From: Hirobi Yagamuchi EUROPE COM> Date: 25 nov 2002 Subject: Re: How to create a rec.* newsgroup (was Re: fa.shogi newsgroup & ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeroen J.-W. Tiggelman" XS4ALL NL> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:08:44 +0100 > Hirobi Yagamuchi wrote: > > Why is there no rec.games.shogi newsgroup? > > Because no one took the trouble to get it created. > > > Wouldn't it make sense to set one up? What would be required to do that? > > Since the "rec" hierarchy is one of the "big eight", this would require > a formal process. The group would need to be proposed in news.groups > (request for discussion, call for votes, etc.), and it would need to > pass the requirements (which last time I checked involved both a certain > ratio between YES and NO votes and an absolute difference--but this is > a while ago). > > I am not 100% sure this is an authoritative site, but this certainly > looks like the FAQ: > http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/faqs/big-eight.html Thanks for the info. So who's a regular on this mailing list who is willing to take the bull by the horns and do something great for shogi worldwide by taking the initiative and getting a rec.games.shogi newsgroup going? -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup One click access to the Top Search Engines http://www.exactsearchbar.com/mailcom