Re: restarting rec.photo.moderated

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.)
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     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.
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     The group's creation RfD, including its charter, is at [2].
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[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
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     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.
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     And regardless, I'd prefer not doing the thing entirely on my
     own; anyone here interested in taking part, perchance?
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     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.
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     The group's charter [2] has the following bit:
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   rpm> Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid
   rpm> reply address.
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     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.
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     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.
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     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.
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     Thoughts?
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[3] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Ivan_Shmakov

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*Good luck with your group*, Ivan! 🙂
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Cross-posted to my friends in ACW
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Someone there may wish to help you.

 I wonder how ACW would be different if it was moderated.