On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:38:40 -0700 (PDT), AllenMcB wrote:

Does this group have a moderator?

Do you see the word "moderated" in the name of the group?

-- Larry (no charge...)

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On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:38:40 -0700 (PDT), AllenMcB
wrote:

Does this group have a moderator?

Do you see the word "moderated" in the name of the group?

Many, if not most, moderated newsgroups do not have the word "moderated"
in the name.

Still, this group is not moderated.

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

On 15 Apr 2009 14:32:55 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

Do you see the word "moderated" in the name of the group?

Many, if not most, moderated newsgroups do not have the word "moderated"
in the name.

Oh? Can you name a few, please?

Always looking to learn...

Thanks -- Larry

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On 15 Apr 2009 14:32:55 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

Do you see the word "moderated" in the name of the group?

Many, if not most, moderated newsgroups do not have the word
"moderated" in the name.

Oh? Can you name a few, please?

My news provider carries 33,766 newsgroups. Of those, 4,986 are
moderated. Of the moderated groups, only 125 have the word "moderated"
in the group name.

Should I list the other 4,861 here, or email you the list?

Always looking to learn...

And I'd be glad to oblige you.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

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Of the moderated groups, only 125 have the word "moderated"
in the group name.

An interesting sidelight which I just discovered is that 6 groups with
the word "moderated" in their names are actually unmoderated.

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

On 15 Apr 2009 17:33:05 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

In Bert Hyman
wrote:

Of the moderated groups, only 125 have the word "moderated"
in the group name.

An interesting sidelight which I just discovered is that 6 groups with
the word "moderated" in their names are actually unmoderated.

Probably because no one's willing to do the work any more.

-- Larry

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:06:37 -0400, jd wrote:

An interesting sidelight which I just discovered is that 6 groups with
the word "moderated" in their names are actually unmoderated.

Probably because no one's willing to do the work any more.

Too bad, because if someone was willing, your ass would be the first
to get dumped. troll

No troll at all. This is a problem for numerous groups -- not just USEnet, but
also Google Groups. One specific example is rec.autos.sport.f1 moderated. It has
a moderation group in name only -- just try getting a response from them, or
approval as a new poster -- which is why the group has withered away to no
appreciable traffic. I'm sure you can find others in a similar state.

-- Larry

On 15 Apr 2009 17:26:52 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

Many, if not most, moderated newsgroups do not have the word
"moderated" in the name.

Oh? Can you name a few, please?

My news provider carries 33,766 newsgroups. Of those, 4,986 are
moderated. Of the moderated groups, only 125 have the word "moderated"
in the group name.

What your provider (or any other particular news server) carries is meaningless.
Many servers carry locally created groups for private purposes, that are not
distributed acroos the USEnet hierarchy. I have a dozen or so on my own news
servers at work.

Should I list the other 4,861 here, or email you the list?

Always looking to learn...

And I'd be glad to oblige you.

Email would be fine then. Thanks.

-- Larry

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Email would be fine then. Thanks.

It that address legit?

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

What your provider (or any other particular news server) carries is
meaningless. Many servers carry locally created groups for private
purposes, that are not distributed acroos the USEnet hierarchy. I have
a dozen or so on my own news servers at work.


Just off the top of my head I can think of one very tightly moderated
group that is carried on every news server I have ever come across....
rec.guns



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