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<h1>THE BIG EIGHT NEWSGROUP CREATION PROCESS</h1>
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NOTE: This document is now obsolete.  It is maintained solely for
historical reference, but this process is no longer being used for the
creation or modification of newsgroups in the Big Eight hierarchy.
See &lt;<a href="https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Main_Page">https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Main_Page</a>&gt; for information on how
proposals are currently being handled.
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<h2>INTRODUCTION</h2>

<p>
These guidelines document the process to create, rename, remove, or change
the moderation status of newsgroups in the Big Eight hierarchies (those
newsgroups with names starting with comp.*, humanities.*, misc.*, news.*,
rec.*, sci.*, soc.*, and talk.*).  Proposals under this process must go
through a discussion phase, a voting phase, and a verification phase as
described below.
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For information on how to submit a proposal and advice on working within
this process, please see the FAQs posted to news.announce.newgroups and
news.groups.
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<p>
New group proponents should be aware that the entire process typically
takes three months, and must be followed precisely.  Those who have not
proposed a group before may wish to ask group-mentors at lists.eyrie.org
for assistance.  Processes for creating groups in other hierarchies, such
as alt.*, are often quite different and sometimes much less formal; please
see the appropriate groups within those hierarchies for details.
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The goal of this process is to reach consensus on a relatively stable list
of widely useful newsgroups that can be used without change at many Usenet
sites.  A Usenet site should be able to use the results of this process to
determine the list of newsgroups to carry and their moderation status
without needing to separately evaluate at each site whether a given
newsgroup should be added or dropped.  The process is biased in favor of
stability and requires that new newsgroups meet a minimum standard of
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