Nan:2010-08-23-rfd-rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info

From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>
Subject: 1st RFD: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info moderated (remove)
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:45:56 EDT
Message-ID: <i4smpn$e22$1@news.albasani.net>

              REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
              moderated group rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info

This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove moderated
newsgroup rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info.

RATIONALE:

According to Google's archive the last regular post was approved on
2004-02-16. A probe message resulted in a bounce.

<rec-arts-sf-tv-babylon5-info@moderators.isc.org>: host
  moderators.switch.ch[130.59.1.10] said: 550 Unrouteable address
  (in reply to RCPT TO command)

Doug Freyburger posted on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 and .moderated,
asking if anyone wanted to take over moderation. Steve Bonine wonders
what the justification might be for two moderated newsgroups covering
the same topics.

>Message-ID: <i3pi5t$act$1@news.eternal-september.org>
>Message-ID: <8cb3j8F13bU2@mid.individual.net>

NEWSGROUPS LINE:

rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info	Announcements about TV show _Babylon 5_. (Moderated)

DISTRIBUTION:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info
rec.arts.sf.misc

CHARTER OF REC.ARTS.SF.TV.BABYLON5.INFO

The purpose of this group is to provide an uncluttered resource of
information and news pertaining to the television program _Babylon 5_.
rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info is a moderated newsgroup, which means
that all articles must be submitted to the moderator for approval
before they will be posted.  Articles appearing in this newsgroup
should generally fall into one of the following categories:

   1) Official press releases and notices pointing to coverage
      of _Babylon 5_ in the media (but copies of copyrighted
      material *only* with expressed permission), and announcements
      of B5-related events such as conventions and star appearances.

   2) Episode schedules, guides and summaries, and announcements of
      airing time changes.

   3) Announcements, commentary and background material on
      _Babylon 5_ from J. Michael Straczynski, the show's
      executive producer.  This will include compilations of
      his writings from online services such as GEnie and
      CompuServe and very selective repostings of substantial
      commentary from rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.  The latter
      category will specifically *not* include his short answers
      about details of past episodes.

   4) Other material believed by the moderators to be of interest
      to a broad base of B5 fans.

Volume should not exceed a few messages a day.

HISTORY OF THE GROUP:

rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote
for creation by 691:37 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 18 Nov 1995.

PROPONENT:

Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>

PROCEDURE:

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.

In the course of the removal process four formal announcements are posted
(MVI, 1st RFD, 2nd RFD, and LCC), each taking two weeks. At the end of the
process the B8MB will vote on the issue.

Available options for rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info are:
- leave the group as it is
- remove the group

For more information on the removal process, please see 

http://www.big-8.org/wiki/Group_Removal_FAQ

CHANGE HISTORY:

2010-05-20	First probe post
2010-08-09	Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2010-08-23	1st RFD