RFD: rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy From: skeith@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Scott Keith) Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 23:32:07 +0000 Request for Discussion of rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy (unmoderated) Proposed by the following: Steve Sousa <aenor@delphi.com> Scott Keith <skeith@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> Jason Steeves <jsteeves@is.dal.ca> Rationale: The Internet is currently teeming with e-wrestling federations, all of which (with a few exceptions) are confined to e-mail. While this has worked fine in the past, there have recently been some important questions regarding this practice. For instance, how can the various federations work together on anything without a way to reach everyone in all feds simultaneously? How can a new federation advertise itself to potential members? Don't the "fantasy" federations have the right to use the parent rec.sport.pro-wrestling group as well? How can a potential new member find out which federation is to his liking without browsing through the offerings of those currently available? The sensible solution to these questions would seem to be the creation of REC.SPORT.PRO-WRESTLING.FANTASY, where all the e-wrestling federations can post their reports, advertise themselves, or just expand their membership with casual readers as well. Both REC.SPORT.FOOTBALL and REC.SPORT.BASEBALL have fantasy newsgroups that have formed off their parent newsgroup. These precedents show that other groups have had a similar need in the past and have benefited from their group splits. Charter: REC.SPORT.PRO-WRESTLING.FANTASY will be an unmoderated group dedicated to participents of fantasy wrestling. Its purpose is to provide a public forum for play-by-E-mail (PBeM) leagues and public fantasy leagues to post their FAQs, events, updates, interviews and statistics. The following is a rough list of what should be included in the new group: Should: - Wrestling reports (weekly taping results, "supercards", etc.) - Administrative stuff, notes to members, etc. - New league creation - Advertisement for existing leagues In addition to the creation of REC.SPORT.PRO-WRESTLING.FANTASY, in order to conform to new USEnet naming practices, the parent group REC.SPORT.PRO-WRESTLING will be renamed to REC.SPORT.PRO-WRESTLING.MISC Cross-Posting: This message will be cross-posted to news.groups, news.announce.newgroups, rec.sport.pro-wrestling and rec.games.pbm. Discussion: Following this posting, there will be a 21 day discussion period, during which changes to the charter will be considered. Assuming no major changes are needed, a Call For Votes will be posted. The usual third party will conduct the vote. -- keith@amisk.cs.ualberta.ca -or- skeith@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Dog-O-War on IRC), CWF Commisioner and Primary Dictator "Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss" -The Who "Hey, it's Enrico Pallazio!" - Some guy in the Naked Gun Referenced By Up