Moderator Vacancy Investigation: comp.infosystems.www.announce
Alexander Bartolich
moderated group comp.infosystems.www.announce
This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup comp.infosystems.www.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 to this group resulted in bounces.
www-an...@boutell.com
(generated from comp-infosyste...@moderators.isc.org)
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<www-an...@boutell.com>:
host boutell.com [66.98.244.87]: 450 <www-an...@boutell.com>:
Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table:
retry timeout exceeded
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
comp.infosystems.www.announce World-Wide Web announcements. (Moderated)
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.infosystems.www.announce
CHARTER OF COMP.INFOSYSTEMS.WWW.ANNOUNCE
comp.infosystems.www.announce (moderated) is the Usenet incarnation of
a resource with an http/HTML means of access as well as conventional
newsreader access. The purpose of the group is to announce the
following events specifically related to the World-Wide Web:
a. New World-Wide Web resources and sites
b. Changes to URL's of existing Web resources and sites
c. New World-Wide Web resources and server, client, and supporting
software
d. New releases/versions of existing Web resources and server,
client, and supporting software.
This group does NOT post the following types of announcements:
a. Blatant advertising other than the announcement of the
availability of more information about a product or
service via a Web page
b. "Make Money Fast" or any other chain-letter-like message
c. Announcements of resources not accessible on the World-Wide
Web
Follow-ups will be sent to comp.infosystems.www.misc.
ANNOUNCEMENT PROCEDURE AND FORMAT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Announcers should send their plain-text (not HTML) messages via e-mail
to www-an...@medio.com. Questions about announcements should go to
the group's moderator, M. L. Grant (gra...@medio.com).
**Announcements which contain broken links or do not follow the
format below will be sent back to the originator.**
All announcements of a new or changed URL are presented in the
following format:
<URL:protocol://site[:PORT]/path/to/file/or/directory/>
Please note that [ and ] around PORT indicate that this part
of the URL is optional.
For example:
<URL:http://www.halcyon.com/grant/index.html>
Announcements should include one of the following ID words in CAPS
in the Subject: line if possible:
ARCHIVE -- BOOK -- BROWSER -- EDUCATION -- ENTERTAINMENT --
FAQ -- GAMES -- INFO -- K-12 -- MAGAZINE -- MISC --
PERSONAL [for home pages] -- SERVER -- SHOPPING -- SOFTWARE -- SPORTS
Use of a subject ID word is optional, and this list is expandable. The
moderator, M. L. Grant (gra...@medio.com), will take suggestions.
The announcement should be short--less than 75 lines--and to the
point. Announcers should not include surveys, polls, application
forms, or the like in their post; such addenda will be excised before
posting. Likewise, announcers should not quote price lists or extensive
catalog-style descriptions. Instead, a post should provide pointers,
in the format described above, to those resources.
MODERATOR AND BACKUP MODERATORS:
Moderator is M. L. Grant (gra...@medio.com).
First backup moderator is Glenn Davis (gda...@infi.net).
Second backup moderator is Tim Pierce (twpi...@midway.uchicago.edu).
MODERATOR'S DUTIES:
a. Modify all posts which do not conform to the above format, which is
the format that most Web browsers can read to provide working
links to the announced resource.
b. Test all URL's and inform the announcer of incorrect links
within 24 to 48 hours of receiving the announcement.
c. Post correct announcements within 24 to 48 hours of receiving
the correct, working URL's.
d. Post this charter, the charters of the other comp.infosystems.www.*
groups, and World-Wide-Web-related FAQ's and documents biweekly
(every two weeks).
e. Turn over the duties of moderating to the backup moderators--
first to Glenn Davis (gda...@infi.net), second to Tim Pierce
(twpi...@midway.uchicago.edu)--in the event of vacations or other
happenings that may interfere with the performing of these duties.
DISCLAIMER:
The moderator claims no responsibility for the safety, legality,
or morality of the resources announced. Announcements of material
which some may consider offensive may or may not be labelled as
such. The choice to access or not to access any page is left to the
user at all times; such is the nature of the World-Wide Web.
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
comp.infosystems.www.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote
for creation by 602:19 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 5 Jan 1995.
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander...@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:
2009-10-29 First probe post
2010-01-10 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
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Alexander Bartolich
moderated group comp.infosystems.www.announce
This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove moderated
newsgroup comp.infosystems.www.announce.
RATIONALE:
Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.
www-an...@boutell.com
(generated from comp-infosyste...@moderators.isc.org)
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<www-an...@boutell.com>:
host boutell.com [66.98.244.87]: 450 <www-an...@boutell.com>:
Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table:
retry timeout exceeded
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
comp.infosystems.www.announce World-Wide Web announcements. (Moderated)
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.infosystems.www.announce
comp.infosystems.www.misc
CHARTER OF COMP.INFOSYSTEMS.WWW.ANNOUNCE
MODERATOR AND BACKUP MODERATORS:
MODERATOR'S DUTIES:
DISCLAIMER:
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander...@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.infosystems.www.announce 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:
2009-10-29 First probe post
2010-01-10 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2010-01-24 1st RFD
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Alexander Bartolich
RATIONALE:
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.infosystems.www.announce
comp.infosystems.www.misc
CHARTER OF COMP.INFOSYSTEMS.WWW.ANNOUNCE
MODERATOR AND BACKUP MODERATORS:
MODERATOR'S DUTIES:
DISCLAIMER:
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander...@gmx.at>
PROCEDURE:
http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi
CHANGE HISTORY:
2010-02-06 2nd RFD
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Big-8 Management Board
RATIONALE:
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.infosystems.www.announce
comp.infosystems.www.misc
CHARTER OF COMP.INFOSYSTEMS.WWW.ANNOUNCE
MODERATOR AND BACKUP MODERATORS:
MODERATOR'S DUTIES:
DISCLAIMER:
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander...@gmx.at>
PROCEDURE:
http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi
CHANGE HISTORY:
2010-02-21 LCC
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Big-8 Management Board
comp.infosystems.www.announce will be removed
The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 2010-02-21 initiated a five-day
period for final comments. Following this comment period, the Big-8
Management Board has decided by vote to remove moderated group
comp.infosystems.www.announce.
Vote results (yes-no-abstain): 10-0-0
RATIONALE:
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.infosystems.www.announce
comp.infosystems.www.misc
CHARTER OF COMP.INFOSYSTEMS.WWW.ANNOUNCE
MODERATOR AND BACKUP MODERATORS:
MODERATOR'S DUTIES:
DISCLAIMER:
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander...@gmx.at>
CHANGE HISTORY:
2009-10-29 First probe post
2010-01-10 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2010-01-24 1st RFD
2010-02-06 2nd RFD
2010-02-21 LCC
2010-03-02 RESULT
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