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Started by Raphael... Raphael Quinet
Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:00
Creating QUAKE newsgroups!
Author: Raphael... Raphael Quinet
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:00
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:00
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Greetings, fellow DOOMers (or people interested in similar games)! As most of you should know by now, the makers of DOOM will probably have another smash hit with QUAKE. There is already a newsgroup in which people talk about QUAKE: alt.games.quake. Unfortunately, this newsgroup does not have a good propagation (not many sites get it) and one newsgroup will certainly not be sufficient for handling the expected flood of articles that will be posted when QUAKE is released. Several people have proposed to create some newsgroups for QUAKE, preferably in the rec.* hierarchy in order to get a better propagation. Since this process will take some time (RFD, CFV, votes, etc.), it is better to start as soon as possible. A mailing list has been created for the purpose of discussing the creation of these newsgroups. The address of the list is: quake-p...@montefiore.ulg.ac.be If you are interested in this and you want to subscribe to this list, please send a message with the word "subscribe" in the subject or in the body to: quake-propo...@montefiore.ulg.ac.be Please note that this mailing list is for discussing the creation of QUAKE newsgroups, not the game itself. General discussion about the game will be done on the newsgroups, when they are created! On this mailing list, we will discuss the group creation process, choose the best names for the groups and eventually write a formal RFD that will be posted in news.groups, news.announce.newgroups, etc. If you are not interested in this, then you should not subscribe. No info about QUAKE will be posted on the mailing list. When you subscribe to the list, you will receive a welcome message which will tell you more about the mailing list, how to unsubscribe and how to use the archive server. It would be wise to keep this message for future reference. -Raphael -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WWW: http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~quinet (NEW: Updated DOOM page) | | E-mail: Raphael...@eed.ericsson.se or qui...@montefiore.ulg.ac.be | | S-mail: Raphael Quinet, 9 rue des Martyrs, 4550 Nandrin (Belgium) | | --* Read rec.games.computer.doom.editing for info and help about DEU. *-- | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Re: Creating QUAKE newsgroups!
Author: Raphael... Raphael Quinet
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 00:00
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In article <DDHEv...@cc.umontreal.ca>, duch...@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Ducharme Jean-Francois) writes: |> In article <40tb5t$i...@erinews.ericsson.se> Raphael...@eed.ericsson.se (Raphael Quinet) writes: |> >Several people have proposed to create some newsgroups for QUAKE, |> >preferably in the rec.* hierarchy in order to get a better propagation. |> >Since this process will take some time (RFD, CFV, votes, etc.), it is |> >better to start as soon as possible. A mailing list has been created |> >for the purpose of discussing the creation of these newsgroups. The |> >address of the list is: |> > |> Shouldn't all discussion about the creation of a new group be conducted |> inside usenet? This way it would be more accessible. The discussion about the creation of the Quake groups will of course be conducted inside Usenet. Specifically, a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) will be posted in all Doom- and Quake-related groups as well as in news.groups and news.announce.newgroups. The discussion itself will take place in news.groups. This is the usual way to discuss the creation of a new Usenet group. But the first thing to do is to decide which groups we need and write that RFD. This is the purpose of the mailing list. By having a first discussion on a mailing list, we will hopefully come up with a better RFD than if all preliminary issues had been discussed here. Furthermore, this will reduce the off-topic traffic in the Doom newsgroups. So if you want to help and give your opinions about what should be in the RFD, please subscribe to the mailing list by sending a message with the word "subscribe" in the subject or body, to the following address: quake-propo...@montefiore.ulg.ac.be (you will get a welcome message with more information, as soon as you are added to the list). -Raphael -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WWW: http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~quinet (NEW: Updated DOOM page) | | E-mail: Raphael...@eed.ericsson.se or qui...@montefiore.ulg.ac.be | | S-mail: Raphael Quinet, 9 rue des Martyrs, 4550 Nandrin (Belgium) | | --* Read rec.games.computer.doom.editing for info and help about DEU. *-- | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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