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From: Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: restarting rec.photo.moderated
Organization: Southern Nevada Institute of Technology
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On Apr 27, 2025 at 12:54:53 PM MST, "%" wrote
<XcmdnRsrasgOFpP1nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com>:

> Brock McNuggets wrote:
>> On Apr 27, 2025 at 10:35:42 AM MST, "%" wrote
>> <SIucnUBABZ9n95P1nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@giganews.com>:
>> 
>>> Brock McNuggets wrote:
>>>> 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?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> cause there's more than one
>> 
>> But it is done being built.
>> 
>> And apartments are together.
>> 
> if you build one you have one i bet somewhere in the states there's a
> town called buildings

I asked ChatGPT. If knows of no such town anywhere in the world.

I should look elsewhere to find it.

-- 
It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.