The following newsgroups provide information about the Usenet:
Newsgroup
Description
news.admin
Administration information.
news.announce
General announcements.
news.announce.important
Important Usenet announcements.
news.announce.newsgroups
Announcements and votes on new groups.
news.announce.newusers
Information for new Usenet users.
news.answers
General information and FAQ's.
news.lists.misc
Statistics on Usenet.
news.newusers.questions
General user questions newsgroup (also here).
news.software.nntp
Information on the NNTP news server software.