Moderator needed on this group

[UkJay]

This ng needs moderator so that users can use it again without all
the
needless junk on it.

Jeff, if you need help just ask!

Jay

[Peter Constantine]

Post by UkJay
This ng needs moderator so that users can use it again without all
the needless junk on it.

This group does not have sufficient traffic to warrant moderation...
even if that were possible - and on Usenet I don't think it is.

Perhaps a moderated group somewhere else - such as on Yahoo Groups -
would be the solution for those who feel that uk.local.north-staffs is
overwhelmed by too many trolls and spammers (...and for those who can't
set up killfiles).


x

["A censor is a man who knows more than he
thinks you ought to." - Granville Hicks]

[Zhang DaWei]

Post by Peter Constantine
[...]
This group does not have sufficient traffic to warrant moderation...
even if that were possible - and on Usenet I don't think it is.

It is possible to have moderated groups on usenet, and there are a
reasonable number already in the uk. hierarchy. See http://xrl.in/374
for details of how they can be proposed, etc. The full address is:

http://groups.google.com/group/uk.net.news.announce/browse_thread/thread/2fd153ce7b1b4907/df73b4e4e7352df2?lnk=st

HTH

[Peter Constantine]

Post by Zhang DaWei
It is possible to have moderated groups on usenet, and there are a
reasonable number already in the uk. hierarchy. See http://xrl.in/374
for details of how they can be proposed, etc.

That was kind of what I was getting at... THIS group cannot be
moderated. It could only be done by setting up a completely new group.


x

[Geoff Berrow]

Post by Peter Constantine

Post by Zhang DaWei
It is possible to have moderated groups on usenet, and there are a
reasonable number already in the uk. hierarchy. See http://xrl.in/374
for details of how they can be proposed, etc.

That was kind of what I was getting at... THIS group cannot be
moderated. It could only be done by setting up a completely new group.

Post by Zhang DaWei
It is possible to have moderated groups on usenet, and there are a
reasonable number already in the uk. hierarchy. See http://xrl.in/374
for details of how they can be proposed, etc.

That was kind of what I was getting at... THIS group cannot be
moderated. It could only be done by setting up a completely new group.

It is /possible/ but it's also a seriously bad idea. Usenet does not
reside on a single server, (though Google groups does its damndest to
make it look that way) but on thousands of servers throughout the world.
To make the change would involve all those servers agreeing to comply.

I don't see masses of spam but I read the group via NIN and I now know
that Jay reads it via Google. So that's probably the reason.

Frankly I don't se how anyone can read a busy group via Google but I
suppose it's doable for this one.

You can't beat a good feed and a good news client.

By the way both Mark Goodge and I are both members of the UK Usenet
Committee, FWIW

[Jim]

Post by Peter Constantine

Post by UkJay
This ng needs moderator so that users can use it again without all
the needless junk on it.

This group does not have sufficient traffic to warrant moderation...
even if that were possible - and on Usenet I don't think it is.

I see! Then what about uk.local.yorkshire.moderated??
That is a usenet ng and it is moderated!

Post by Peter Constantine
Perhaps a moderated group somewhere else - such as on Yahoo Groups -
would be the solution for those who feel that uk.local.north-staffs is
overwhelmed by too many trolls and spammers (...and for those who can't
set up killfiles).

It's empty most of the time. No one posts here.

Get a life mate.
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[AW Barton]

Post by UkJay
This ng needs moderator so that users can use it again without all
the
needless junk on it.
Jeff, if you need help just ask!
Jay

You cannot convert an unmoderated group into a moderated one, that is not
possible (thank goodness).

[Mark Goodge]

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:08:43 +0100, AW Barton put finger to keyboard

Post by AW Barton

Post by UkJay
This ng needs moderator so that users can use it again without all
the
needless junk on it.
Jeff, if you need help just ask!
Jay

You cannot convert an unmoderated group into a moderated one, that is not
possible (thank goodness).

You can, and it has previously been done in uk.*. There is, however, a
general presumption against doing so as it can be hard to ensure that
all the servers which carry the group update the status.

Mark