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The Creation of HPO - RFD Period

The links below are to archives of Usenet postings related to the creation of the newsgroup humanities.philosophy.objectivism. For information on how these links are organized, see the Introduction.

After some initial discussion about a new newsgroup, an official Request for Discussion (RFD) was issued. An RFD is part of the formal process for creating new groups in the so-called "Big-8" hierarchies. Two RFDs (an original and a revision) were issued for h.p.o. The first RFD generated a lot of discussion. The second RFD prompted very little direct response, most of which is included here.

RFD: humanities.philosophy.objectivism moderated

Jason Kuznicki
... Russ Allbery
...... Ken Arromdee
...... Betsy Speicher
... Tony Donadio
...... Karen Lofstrom
......... Nicholas Rich
... Paul Hsieh
... Matt Keys
... Jim Klein
... Jim Miller
... Steve Reed
...... Lawrence M Sanger
......... Steve Reed
... Nicholas Rich
... Tim Skirvin
...... Betsy Speicher
... Greg Swann
... Jimmy Wales

... Subthread - How the moderation would be handled

...... Betsy Speicher
......... Lawrence M Sanger
............ Betsy Speicher
............ Tony Donadio
............ Clinton Brome
............... Tony Donadio
.................. Russ Allbery
.................. Lawrence M Sanger
..................... Tony Donadio
..................... Betsy Speicher
..................... Brad Aisa
............ David Friedman
............... Betsy Speicher
.................. Nicholas Rich
..................... Betsy Speicher
........................ Nicholas Rich
........................... Steve Reed
.............................. Brad Aisa
................................. Steve Reed
.............................. Jason Kuznicki
............... Steve Reed
.................. Betsy Speicher
............... Jason Kuznicki
............... Bruce Baugh

... Subthread - Excluding Neo-Tech for net-abuse

...... David Friedman
........ Betsy Speicher
............ Tony Donadio
............... Steve Reed
............... Nicholas Rich
.................. Jason Kuznicki

... Subthread - Content moderation

...... John Alway
......... Betsy Speicher
............ John Alway
............... Betsy Speicher

... Subthread - Crossposting

...... James E. Prescott
......... Betsy Speicher
............ Steve Reed
............... Betsy Speicher
............ James E. Prescott
............... Bruce Baugh
......... Paul Hsieh
............ James E. Prescott
............... Paul Hsieh
................. James E. Prescott
..................... Paul Hsieh
........................ James E. Prescott
........................... Jason Kuznicki
.............................. Jim May
................................. Paul Hsieh
.................................... Jason Kuznicki
.................................... Jim May

... Subthread - Crossposting to alt.philosophy.objectivism

...... Lawrence M Sanger
......... Brad Aisa
......... Tom Radcliffe
............ Lawrence M Sanger
............... Tom Radcliffe
.................. Lawrence M Sanger
..................... Brad Aisa
..................... Gary G Forbis
........................ Lawrence M Sanger

... Subthread - The fate of alt.philosophy.objectivism

...... Betsy Speicher
......... Jim Miller
............ Betsy Speicher
............... Jim Miller
.................. Betsy Speicher
............ Jason Kuznicki
......... James E. Prescott
............ Betsy Speicher
............ Paul Hsieh
............... Jim Miller
.................. Paul Hsieh
..................... Jim Miller
........................ Jason Kuznicki

2nd RFD: humanities.philosophy.objectivism moderated

Jason Kuznicki
... Brad Aisa
...... Jimmy Wales
......... Jason Kuznicki
............ Brad Aisa

After the RFD discussion, an official Call for Votes (CFV) was issued for the proposed newsgroup.

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