RFD: Periodic FAQ & Charter post

From: Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_badaddress.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:59:36 GMT
Message-ID: <3FC52258.A534154C@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:

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Subject: News group Charter and brief FAQ

Charter: (Based on formal RFC vote, as of December 1996)

Comp.databases.oracle.misc is a news group where topics generally related to the use of software from Oracle Corporation may be posted. This group provides a forum for topics which do not fall within any of the more specific comp.databases.oracle subgroups.

This news group is not intended as a marketplace where employment advertisements or commercial announcements may be posted. These should be directed to comp.databases.oracle.marketplace (unless it is not created by the CFV).

For more information, refer to http://www.orafaq.com/usenet/charter3.htm

Netiquette & News group FAQ:

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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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, comp.database.oracle.server and comp.database.oracle.marketplace to be released within the next 2 days.) Received on Wed Nov 26 2003 - 15:59:36 CST