If, after the waiting period, there are no serious objections that
might invalidate the vote, the vote is put to the "water test." If
there were 100 more valid YES/create votes than NO/don't create
votes, and at least two-thirds of the total number of votes are in
favor of creation, then a newgroup control message can be sent out
(often by the moderator of news.announce.newgroups). If the 100-vote
margin or the two-thirds percentage isn't met, the group has failed
and can't be created.
If the proposal failed, all is not lost---after a six-month waiting
period (a "cooling down"), a new Request For Discussion can be posted
to news.groups, and the whole process can start over again. If after
a couple of tries it becomes obvious that the group is not
wanted or needed, the vote-taker should humbly step back and accept
the opinion of the majority. (As life goes, so goes Usenet.)
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