From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.uzoreto.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 09:26:11 -0500 From: Dennis Lee Bieber Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is this Forum Moderated? Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 10:26:11 -0400 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn Message-ID: References: <65d93062-f55d-435f-a099-3c8ee75f2705@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 X-No-Archive: YES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.68.179.43 X-Trace: sv3-BgdGrCR6qKegVI1z/7G5qTcXsyaldiDkFLa0YpDFP+WuI6DCKuIdp7AKiuzShB8qcBuhOnhn9Rj1N4k!/TucFrOv0i0iqnlepaGNQvRZ0vU+h1zcZHaRjJgyN2mEvUBR0+9sCMjrOmd45AxBB3gR45+W3X8k!crA8RYIv0xYhYzkmUnrljqutrT8= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2034 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:52497 Date: 2018-05-20T10:26:11-04:00 List-Id: On Sun, 20 May 2018 04:46:04 -0700 (PDT), patrick@spellingbeewinnars.org declaimed the following: >As is plain to see, the quality of the posting in this forum are at an all time low. > >Is this forum even moderated? > This is a Usenet newsgroup -- conventionally, moderated newsgroups had a .moderated in the name. >I don't think I can manage this right now but has anyone else thought of setting up a sourceforge project and using the mailing list features? > Which would just split the community -- I, for one, prefer Usenet/NNTP for forums and would not bother with looking for something I need to individually subscribe to and then create filters to manage. Using a news-server lets me fetch messages on my schedule from multiple groups, automatically handles the separation by groups, etc. -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/