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big 8 usenet wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 hierarchies 3 the big 8 management board 4 see also 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents big 8 usenet add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia group of newsgroup hierarchies the big 8 previously the big 7 are a group of newsgroup hierarchies established after the great renaming a restructuring of usenet that occurred during 1987 these hierarchies are managed by the big 8 management board 1 groups are added by a process of nomination discussion and voting 2 history edit the original seven hierarchies were comp misc news rec sci soc and talk they were open and free for anyone to participate with except for the moderated newsgroups though they were subject to a few general rules governing their naming and distribution alt is not part of the original seven but was created separately as a venue with more freedom and fewer rules than the big 7 during april 1995 3 a time when usenet traffic had increased significantly humanities was introduced and it and the seven hierarchies created by the renaming comprise the present so called big 8 hierarchies edit hierarchy description examples comp computer related discussions comp software comp sys amiga comp browsers www humanities humanities topics humanities music composers wagner misc miscellaneous topics misc education misc forsale misc kids news newsgroup related matters this hierarchy was not originally intended for reporting news events it was meant to deal with matters of usenet in particular news groups news admin news admin net abuse email news announce groups rec recreation and entertainment rec music rec arts movies rec arts poetry rec arts sf tv babylon5 moderated sci science akin discussions sci physics sci research sci skeptic soc social discussions soc college org soc culture african soc history what if talk talk about various controversial topics and discussions with no obvious categorization talk religion talk politics talk bizarre talk origins the big 8 management board edit the big 8 management board was originally created in 2005 from former moderators of the news announce newgroups 4 the board s mission is to create well named well used newsgroups in the big 8 usenet hierarchies make necessary adjustments to existing groups remove groups that are not well used and assist and encourages the support of a canonical big 8 newsgroup list by usenet sites 5 see also edit alt hierarchy great renaming references edit big 8 usenet big 8 usenet big 8 org 2010 07 26 retrieved 2011 01 08 how to create a new big 8 newsgroup big 8 usenet big 8 org 2010 07 07 archived from the original on 2008 01 03 retrieved 2011 01 08 result humanities misc passes 508 97 11 april 1995 retrieved 6 february 2016 news announce newgroups big 8 usenet big 8 management board retrieved 2020 05 05 big 8 management board big 8 management board retrieved 2020 05 05 external links edit the big 8 management board v t e usenet history great renaming 1987 eternal september 1993 meow wars 1996 1998 terminology backbone cabal breidbart index cancelbot crossposting flaming godwin s law kill file otherkin sock puppet account sporgery troll usenet death penalty warnock s dilemma web based usenet filetypes nzb par par2 hierarchies alt big 8 comp sci news server astraweb easynews giganews newsgroups list news admin net abuse email rec arts sf tv babylon5 moderated talk origins alt atheism binaries slack religion scientology sex sex bondage sex stories suicide holiday tv simpsons by topic cryptography newsgroups clients google groups newsreaders list comparison grabit rn tin retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title big_8_ usenet oldid 1342190811 categories big 8 usenet internet properties established in 1987 hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata this page was last edited on 7 march 2026 at 15 55 utc text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia legal safety contacts code of conduct developers 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