Subject: How does one create a new Usenet newsgroup??

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 Q: How does one create a new Usenet newsgroup?

 A: The creation of a Usenet newsgroup is quite a complicated
process. Not technically, but administratively. The creation process
is described in
  ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/doc-net/usenews.zip
  Usenet Netiquette, creating new newsgroups, etc advice
Among other things it involves a request for discussion (RFD), a
call for votes (CFV), a waiting period if the votes passes, the
actual creation by the Usenet authorities.
   I was involved in the creation of the two comp.archives.msdos
newsgroups even if the actual voting process was kindly taken care
by another person. I can assure you that it is much hard work and it
takes several months (yes, indeed) to go through the whole process.
Hence it is not realistic to make suggestions of creating new
newsgroups without careful consideration and groundwork.
   Carefully think is it really a newsgroup you wish to have. In
many cases, especially if the need is local, you might instead wish
to consider setting up a mailing list.

 A2: From Sethu Rathinam rathinam@ins.infonet.net. Reprinted with
permission.
   If you want to create a Usenet newsgroup, you need to read at
least the following documents - they are posted to news.answers
and/or news.groups periodically. Read these groups often for at
least 6 months before attempting to create a newsgroup.
  1. How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup
  2. So you want to Create an Alt Newsgroup
  3. Usenet Newsgroup Creation Companion
The above is a *minimum* requirement. Strong Advice: If you are in a
hurry to create a newsgroup, you shouldn't be creating one.

 A3: A point by David DeLaney dbd@martha.utcc.utk.edu. Before you do
anything else, you check to make sure that there are no existing
groups that already cover the area.
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