REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
remove soc.religion.gnosis
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated
newsgroup soc.religion.gnosis.
RATIONALE: remove soc.religion.gnosis
The last approval was in December 2000. Approvals in 2000 were often
s****aradic.
Possible actions include:
(1) Revive the group with a new moderator.
(2) Convert the group to an unmoderated status.
(3) Remove the group.
There is an equivalent unmoderated newsgroup (alt.religion.gnostic),
so an unmoderated soc.religion.gnosis may be redundant.
HISTORY:
The newsgroup soc.religion.gnosis was created in July 1994. An
earlier creation effort in November 1993 had narrowly missed the
required +100 plurality (151:56). It approvals until December 2000.
Traffic was often relatively light, with around 5 articles per week.
CHARTER:
The newsgroup line is:
|soc.religion.gnosis Gnosis, marifat, jnana & direct sacred experience.
The charter (from a periodic posting to the newsgroup):
The purpose of 'soc.religion.gnosis' is to provide a place for
the serious discussion and exchange of questions, ideas, experience,
views, and information about of the historical and contem****ary
trends, techniques. practice and development of gnosis and
gnosticism, its related literature, and corresponding concepts
such as satvika-jnana (Sanskrit), Ma'rifat (Arabic), and certain
associated aspects of mystical ecstasy. Gnosis is the direct
experience or 'knowledge' of the fullness of the Divine Being. It
focuses on the illumination of the spirit by the realms beyond the
physical and psychic levels. Everyone is invited to take part in
this discussion.
PROCEDURE:
The full group removal procedure is do***ented here:
http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup
Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup
should subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the
relevant threads in that newsgroup.
To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to
news.groups.proposals.
All discussion of active proposals should be posted to
news.groups.proposals.
If desired by the reader****p of closely affected groups, the
discussion may be crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken
to ensure that all discussion appears in news.groups.proposals as
well.
DISTRIBUTION:
This do***ent has been posted to the following newsgroups:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
soc.religion.gnosis
alt.religion.gnostic
talk.religion.misc
The proponent will also post pointers to:
soc.religion.christian.bible-study (moderated)
soc.religion.shamanism (moderated)
PROPONENT:
Jim Riley <jimrtex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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CHANGE HISTORY:
2007-06-09 1st RFD
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Jim Riley
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