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Usenet, or Netnews, is a world-wide distributed discussion system. Sites in this category explain how to create new Usenet newsgroups, or discussion fora.
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Free.uk.* newsgroups
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In the free.* hierarchy, anyone can set up a new group. Here are simple instructions how to create a new newsgroup in the free.uk.* hierarchy and a list of newsservers which carry the free.uk.* groups.
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Guidelines for Group Creation in the UK hierarchy
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Newsgroup creation process within uk.*
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How to Create a New Alt Newsgroup
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A very detailed set of step-by-step instructions on how to create an alt.* group. Related links concerning group creation guidelines in other hierarchies and FAQs about moderated groups.
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How to Create a New Big-8 Newsgroup
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How to create a new usenet newsgroup in one of the Big-8 hierarchies. Written by David Lawrence.
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How to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal
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For those who are preparing to propose the creation or reorganization of a group in the comp, humanities, misc, news, rec, sci, soc, or talk hierarchies (known collectively as the Big Eight).
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How To Write a Good Newgroup Message for Alt
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Detailed explanations on "newgroup" messages for alt.* groups, the type of control message which creates a newsgroup, and the correct way to write and send them.
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news.newusers.questions: Creating New Newsgroups
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Complete information on how to create newsgroups, in the Big 8 hierarchy, alt.*, and a few other assorted hierarchies.
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The Big Eight Newsgroup Creation Process
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Documents the process to create, rename, remove, or change the moderation status of newsgroups in the Big Eight hierarchies. Written by Russ Allbery.
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Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
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Group that administers the votes used in the Big 8 hierarchy to decide whether to create a newsgroup. Policies, vote-counting software, and status on current/upcoming/recent votes. The Big 8 is comp.*, humanities.*, misc.*, news.*, rec.*, sci.*, soc.*, and talk.*.
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So You Want to Create an Alt Newsgroup
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Guide to creating Usenet groups in the alt.* hierarchy. Creating a successful alt newsgroup depends only on convincing news administrators tocarry your newsgroup. Here are tips to help you achieve this.
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