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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Should comp.lang.c.moderated be revived?
Date: Mon, 05 May 2025 14:28:00 -0700
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
> I just saw a post on news.announce.newgroups posted 2025-01-03, subject
> "1st RfD: Mass-deletion of moderated groups without a moderator".
>
> "This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the following
> 101 moderated newsgroups."
>
> comp.lang.c.moderated is on the list.
>
> Seebs was the moderator of comp.lang.c.moderated, but has
> not participated since 2014.  There have been no posts on
> comp.lang.c.moderated since then.
>
> There have been discussions here in comp.lang.c in 2018 and 2021
> about reviving comp.lang.c.moderated.  I emailed Seebs about this
> at the time, and he expressed tentative interesting in seeing it
> revived, but with someone else moderating it.
>
> My tentative opinion is that it's probably not worth reviving,
> but if others are sufficiently interested *and* someone volunteers
> to moderate it, perhaps it could be done.  If it were revived,
> I'd certainly subscribe and participate.
>
> One possible concern is that if comp.lang.c.moderated is removed,
> historical posts might be lost.  I don't know whether that's
> a valid concern.  It might depend on the policies of individual
> Usenet servers and archives.

comp.lang.c.moderated is no longer on the list of groups to be deleted.

An article was posted today in news.announce.newgroups,
news.groups.proposals, and news.groups, subject "3rd RFD: Mass-deletion
of moderated groups without a moderator (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS)".

From that article:

"""
Keith Thompson suggested that retaining comp.lang.c.moderated in order
to preserve its posting history and/or to revive the group, provided
there were enough demand.  Keith Thompson contacted the previous
moderator of comp.lang.c.moderated, who confirmed that he is too busy
to resume moderating the group but is willing to hand it over to
another moderator.  Keith indicated that he would be willing to
somehow help out with a revived group, and referred to discussions on
comp.lang.c where other posters expressed interest in participating.
Richard Heathfield likewise expressed interest.  Dan Cross opined that
the group should either be given a new moderator or deleted.
comp.lang.c.moderated is therefore excluded from the LCC.
"""

If anyone is sufficiently motivated to revive comp.lang.c.moderated,
we can do so, and we're no longer under a deadline.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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