Do charters serve other purposes during the process of creating a newsgroup?
They may help clarify exactly what will be discussed in the proposed newsgroup, and what its topic(s) will be. This may help determine whether the name of the group is appropriate, and whether the scope of the newsgroup is too broad or too narrow, or whether there are already existing newsgroups that serve the proposed topic. The charter may help determine the right kind of moderation scheme to use for a moderated group.
• They may help clarify exactly what will be discussed in the proposed newsgroup, and what its topic(s) will be. This may help determine whether the name of the group is appropriate, and whether the scope of the newsgroup is too broad or too narrow, or whether there are already existing newsgroups that serve the proposed topic. • The charter may help determine the right kind of moderation scheme to use for a moderated group.