Announcement of a request for discussion on a new unmoderated newsgroup.
Official discussion will take place on "news.groups".
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
unmoderated group comp.os.os2.ecomstation
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a world-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup comp.os.os2.ecomstation. This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural details are below.
Newsgroup line: comp.os.os2.ecomstation Discussion of the Serenity Systems operating system eComStation.
RATIONALE: comp.os.os2.ecomstation
The newsgroup 'comp.os.os2.ecomstation' would be a forum for discussing issues related to the use of the eComStation operating system, a licensed version of IBM's OS/2 from Serenity Systems Intl.
Currently, the comp.os.os2.* newsgroups are used as a resource for asking and answering questions regarding all OS/2 versions, including eComStation. OS/2 is the major operating system upon which eComstation is based, however eComStation has gained sufficient interest to support its own newsgroup.
In addition, the general audience for questions regarding eComStation and Serenity Systems differ from the audience interested in general IBM OS/2 questions. Therefore, it seems appropriate for eComStation to gain its own newsgroup for eComStation-specific questions.
Appropriate discussion in the group will involve eComStation and other eComStation-related products (including Serenity Virtual Station.) Some examples of topics that should be posted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation:
- General questions regarding the installation and operation of eComStation
- Questions regarding eComStation specific programming
- Discussion of eComStation related technologies
- Questions regarding application software and hardware support
- eComstation user advocacy and debate
While several unmoderated online fora dedicated to eComStation do exist and have a large amount of traffic, experience shows that the lack of a unified forum hampers the development of a decent discussion.
The only other unmoderated newsgroups that offers some room for such discussions today are in comp.os.os2.*. However, eComStation differs significantly enough from the base OS/2 that discussions regarding it may not be relivant at all to the general OS/2 user. Discussions involving eComStaion have comprised a significant portion of the traffic in the comp.os.os2 hierarchy to the point where it may be distracting for the eComStation user and general OS/2 user alike.
The separation of eComStation issues from general comp.os.os2.* topics will hence avoid user confusion and avoid disagreement on the general relevance of eComStation in relation to OS/2 which was felt to be unsatisfactory by all parties.
CHARTER: comp.os.os2.ecomstation
comp.os.os2.ecomstation is an unmoderated newsgroup for discussion of the eComStation operating system and related technologies.
Posting guidelines:
1) Posts must be related to the discussion of eComStation, which includes all the modern aspects of operating eComStation as well as related topics, but excludes general OS/2 topics, unless a direct relevance to eComstation can be made explicit. Original and interesting criticism of eComStation is welcome.
2) Posts should not be made if they contain personal attacks, incitement to retribution (i.e. flames and obvious trolling), or general hostility.
Clearly inappropriate postings include:
(1) Personal attacks;
(2) Discussion that isn't about or related to eComStation
(3) Multiple messages that all say the same or very similar things; and
(4) Overly speculative postings and postings that are "not even wrong."
3) Posts may include links to websites or personal pages that contain relevant and on-topic information about eComStation.
4) Posting of binary files is prohibited. Short segments of source code or quotes from papers may be posted; however, large projects and complete papers should be archived elsewhere, and a link to the download site included in the post.
END CHARTER.
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion warrants it. Please do not
attempt to vote until this happens.
All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any questions about the process.
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
comp.os.os2.misc
comp.os.os2.advocacy
comp.os.os2.announce
Proponent: Jason Stefanovich Source: OS2VOICE