news.newusers.questions: Creating New Newsgroups
Complete information on how to create newsgroups, in the Big 8 hierarchy, alt.*, and a few other assorted hierarchies.
How to Create a New Alt Newsgroup
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.
How to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal
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).
The Big Eight Newsgroup Creation Process
Documents the process to create, rename, remove, or change the moderation status of newsgroups in the Big Eight hierarchies. Written by Russ Allbery.
How to Create a New Big-8 Newsgroup
How to create a new usenet newsgroup in one of the Big-8 hierarchies. Written by David Lawrence.
How To Write a Good Newgroup Message for Alt
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.
Guidelines for Group Creation in the UK hierarchy
Newsgroup creation process within uk.*
Free.uk.* newsgroups
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.
Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
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.*.
So You Want to Create an Alt Newsgroup
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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