Nan:2010-04-19-rfd-comp.os.os2.moderated
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From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at> Subject: 1st RFD: comp.os.os2.moderated moderated (remove) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:03:36 EDT Message-ID: <hqht90$fbn$1@news.albasani.net> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) moderated group comp.os.os2.moderated This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove moderated newsgroup comp.os.os2.moderated. RATIONALE: Probe posts showed no result. According to Google's archive the last regular post was approved on 2006-09-26. NEWSGROUPS LINE: comp.os.os2.moderated OS/2 usage tips, info, discussion. (Moderated) DISTRIBUTION: news.announce.newgroups news.groups.proposals comp.os.os2.moderated comp.os.os2.misc CHARTER OF COMP.OS.OS2.MODERATED This newsgroup will provide a forum for moderated discussion of usage tips, information, and issues related to the OS/2 operating system. Moderators will eliminate * All crossposts * Posts that contain no information regarding the use of OS/2. * Patently inflammatory posts No attempt will be made to eliminate information that is incorrect, to evaluate whether a particular post is "interesting enough", or to censor discussions based on the opinions expressed. The only requirement will be that the discussion continue to relate to OS/2 and that it continue to be informative. The role of the moderators will be to create a newsgroup with civil and informative discussion threads. There will be a team of at least two, and not more than five, moderators. Each moderator will forward each rejected post to one of the other moderators, who will, at their option, either discard it or return it to the poster. The identity of the moderators will be known, but the moderator who rejected a particular post will not be revealed. The moderator team will, by vote, determine whether to redirect posts or to request that the submitter resubmit the posts to the proper newsgroup. The policy regarding redirection may be changed at any time and may be temporarily changed for any reason. Anyone may post a "call for votes" in an effort to join the moderator team. Not more than once per quarter, a slate of candidates will be posted in response, which lists the current moderators and the new candidates (identified as such). If a candidate receives at least 100 votes and receives more votes than an incumbant, then the candidate will replace the incumbant. If there are less than five moderators, the moderators will decide, by vote, whether to post a "call for votes" or to just vote on the candidate themselves. The coordinator will break ties. Moderators will choose, by vote, a coordinator. This coordinator may, but need not, be a moderator. HISTORY OF THE GROUP: comp.os.os2.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 563:19 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 24 Jun 1996. 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 comp.os.os2.moderated are: - leave the group as it is - remove the group 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 2010-04-19 1st RFD