Nan:2010-04-04-mvi-comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce
From Usenet Big-8 Management Board
From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at> Subject: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 16:53:32 EDT Message-ID: <hpaj9u$5ei$1@news.albasani.net> MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI) moderated group comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because moderated newsgroup comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce is not functioning, and may have been abandoned by its moderator(s). This investigation will attempt to verify the reasons for non-function, and may result in the removal of the group or the selection and instal- lation of a new moderator. In practice, the Big-8 Management Board considers the third alternative--changing the status of the group from moderated to unmoderated--as likely to cause more harm than good. RATIONALE: Probe posts showed no result. According to Google's archive the last regular post was approved on 2006-08-16. NEWSGROUPS LINE: comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce Delphi related announcements. (Moderated) DISTRIBUTION: news.announce.newgroups news.groups.proposals comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce comp.lang.misc CHARTER OF COMP.LANG.PASCAL.DELPHI.ANNOUNCE A moderated newsgroup for the posting of announcements and information relating to Borland Delphi. This includes one-shot announcements such as: New/revised components, libraries and tools for Delphi Publication of books and magazines on using Delphi Web and FTP sites devoted to Delphi Users-group formation and meetings In addition periodic postings such as Delphi FAQs, FAQ pointers and HOWTOs are encouraged. Among the types of article not appropriate for posting are employment related announcements or articles containing binaries or significant amounts of source code. In all cases, follow ups are to be directed elsewhere in the comp.lang.pascal.delphi.* hierarchy. The purpose of moderation is to keep the group within its fairly narrow charter. Follow ups and other general posts are to be rejected with a pointer to a more suitable group. It is also the moderator's duty to verify the URLs of Web and FTP sites to confirm that they are reachable and contain Delphi related material. HISTORY OF THE GROUP: comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 219:21 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 12 Apr 1996. PROPONENT: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at> PROCEDURE: Those who wish to comment on this moderator vacancy investigation should subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant threads in that newsgroup. To this end, the followup header of this MVI has been set to news.groups.proposals. For more information on the MVI process, please see http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi CHANGE HISTORY: 2009-11-24 First probe post 2010-04-04 Moderator Vacancy Investigation