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Article #23Re: [Admin] Newsgroup Control Policy
From: Hospital Spray
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 05:00
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 05:00
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I hereby christen you fucknut #3 In article <2khhrjF2csbcU1@uni-berlin.de>, bc_van_usenet@fastmail.ca says... > > >Newsgroup Control Policy for bc.* and van.* hierarchies. > >1. Proposals for new bc/van groups or removal of same should be submitted to: >bc_van_usenet@fastmail.ca. > >2. After any needed editing, the proposal will be posted to bc.config. > >3. These proposals will be posted to bc.admin.announce, a newsgroup that will >not accept submissions or posts, which will serve as a place to post all >administrative-related posts including proposals, ballots, vote results, and >announcement of creation or removal of newsgroups. > >4. After the posting of the proposal, there will be a ten-day discussion period. > >4a. If there are significant changes, a new proposal will need to be submitted. > >5. If there are no significant changes, a ten-day voting period will occur. > >6. Any proposed newsgroup that receives 50% or more of the votes in favor of its >creation from a minimum of ten different voters will be made within five days of >the end of the vote barring any significant objection to the voting results. > >7. Removal of bc or van newsgroups shall follow the above procedure except that >two-thirds of the voters must approve removal and the newsgroup shall not have >more than an average of three posts per day over a thirty-day period (a total of >90 posts). > >8. Only one newsgroup may be included in a proposal to create or remove. > >9. Final decision on the name and description of proposed new newsgroups shall >be of the Administrator. > >10. Exceptions to the above: > >a) Administrative newsgroups shall be made or removed at the discretion of the >Administrator. > >b) Attempts to circumvent the above procedures will result in a reversal action >being taken as needed. > >c) Patently offensive proposals; groups that serve to promote or embarrass >individuals, websites, companies, products, or other entities; topics of a >clearly national or global interest; or other potential troublesome >newsgroups will be ignored. > >d) In the event of a major newsworthy occurrence in the Greater Vancouver and/or >British Columbian region along the order of the attack upon the World Trade >Center on 11 September 2001, the Administrator shall create a bc or van >newsgroup that shall include �current-event� in the name at their discretion and >remove same at a later date. This creation or removal of a �current-event� shall >bypass the discussion/voting procedure outlined above. > >11) Policy changes will be made as needed to adapt to prevailing conditions in >the bc.* hierarchy, van.* hierarchy, Usenet (in the greater NetNews sense), the >nntp protocol, or current News Administration practices at the discretion of the >Administrator. > >-END- > >-- >Rob Maxwell >Administrator >bc and van hierarchies > >
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