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Internet > Usenet
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Usenet Newsgroup Descriptions
Various kinds of newsgroup descriptions are maintained
in different places around the Internet. There are
three main places you can look for newsgroup descriptions:
- Charters. Some newsgroups regularly
post a description to the group that describes its intention. These descriptions
are
posted by the people involved with the newsgroup creation and/or administration.
If the group has such a description, it almost always includes the word "charter",
so you can quickly find it by searching the newsgroup
for that word.
- RFD. You can check to
see if the group
has an original "Request For Discussion" description in the archive of all news.announce.newgroups
postings from late 1989 to March 1996.
- Descriptions. Many newsgroups have short descriptions
at newsgroup review sites, although these are of varying quality. Sites
that contain newsgroup reviews include the following:
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