On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:13:36 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 8:17:47 PM UTC-10, Usenet Support Personnel 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 news.groups. All
>> discussion regarding this proposal should take place in news.groups.
>>
>> Rationale: Rec.food.cooking has been a high-volume newsgroup for
>> many years, and the subject of splitting has been brought up with
>> a fair amount of regularity. Traditionally, rec.food.cooking had
>> been an amazingly civil, calm and flame-free newsgroup, so a split
>> never seemed to be justified.
>>
>> However, in recent years 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 favorite fast
>> food restaurant?" "What is your least favorite 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.
>
>Thank God for Google Groups, eh?

Yes, Google Groups makes Usenet inclusive. Retards can use newsgroups
too. Thanks, Google!