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   Message 98,384 of 99,776   
   Alan Smaill to David Edmunds   
   Re: Moderator required for this group   
   02 Dec 15 18:49:48   
   
   From: smaill@SPAMinf.ed.ac.uk   
      
   David Edmunds  writes:   
      
   > On Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 12:08:38 PM UTC, Forte wrote:   
   >> "David Edmunds"  wrote in message   
   >> news:7c54a68d-b983-4dbb-adb3-d68250a1f041@googlegroups.com...   
   >>   
   >> >It may be too late to do anything about this newsgroup, but surely   
   >> >those of us remaining should try to do something.  Anyone out there   
   >> >have any ideas?  Whatever happened to the plans for Usenet 2.0?   
   >> >David Martin Edmunds   
   >>   
   >> Do you want to be  censor/ moderator?   
   >> Go ahead - you have my blessings...-;)))   
   >   
   > I would probably fit his description of one of those he would cull but   
   > I would back Peter Jason as Moderator (not the Church of Scotland one)   
   > of this group.   
   >   
   > Perhaps someone knows what is involved in converting an unmoderated   
   > group into a moderated one? There used to be quite a few tech savvy   
   > people around.   
      
   Why would we do that?   
      
   Killfiles are OK for ignoring awkward customers if you want;   
   making the group moderated could put off inquisitive souls   
   we might welcome ...   
      
      
   > David Martin Edmunds   
      
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   Alan Smaill   
      
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