REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
reorganization of rec.arts.anime.*
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the reorganization of a
Usenet hierarchy, as listed below:
NEWSGROUPS:
rec.arts.anime.games Group will be removed.
rec.arts.anime.models Group will be removed.
rec.arts.anime.music Group will be removed.
RATIONALE:
First the numbers -- the first number is the total posts for the year
2007,
and the second number is the total posts for the month of December 2007.
rec.arts.anime.creative 133 4
rec.arts.anime.fandom 524 18
rec.arts.anime.games 4 0
rec.arts.anime.info 33 3
rec.arts.anime.marketplace 266 17
rec.arts.anime.models 55 2
rec.arts.anime.music 64 5
[There were 10s of 1000s of posts in rec.arts.anime.misc last year.]
As can be seen by the above numbers, four newsgroups had less than 100
posts
in all of last year [2007]. rec.arts.anime.info is a moderated newsgroup
that had an unhealthy moderator that recently passed away, hence the low
traffic. Furthermore, there is some desire to retain the newsgroup, with
the
addition of a new moderator(s) at a later date.
Of the remaining three, what little discussion there was previously in
rec.arts.anime.games and rec.arts.anime.music, has migrated to
rec.arts.anime.misc. rec.arts.anime.models is mostly eBay ads with the
rare
on-topic post garnering one to zero replies. Given the near absence of
on-topic traffic, I propose the removal of these three newsgroups.
HISTORY:
All three were newgrouped as part of the second rec.arts.anime.*
sub-hierarchical reorganization on March 18, 1996.
PROCEDURE:
For more information on the newsgroup creation process, please see:
http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:creation
Those who wish to influence the development of this RFD and its final
resolution should subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in
the
relevant threads in that newsgroup. This is both a courtesy to groups in
which discussion of creating a new group is off-topic as well as the best
method of making sure that one's comments or criticisms are heard.
All discussion of active proposals should be posted to
news.groups.proposals.
To this end, the 'Followup-To' header of this RFD has been set to this
group.
If desired by the readership of closely affected groups, the discussion
may be crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken to ensure
that all discussion appears in news.groups.proposals as well.
We urge those who would like to read or post in the proposed newsgroup
to make a comment to that effect in this thread; we ask proponents to
keep a list of such positive posts with the relevant message ID
(e.g., Barney Fife, <4JGdnb60fsMzHA7ZnZ2dnUVZ_rWdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>).
Such lists of positive feedback for the proposal may constitute good
evidence that the group will be well-used if it is created.
DISTRIBUTION:
This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:
news.announce.newgroups (moderated)
news.groups.proposals (moderated)
rec.arts.anime.games
rec.arts.anime.models
rec.arts.anime.music
PROPONENT:
Rob Maxwell <robu-san@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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CHANGE HISTORY:
2008-01-16 1st RFD
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