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Subject: Re: restarting rec.photo.moderated
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Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> wrote in
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> On Apr 27, 2025 at 12:19:25 AM MST, "David" wrote
> <m7643tFebcvU1@mid.individual.net>:
> 
>> On 27/04/2025 07:20, Ivan Shmakov wrote:
>>>     (I'm cross-posting this article to news:rec.photo.misc , as
>>>     suggested in news:vs73t3$3hlga$2@dont-email.me , but setting
>>>     Followup-To: news:rec.photo.digital as it seems to be about
>>>     the only active newsgroup under rec.photo.)
>>> 
>>>     Back in January, the Big-8 Management Board have initiated [1]
>>>     a discussion on the removal of moderated newsgroups that
>>>     currently have no moderator, and are hence unusable.  One of
>>>     such groups is rec.photo.moderated .  In March, I've volunteered
>>>     (see References:) to take over its moderation.
>>> 
>>>     The group's creation RfD, including its charter, is at [2].
>>> 
>>> [1] Subject: 1st RfD: Mass-deletion of moderated groups without a
>>> moderator 
>>>      Followup-To: news.groups.proposals
>>>      Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 20:33:02 EST
>>>      Message-ID: <vla2t6$5g57$1@dont-email.me>
>>> [2]
>>> http://ftp.isc.org/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/rec/rec.photo.moder
>>> ated 
>>> 
>>>     Like I've mentioned, I've never had much interest in moderated
>>>     newsgroups before, much less been a moderator of one, so I can't
>>>     promise smooth operation, especially right from the start.
>>> 
>>>     And regardless, I'd prefer not doing the thing entirely on my
>>>     own; anyone here interested in taking part, perchance?
>>> 
>>>     My plan is to set up message submission email addresses aliased
>>>     to my own mailbox, and approve (or not approve) them from there.
>>>     Should there ever be any co-moderators, I'd move submissions to
>>>     a password-protected portion of an https: website and provide
>>>     an HTTP/1-based API (usable with curl(1) and compatible with
>>>     Lynx, naturally) to approve the messages there.
>>> 
>>>     The group's charter [2] has the following bit:
>>> 
>>>   rpm> Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a
>>>   valid rpm> reply address.
>>> 
>>>     I don't find the 'real name' requirement /enforceable/ (we
>>>     don't have photo IDs on Usenet, after all.)  In its stead,
>>>     I'm going to require a /consistent/ identity.  In particular,
>>>     those who publish their photos under an alias are free to use
>>>     that same alias for their r.p.m postings.
>>> 
>>>     Having a valid reply address (From: or Reply-To:) wouldn't
>>>     be a strict requirement, either, but without the means of
>>>     contacting the poster, I wouldn't be able to explain my
>>>     reasons for rejecting their article.
>>> 
>>>     JFTR, I'm a lifelong personal computing amateur, but my
>>>     interest in photography is relatively recent.  /Some/ of my
>>>     photographs (among other media) can be found at [3].  As can
>>>     be seen, my primary camera (body) is Pentax K-5.
>>> 
>>>     Thoughts?
>>> 
>>> [3] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Ivan_Shmakov
>> 
>> 
>> *Good luck with your group*, Ivan! 🙂
>> 
>> Cross-posted to my friends in ACW
>> 
>> Someone there may wish to help you.
> 
> I wonder how ACW would be different if it was moderated.
> 

You wouldn't be allowed to troll here in ACW snit.
Nobody likes you.
Nobody wants you posting here.
People wish you would simply go away.