"Usenet Support Personnel" > wrote in message
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> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the reorganization of
> the unmoderated newsgroup, rec.food.cooking.
>
> This RFD is being posted to news.announce.newgroups, news.groups,
> rec.food.cooking, rec.food.drink, rec.food.historic, rec.food.recipes,
> rec.food.sourdough, rec.food.veg and rec.food.veg.cooking, with followups
> set to news.groups. All discussion regarding this proposal should take
> place in news.groups.
>
>
> Rationale: Rec.food.cooking has been a high-volume newsgroup for several
> years, and the subject of splitting has been brought up with a fair amount
> of regularity. Traditionally, rec.food.cooking has been an amazingly
> civil,
> calm and flame-free newsgroup, so a split never seemed to be justified.
>
> However, in recent weeks the noise level and number of inappropriate posts
> has skyrocketed, and polite pointers to the FAQs (which usually did the
> trick before) now go ignored or become targets for flames. I feel that
> splitting rec.food.cooking will help bring back the focus that it once
> had.
>
>
> Proposal: rec.food.cooking be split into 5 unmoderated groups:
>
> rec.food.cooking.misc
> rec.food.cooking.cookware
> rec.food.cooking.recipes
> rec.food.cooking.books
> rec.food.cooking.discuss
>
> Charters:
>
> rec.food.cooking.misc (unmoderated)
> What rfc used to be and should be. For general cooking discussion. This
> newsgroup will replace rec.food.cooking.
>
> rec.food.cooking.cookware (unmoderated)
> Bread machines, microwaves, crockpots, knives, cutting boards, glass-top
> stoves, barbecues, cast iron, woks, Calphalon, aluminum, dehydrators,
> pasta makers, rice cookers, etc.
>
> rec.food.cooking.recipes (unmoderated)
> Recipes and requests. Before you say that this is redundant with
> rec.food.recipes, from moderating rec.food.recipes, I've discovered
> that crossposting between rec.food.cooking and rec.food.recipes is
> virtually non-existent. Recipe management software discussion should
> go in here as well.
>
> rec.food.cooking.books (unmoderated)
> Cookbooks, cookbook authors, tv shows.
>
> rec.food.cooking.discuss (unmoderated)
> For all the spam and tripe that currently plagues the group. For flames,
> rumors, controversial topics (such as food poisoning), the $250 cookie,
> and those threads that bear marginal relevance that seem to go on forever
> like, "What did you have for dinner last night?" "What is your favourite
> fast food restaurant?" "What is your least favourite fast food
> restaurant?" Etc, etc.
>
>
> Discussion will run for a minimum of 21 days. The newsgroups in this
> proposal are subject to change, and if major changes are necessary, the
> discussion period may be extended an additional 7 days.
>
> A Call for Votes (CFV) will be posted after the end of the discussion
> period. The vote will be run by a neutral third party.
>
> This RFD attempts to fully comply with Usenet newsgroup creation
> guidelines
> set in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup". Please refer to this
> document if you have questions about the process.

I vote "no".