Re: 1st RfD: Mass-deletion of moderated groups without a moderator

In news.groups.proposals Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:

              REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
 
This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the following
101 moderated newsgroups.
 
 
RATIONALE:
 
Currently, those groups cannot be used for discussion because of the
lack of a moderator. Most of those groups haven't had a moderator for
a long time and have been unused for years.

How are you determining "haven't had a moderator for a long time"?
At least rec.arts.movies.reviews hasn't been "unused for years".

NEWSGROUP LINES:
 
rec.arts.drwho.moderated        Discussion of "Doctor Who". (Moderated)

Hmm, rec.arts.drwho is the only unmoderated group I know which
could still do with moderation. I didn't realise the moderator
had left, but true nobody's been using it (and I haven't been
reading rec.arts.drwho because of the noise or the discussion
gaps that result from me trying to killfile its sources).

Mind you, I haven't been watching new Dr Who either since it went
off broadcast TV in Australia, so I'm not really a potential user
now.

rec.arts.movies.reviews Reviews of movies. (Moderated)

Hey, you sure this isn't still working? It's been low traffic for a
long time and with last post from August 2024 I still would've
still thought of it as active (since I'm purely a review reader not
a review writer, it's not my place to try posting).

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