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

Hi all,
[Marco]

The group lists are full of unused groups and that makes finding active
groups much harder, so cleaning that up is always a good idea.

I totally agree.  Though I also understand the counter arguments about not cleaning the newsgroups list, I am in favour of reducing the list of newsgroups to those still relevant today.  It is much simpler for people to find a newsgroup this way, and it is more motivating to post an article in an active newsgroup.
[noel]

an extra few hundred is hardly going to mater, especially when of the
53419 "Active" /cough/ groups here, I'd be betting 80% or greater are
inactive, and have for many years.

I also agree that the case of unmoderated newsgroup should also be treated.  A Great Cleaning is needed as removing a handful of newsgroups per trimester will otherwise last a life and does not have any seeable impact.
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