Absolutely right, which is why I also considered a Yahoo NG . . .

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HFguy schreef:


What would it take to add a moderator to this group?

I have no idea, but this NG being moderated would be something I
would
defenitally vote for.

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JeroenK

Hi - I agree, it would be wonderful if someone volunteered to be

moderator.

I hereby volunteer.

That's great Paul. What can we do to support you with this?

I need to put some time into reading the updated info found at
news.announce.newgroup pointed out by a previous poster, as apparently I
had
old info on how to create a new NG. If anyone has more or other updated
info on how to do so, let me know!

Basically 'voting' is done by a board now, but all the other
suggestions about a clear topic, well-named group, and especially
justification still apply.

The board seems more inclined to support moderated groups lately,
since it's apparent many people don't/won't use a kill file for
disruptive posters.

Starting a moderated group is, IMO, admission of defeat. It says
enough people can't restrain themselves from responding to trolls that
it's taking down a group.

And you still might get your group, but you'll have to invest the time
in working out all the details, including a list of moderators. You
won't be able to handle it all on your own. this includes dealing with
putting together a proposal, posting in
news.groups/news.groups.proposals to work out that proposal,
'encouraging' users to request the new group on their server (since
most won't add it on your request, if you're not a customer), and
emailing those same providers/servers for months afterwards, getting
them to flag the group correctly as moderated.

None of that guarantees the group will catch on.