Re: restarting rec.photo.moderated

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