On Mar 7, 2:50*pm, Usenet Big 5 > wrote:
> 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 rec.food.cooking.
>
> 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.media 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.
>
> rec.food.cooking.media (unmoderated) Cookbooks, cookbook authors, tv
> shows, movies.
>
> 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 favorite fast food restaurant?"
> "What is your least favorite fast food restaurant?" *Etc, etc.
>
> Discussion will run for a minumum 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.

Sorry, this newsgroup has been this way for years. Sometimes on
topic, sometimes way offtopic. People come and go, splitting it up
seems pointless to me.