Re: [TIP] Where to find out how to create a newsgroup
From: Richard Henry (rphenry_at_home.com)
Date: 12/26/04
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Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 15:04:06 -0800
"Jon Bell" <jtbellq2f@presby.edu> wrote in message
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> One of the more frequently posted questions is "How can I create a new
> newsgroup?" The procedure depends on which "hierarchy" you want to create
> the group in, that is, the first component of the newsgroup name.
>
> Creating a new newsgroup in the comp, humanities, misc, news, rec, sci,
> soc or talk hierarchies involves first proposing the newsgroup in
> news.announce.newgroups, then conducting a "vote" among those Usenet
> readers who have an opinion on the proposed group. The entire process can
> take up to three months.
>
> Creating a new newsgroup in the "alt" hierarchy involves proposing it
> informally in alt.config, then (if the response is favorable) getting
> someone to send out a "newgroup control message" for the group if you
> don't know how to do it yourself.
>
> Other hierarchies have different procedures, or perhaps no formal
> procedure at all. If you want to create a new newsgroup in the
> (hypothetical!) podunk hierarchy, you might look for a newsgroup called
> podunk.config or podunk.general, and ask there about the proper procedure.
>
> For more details, see the following documents. You can find copies of
> (or links to) all of them, as well as links to newsgroup-creation
> documents for other hierarchies, at the following Web address:
>
> http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/ncreate.html
>
>
> BIG-EIGHT GROUPS
>
> (1) "Guidelines for Big Eight Newsgroup Creation", by Russ Allbery
>
> (a) in the newsgroup news.groups
>
> (b) on the Web at http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/faqs/big-eight.html
>
> (2) "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup", by David Lawrence [this is the
> old version of the "Guidelines" given above, and is listed here mainly for
> historical purposes]
>
> (a) in one of the following newsgroups: news.admin.misc,
> news.announce.newgroups, news.announce.newusers, news.answers,
> news.groups
>
> (b) on the Web at
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/creating-newsgroups/part1/
>
> (3) "Guidelines on Usenet Newsgroup Names", by David Wright and Mark
> Moraes
>
> (a) in one of the following newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,
> news.groups, news.admin.misc, alt.config, alt.answers,
news.answers
>
> (b) on the Web at
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/creating-newsgroups/naming/part1/
>
> (4) "How to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal", by Russ Allbery
>
> (a) in one of the following newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,
> news.groups
>
> (b) on the Web at:
> http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/usenet/newgroup/how-submit.faq
>
> (5) "How to Write a Good Newsgroup Proposal", by David Lawrence and Una
> Smith
>
> (a) in one of the following newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,
> news.groups
>
> (b) on the Web at:
> http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/usenet/newgroup/good-proposal.faq
>
>
> ALT GROUPS
>
> (6) "So You Want to Create an Alt Newsgroup", by David Barr
>
> (a) in one of the following newsgroups: alt.config, alt.answers,
> news.answers
>
> (b) on the Web at:
> http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/alt-creation-guide.html
>
> (7) "How to Write a Good Newgroup Message", by Brian Edmonds
>
> (a) in the newsgroup alt.config
>
> (b) on the Web at:
> http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/good-newgroup.html
>
>
> OTHER HIERARCHIES
>
> The Web site
>
> http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/ncreate.html
>
> has links to the newsgroup creation documents for the following
> hierarchies, in addition to the ones given above:
>
> biz business-oriented
> us United States
> aus Australia
> uk United Kingdom
> de German language
> fr French language
> es Spain
> nl Netherlands
> be Belgium
> sfnet Finnish language
>
>
> --
> Jon Bell <jtbellap8@presby.edu> Presbyterian College
> Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA
> [ Newsgroup information for beginners: ]
> [ http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/ ]
>
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