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From: Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.netREMOVE.invalid>
Newsgroups: rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.misc
Subject: restarting rec.photo.moderated
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	(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
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[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