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  • Comp.infosystems.gemini RFD

    From noscript@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 8 10:13:41 2021
    REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) This is a formal Request for Discussion
    (RFD) for the creation of the unmoderated newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gemini

    NEWSGROUPS LINE:

    comp.infosystems.gemini, Discussion about new gemini internet protocol

    RATIONALE:

    The Gemini community largely exists in the form of a mailing list. A
    newsgroup would be a natural compliment to the existing mailing list as
    well as a mirror for newsgroup messages.

    This topic has already been proposed to the mailing list community with positive results. See: https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007227.html

    CHARTER:

    comp.infosystems.gemini is a forum for announcements and conversation
    within the Gemini communitity. It is an unmoderated forum. Users are
    encouraged to self-moderate via filters and kill files in their
    newsreader software.

    MODERATION POLICY: unmoderated

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  • From Matija Nalis@21:1/5 to noscript on Tue Oct 12 10:34:11 2021
    On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 10:13:41 CST, noscript <september@noulin.net> wrote:
    REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) This is a formal Request for Discussion
    (RFD) for the creation of the unmoderated newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gemini

    NEWSGROUPS LINE:

    comp.infosystems.gemini, Discussion about new gemini internet protocol

    Description line should be improved.

    - "Discussion about" is redundant, every newsgroup is for "Discussion about" something.
    - "new" is misleading, even if protocol is new today, that same description will
    still be there in 20 years
    - "gemini" is contained in the newgroups name, so also redundant.

    so what remains is just "internet protocol", which is useful. However, it completely lacks information what that internet protocol is about, so that should be added instead of useless stuff mentioned before.


    CHARTER:

    comp.infosystems.gemini is a forum for announcements and conversation
    within the Gemini communitity. It is an unmoderated forum. Users are

    It would also be nice to add a sentence or two what Gemini is.
    Is it about talking about software used on NASA Gemini from 1960s?
    Or the infosystems used on Gemini Planet Imager (an instrument for
    observing extrasolar planets)? Or Gemini Observatory? Or maybe about
    SCO Gemini (UnixWare/OpenServer merger project)?

    etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini

    *Some* idea about what the group is about should be directly discernable
    from short group oneliner description, but more details should be provided
    in its charter.


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