Creation of Newsgroups

Before you decide to create and alt.* or free.* group, inform yourself about the hierarchies.

The following pages will provide you with a very easy explanation how you soon have a new Newsgroup running on the Usenet. I will mainly refer to alt.* groups here, free.* groups don't have any real rules, you can create groups as you like and whenever you like. The other hierarchies are not directly controlled by users and only certain "moderators" are allowed to create groups (what they might do on requests when done correctly), but very often your group will also get rejected for marginally reasons.

If you intend to create a Big-8 group or a regional group, take a look to the links below, they will provide you with the necessary information. If you intent to create a moderated group, first read the FAQs about group moderation on the bottom of this page. If you are unsure what hierarchy to take, check out the links to Deja that you also will find on the bottom of this page, so you can take a look at those hierarchies.

Links

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Other Links

• Details about moderated Newsgroups:
   Moderation FAQ
   Another FAQ about moderation
   

• You can take a look at many of the available hierarchies with Deja:
   International hierarchies on Deja
   Regional hierarchies on Deja (even more than in the table above)

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