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 in December 1996)
Comp.databases. oracle has been renamed comp.databases. oracle.misc.
Please do not post to this newsgroup anymore.
For more information, refer to http://www.orafaq.com/usenet/charter5.htm
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Netiquette & News group FAQ:
1) 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.o racle news group.
If the topic can not be determined from the charter of each group, post
to comp.oracle.dat abase.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.o racle.marketpla ce
5) Netiquette
Users are encouraged to follow Netiquette guidelines as described in
Virginia Shea's online book 'Netiquette', online version available at
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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.o racle, comp.database.o racle.tools
and comp.database.o racle.marketpla ce to be released within the next 2
days.)
export reply-to = `echo $from | sed -e 's/badaddress/telus/'`
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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>> Start of proposed content >>[/color][/color]
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Subject: News group Charter and brief FAQ
Charter: (Based on formal RFC vote in December 1996)
Comp.databases. oracle has been renamed comp.databases. oracle.misc.
Please do not post to this newsgroup anymore.
For more information, refer to http://www.orafaq.com/usenet/charter5.htm
--------
Netiquette & News group FAQ:
1) 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.o racle news group.
If the topic can not be determined from the charter of each group, post
to comp.oracle.dat abase.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.o racle.marketpla ce
5) Netiquette
Users are encouraged to follow Netiquette guidelines as described in
Virginia Shea's online book 'Netiquette', online version available at
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<< end of proposed content <<
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.o racle, comp.database.o racle.tools
and comp.database.o racle.marketpla ce to be released within the next 2
days.)
export reply-to = `echo $from | sed -e 's/badaddress/telus/'`
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