Re: RFD: Periodic FAQ & Charter post

Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_badaddress.net> wrote in message news:<3FC628F4.3169B73_at_badaddress.net>...
> The following is a Request for Discussion, following up on some recent
> posts about distributing a periodic news group 'Charter and FAQ' post.
> While not formally following RFC/RFD rules, the intent is to use the
> rules as a guide for the discussion and make a more formal Request for
> Comment and a follow-up formal vote, possibly before year-end.
>
> Proposal:
>
> That the following be posted weekly for this news group:
>
> >> Start of proposed content >>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: News group Charter and brief FAQ
>
> Charter: (Based on formal RFC vote in December 1996)
>
> Comp.databases.oracle has been renamed comp.databases.oracle.misc.
> Please do not post to this newsgroup anymore.
>
> For more information, refer to http://www.orafaq.com/usenet/charter5.htm
> --------
> Netiquette & News group FAQ:
>
> 1) Alternate sources
>
> Readers are encouraged to do their own research and to use alternate
> related resources before posting a question. Common sources:
>
> From Oracle -
>
> General product information at OTN: http://otn.oracle.com
> Code examples: OTN >> Code Samples
> Installation examples: Code Samples >> Oracle By Example
> All Documentation: http://docs.oracle.com
> Error messages lookup: Documentation
>
> Other -
>
> General Oracle FAQ: http://orafaq.com
>
> 2) Posting Guidelines
>
> When posting a question, indicate the following information:
>
> * Oracle product name, feature (if appropriate) and version
> * Operating system & version
> * If code related, post the actual code
> * If message related, post the actual message
>
> 3) Cross posting
>
> Please do not cross-post to any other comp.database.oracle news group.
> If the topic can not be determined from the charter of each group, post
> to comp.oracle.database.misc only.
>
> 4) SPAM and Commercial Messages
>
> The posting of commercial message, messages intended to promote the sale
> of a product or service are expressly forbidden in this group. Please
> restrict commercial messages to comp.database.oracle.marketplace
>
> 5) Netiquette
>
> Users are encouraged to follow Netiquette guidelines as described in
> Virginia Shea's online book 'Netiquette', online version available at
> http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/index.html
>
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> << end of proposed content <<
>
> Discussion to be closed on December 24, 2003, followed by a formal call
> for Votes.
>
> Discussion topics to include:
>
> - volunteer individual or organization responsible for maintaining and
> delivering this posting
> - actual content of the post
> - format of the post
> - frequency of the post
> - and, of course, typos
>
> This RFD initiated by Hans Forbrich
>
> (Comparable RFDs for comp.database.oracle, comp.database.oracle.tools
> and comp.database.oracle.marketplace to be released within the next 2
> days.)
>
> export reply-to = `echo $from | sed -e 's/badaddress/telus/'`

Hans,

The .server, .misc, and .tools, and .marketplace have been the result of a discussion to split comp.databases.oracle 'Officially' comp.databases.oracle doesn't exist anymore, and many providers (eg my own) do not distribute it anymore. One would do better to discourage posting to comp.databases.oracle, making it finally extinct.

Regards

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Fri Nov 28 2003 - 13:28:41 CET