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From: Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,rec.photo.digital
Subject: Re: restarting rec.photo.moderated
Organization: Southern Nevada Institute of Technology
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On Apr 27, 2025 at 9:59:36 AM MST, "%" wrote
<wH-dnRYuIabl_5P1nZ2dnZfqn_gAAAAA@giganews.com>:

> Brock McNuggets wrote:
>> On Apr 27, 2025 at 8:33:06 AM MST, "%" wrote
>> <IqGcnbNYxLWr05P1nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com>:
>> 
>>> Brock McNuggets wrote:
>>>> 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.moderated
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>       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.
>>>> 
>>> how about if we all lived on the same street
>> 
>> I prefer living in a house.
>> 
> well you can build

Why are they called buildings once they are built?


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