be willing to continue to stay on as moderator. TM to confirm this. * Infrast...")
20:58, 19 April 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-04-19 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. ** Moderation status of {{news|comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce}} *** TM followed up with Florian Rehnisch, who agreed that the Board could post an MVI but also mentioned a previous RFD from 2011 to remove the group. TM to follow up. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** RL still to look into some NGP submission n...")
16:22, 12 April 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-04-12 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** TM has posted an announcement about the change in moderators. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** Some NGP submission notifications are still going to our Junk folder. RL still to look into this. *** RL still to work on getting the webmail and admin fro...")
21:09, 10 April 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2024-04-10-mf-news.admin.technical (Created page with "<pre> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals,news.admin.technical,news.admin.misc Subject: MODERATOR FOUND: news.admin.technical Followup-To: news.groups.proposals Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:07:10 EDT Organization: Usenet Big-8 Management Board Message-ID: <uv6v0t$16ivd$2@dont-email.me> Archive-Name: news.admin.technical REPLACEMENT MODERATOR FOUND news.admin.technical The Big-8 Management Board is pleased to announce that Ivo Gandolfo and Russ Allber...")
16:25, 5 April 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-04-05 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** Ivo Gandolfo has set up his moderation system and confirmed that Russ Allbery will be a second moderator. TM notified the ISC of the changed in moderator and received confirmation from Todd McComb. TM asked Ivo whether the Board can post an announcement...")
20:24, 28 March 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2024-03-28-mf-comp.programming.literate (Created page with "<pre> From: Usenet Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.groups.proposals,news.announce.newgroups Subject: MODERATOR FOUND: comp.programming.literate Followup-To: news.groups.proposals Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:21:50 EDT Organization: Usenet Big-8 Management Board Message-ID: <uu4jf6$3pgbp$1@dont-email.me> Archive-Name: comp.programming.literate REPLACEMENT MODERATOR FOUND comp.programming.literate The Big-8 Management Board is pleased to announced...")
21:36, 22 March 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-03-22 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** Ivo Gandolfo has agreed to take over as moderator and says he has the requisite technical resources in place. He will write to Russ Allbery to ask whether he would serve as a backup moderator. Agreed to wait for further news from him. ** {{news|comp.pro...")
21:25, 18 March 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-03-15 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** No further updates. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** No further updates ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** No further updates. ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** No further updates. ** Proposal to revitalize {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** RL still to work on getting the webmail and admin front-ends working again. * Software...")
19:35, 8 March 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-03-08 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** RL to ping Greg Pfeil as necessary. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** Dan Mahoney, the mailing list administrator, replied to RL confirming that the news gateway broke a while ago, but he's not sure why. He says the list will be moving to new mailing list software and is not sure whether it will support the news gateway. He would like to find a solution that preserves the gateway and is investigating this. ** Re...")
17:23, 5 March 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-03-01 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** The Board received an e-mail report that this moderated group is not working. RL contacted the moderator, Greg Pfeil, who indicated that he intends to continue moderating the group. RL has been helping him on technical issues. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** The Board received an e-mail report that posts to this moderated group from its established mail-to-news gateway have not been showing up since 2020. It'...")
18:22, 27 February 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2024-02-27-mvi-news.admin.technical (Created page with "<pre> From: Usenet Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals,news.admin.misc,news.admin.technical Subject: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: news.admin.technical Followup-To: news.groups.proposals Organization: Usenet Big-8 Management Board Message-ID: <url8ub$ht1$3@reader1.panix.com> Archive-Name: news.admin.technical This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because the moderated newsgroup ne...")
22:42, 26 February 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-02-23 (Created page with "* Administration ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** No further communication from volunteer moderator; RL to ping ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** Scott Hazen Mueller has confirmed that he did not seek or find any replacement moderators his groups. *** Marco has confirmed that he is interested in posting to {{news|news.admin.technical}}. *** The Board agreed to issue an MVI for {{news|news.admin.technical}}. TM to handle this. **...")
17:41, 15 February 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-02-15 (Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** TM posted the announcement of the new moderator. ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** TM has posted a follow-up to the LCC indicating that the matter is on hold pending further discussion with the volunteer. *** RL has been continuing to discuss the moderation setup with the volunteer. ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** Scott Hazen Mueller has respond...")
19:59, 12 February 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2024-02-12-mf-soc.history.war.world-war-ii (MODERATOR FOUND: soc.history.war.world-war-ii)
21:52, 9 February 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-02-09 (Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** TM still to post the announcement of the new moderator. ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** After the call for votes was issued, the Board received an e-mail from someone volunteering to take over as moderator for the group. JS discussed this with Paul Schleck, and as a result of this discussion TM wrote to the volunteer for further information on their background and pla...")
21:24, 26 January 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-01-19 (Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** The Board had offered to announce the new moderator; Bixby has confirmed that this can now go ahead, since the moderation system is working. TM to post this announcement in the same venues as the MVI. ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** TM posted the LCC on 2024-10-15. Voting period will be from 2024-10-20 to 2024-10-27. ** {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** Marco Moock w...")
19:37, 17 January 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:Sample-newsrc.txt (Additional newsgroups from January 2024 patch by Paul Schleck)
20:02, 15 January 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2024-01-15-lcc-rec.radio.broadcasting (Created page with "<pre> From: Tristan Miller <tmiller@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.groups.proposals,news.announce.newgroups Subject: 2nd RFD: Remove rec.radio.broadcasting - LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS Followup-To: news.groups.proposals,news.groups Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:00:45 EST Message-ID: <uo42q2$12337$1@dont-email.me> Archive-Name: rec.radio.broadcasting This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated newsgroup rec.radio.broadcasting. The Big-8 Management Board p...")
19:35, 15 January 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-01-12 (Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** E-mail from Bixby; to be handled by TM ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** No responses to the 2nd RFD. TM to post the LCC. * Misc ** Salahuddin has written concerning a new moderation tool; TM to respond ** RL may have Internet access issues for the next few days or weeks, so TM to handle any e-mail correspondence for now. Category:Meeting minutes for 2024")
19:28, 15 January 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Category:Meeting minutes for 2024 (Category:Meeting minutes)
15:25, 29 December 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-12-29 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No response yet from proponent. Agreed to defer. ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Moderator reports he will be signing up with Panix ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** No comments yet on 2nd RFD. Agreed to defer. * Misc ** Agreed to change the regular meeting time to Fridays at 15:00 GMT/BST due to a conflicting appointment for TM Category:Meeting minutes for 2023")
16:27, 22 December 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2023-12-22-2nd-rfd-rec.radio.broadcasting (Created page with "<pre> From: Tristan Miller <tmiller@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals Subject: RFD: Remove rec.radio.broadcasting Followup-To: news.groups.proposals Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:24:35 +0100 Message-ID: <um4d88$iaf$1@reader1.panix.com> Archive-Name: rec.radio.broadcasting This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated newsgroup rec.radio.broadcasting. Newsgroups Line: rec.radio.broadcasting Discussion of global do...")
15:39, 22 December 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-12-22 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** The Board received an MVI enquiry for {{news|comp.os.plan9}}. RL has been following up. ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Moderator reports continued difficulties submitting approved posts to news servers; RL to e-mail him with further advice ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL still importing the FAQs...")
00:03, 15 December 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Finding newsgroups and subscribing to them (Import of old NNQ web site "Finding newsgroups and subscribing to them" article)
15:09, 8 December 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-12-08 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL has continued importing the FAQs into the wiki ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** TM has posted a revised draft of the RFD, and it has been attracting some discussion. * Misc ** Agreed to cancel next week's meeting since TM has a conflicting appointment. Category:Meeting minutes for 2023")
21:53, 3 December 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page How to post messages to news.newusers.questions (Import of old NNQ web site "how to post" article (with some updating))