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- From: jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu (J. Furr)
- Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Re: Rec.arts.cinema : rmgroup?
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- Date: 31 Dec 92 11:27:16 GMT
- References: <28153@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <1992Dec28.133402.15296@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Dec30.190115.12558@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec30.190115.12558@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU writes:
- >In <1992Dec28.133402.15296@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (JKF) writes:
- >>If memory serves, there is no way to "unmoderate" a newsgroup effectively,
- >>since some news software programs out there won't ever acknowledge it and
- >>CAN'T acknowledge it. David Lawrence has said that basically what you
- >>have to do is rmgroup the group and then make a new one if people want.
- >
- >If my memory serves, you can send out a control message with a new
- >moderator with somewhat better results, can't you? I seem to remember this
- >coming up during the recent discussion of rec.arts.erotica.
-
- I don't recall it ever actually happening. Usually someone says "well, DO
- it" and nothing ever gets done and a year later someone's asking why no
- posts ever appear in the given group.
-
- >>I think it might be a good idea to find out exactly where he or she
- >>went and, if it turns out that the moderator really has given up, rmgroup
- >>rec.arts.cinema. Then, if people really *do* want a moderated
- >>movie/cinema newsgroup, they can go through the regular discussion and
- >>voting process any new group would follow.
- >
- >I don't really agree. I like having a moderated cinema newsgroup and one
- >exists. It seems clear that a number of people have been posting to
- >rec.arts.cinema with no success so a demand exists as well.
- >(It just took us awhile to realize it wasn't a local problem...)
- >Why not just fix it and avoid an un-needed vote?
-
- It may not be "fixable" due to the vagaries of some of the less flexible
- news software.
-