Re: Moderated sci.astro.amateur

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:44:10 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Smallshaw
<andrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The process for creating a sci.* group isn't straightforward but
not insurmountable either. Basically want you'd need are a charter
specifying what is and is not on topic, moderation policy, and of
course at least one, though preferably several, moderators.

What's the feeling in the group for doing this?

I doubt I'd follow any moderated newsgroup. Moderation takes time, and
tends to break dialogs.


Speaking personally,
I find reading this group largely to be a waste of time due to the
nuts - a moderated group could be far more useful.

There are only a few nuts, they just tend to be prolific. But with a few
simple filters, there's really no reason to see much of it. When a
useless topic shows up, it's four clicks and no thinking to drop a
30-day kill filter in place, and that's the last I see of it.
Practically everything I see on SAA is topical (or close enough for my
tastes).

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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