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Old December 26th 07, 04:50 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
chasfs
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The number of off-topic posts is rising, but we
can do something about it. We can turn this
into a moderated newsgroup - see

http://www.landfield.com/usenet/moderators/handbook/

and

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/moderation/pitfalls/

Is anyone interested in becoming a moderator?

Peace,
-chasfs
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Old December 26th 07, 07:17 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
G.T.
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chasfs wrote:
The number of off-topic posts is rising, but we
can do something about it. We can turn this
into a moderated newsgroup - see

http://www.landfield.com/usenet/moderators/handbook/

and

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/moderation/pitfalls/

Is anyone interested in becoming a moderator?


Moderation is a very bad idea on an already low volume newsgroup. It
will kill it off completely.

Greg


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Old December 26th 07, 10:32 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
Helge Nareid
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:17:49 -0800, "G.T."
wrote:

chasfs wrote:
The number of off-topic posts is rising, but we
can do something about it. We can turn this
into a moderated newsgroup - see

http://www.landfield.com/usenet/moderators/handbook/

and

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/moderation/pitfalls/

Is anyone interested in becoming a moderator?


Moderation is a very bad idea on an already low volume newsgroup. It
will kill it off completely.


Changing the moderation status of an existing newsgroup from
unmoderated to moderated is not a practical proposition, see:

http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.p...ies:change_mod

Secondly, even if such a proposal passes (which is highly unlikely),
there are technical issues which makes it virtually impossible for a
transition from unmoderated to moderated to be effective.

It _is_ possible to create a parallell moderated group, but I rather
doubt that there will be sufficient interest.

And, as a matter of record, I should inform you that in addition to
having subscribed to and occassionally contributed to this group
throughout its existence, I am also currently a member of the "Big-8
Management Board", which is the body which makes decisions regarding
group management in the "Big-8" hierarchies, including rec.*
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Old December 27th 07, 04:35 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
Peter Chant[_2_]
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chasfs wrote:

The number of off-topic posts is rising, but we
can do something about it. We can turn this
into a moderated newsgroup - see


Its quite low volume but lots in on topic. That which is on topic is
usually high value.

Pete

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Old December 28th 07, 05:26 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
Alan Browne
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chasfs wrote:
The number of off-topic posts is rising, but we
can do something about it. We can turn this
into a moderated newsgroup - see


The number of on-topic posts is so small as to not require a moderator.
The off-T posts aren't that many that they can't be instantly dismissed.

Cheers,
Alan

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Old December 29th 07, 11:27 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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On Dec 26, 7:17*pm, "G.T." wrote:
chasfs wrote:
The number of off-topic posts is rising, but we
can do something about it. We can turn this
into a moderated newsgroup - see


http://www.landfield.com/usenet/moderators/handbook/


and


http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/moderation/pitfalls/


Is anyone interested in becoming a moderator?


Moderation is a very bad idea on an already low volume newsgroup. *It
will kill it off completely.

Greg


And it sounds like an MI5 plot, to me.
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Old January 17th 08, 02:47 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
Bob[_12_]
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"G.T." wrote in message
...
chasfs wrote:
The number of off-topic posts is rising, but we
can do something about it. We can turn this
into a moderated newsgroup - see

http://www.landfield.com/usenet/moderators/handbook/

and

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/moderation/pitfalls/

Is anyone interested in becoming a moderator?


Moderation is a very bad idea on an already low volume newsgroup. It will
kill it off completely.

Greg

"low volume newsgroup" ? Yes! It's time to say goodbye to clanky
equipment. So simple.



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Old January 24th 08, 07:05 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
scenic_man[_2_]
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G.T. wrote:
Moderation is a very bad idea on an already low volume newsgroup. It
will kill it off completely.


I cannot conceive of any reason why this would be the case.

I can, however, easily conceive of the group dying out completely
when what few valid posts there are are outnumbered 20:1 or 50:1
by spam.

I can also see that moderation on a *high*-volume group would be bad,
because the volume of both valid and spam messages would be overwhelming
to the extent that the moderator would melt down.
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Old January 24th 08, 07:10 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
Lobby Dosser
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scenic_man wrote:

G.T. wrote:
Moderation is a very bad idea on an already low volume newsgroup. It
will kill it off completely.


I cannot conceive of any reason why this would be the case.

I can, however, easily conceive of the group dying out completely
when what few valid posts there are are outnumbered 20:1 or 50:1
by spam.


Really? Your's is the first OT post I've seen in months.
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Old January 24th 08, 07:48 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
scenic_man[_2_]
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Alan Browne wrote:
chasfs wrote:
The number of off-topic posts is rising, but we
can do something about it. We can turn this
into a moderated newsgroup - see


The number of on-topic posts is so small as to not require a moderator.
The off-T posts aren't that many that they can't be instantly dismissed.


That's not the numbers I'm seeing.
Not counting the messages in *this* thread itself, I count:
158 camera/photo-related msgs (not necessarily medium format)
268 junk
That is, very nearly 2/3, or 63% of the posts are outright junk or spam.

I didn't even try to count how many are "on topic" in the sense
of being related specifically to medium-format cameras or photography.

There is clearly some good content here,
but the preponderence of junk/spam is enough to make me wonder
if it's worth my time.
It's not like the non-topic messages were commercial advertisements
for medium-format products in which I might be interested,
and whose sponsorship makes this newsgroup possible.

I haven't yet read the articles to which links were posted,
describing the why's and why-not's of converting a non-moderated group
to a moderated group, or why moderated groups are just plain bad.
It does bug me that such an argument even comes up,
in the face of the onslaught of xxxx being posted in a group such as this.
 




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