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.unit0.net!newsreader5.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 09:35:42 -0500 From: Dennis Lee Bieber Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is this Forum Moderated? Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 10:35:41 -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-uB1Ls3JRX5TSmp5dNY7V3Baa2D2tSw3mCh7V5FDJw7kf+aAjLx5WwySVLwSQlxsHouhVeBCDlj/AN5/!GSbDBNjaaVPEK77PUh4mLDgfxysrEiCma4d74BooIHoT97C1PjSXCMPFly8b6sGN3SRg7RZtbXvF!w6G0aiAkjMAZNm0UR7oZoGgw1xk= 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: 2789 X-Received-Bytes: 3001 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3797569667 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:52498 Date: 2018-05-20T10:35:41-04:00 List-Id: On Sun, 20 May 2018 06:24:03 -0700 (PDT), "Dan'l Miller" declaimed the following: >On Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 6:46:05 AM UTC-5, pat...@spellingbeewinnars.org wrote: >> As is plain to see, the quality of the posting in this forum are at an all time low. >> >> Is this forum even moderated? > >referring to: >https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.c++/OGoy0g1IdmQ > >Is any Google Group (formerly Usenet newsgroup) moderated anymore? Were the moderation servers that some university ceased sponsoring utilized by only comp.lang.c++.moderated or by all .moderated newsgroups/Google-groups? What was the scope of the elimination of .moderated newsgroups? As I recall, when a moderated newsgroup was approved, there had to be a number of defined moderators... Messages would be automatically be forwarded to them (as email) for approval, and they would release them to the NNTP news system. There was no "one moderation server"; each moderated newsgroup had its list of moderators to which posts would be routed. There are 251 news groups with .moderated in my client's newsgroup listing (I'm not subscribed to any of them -- especially not something like free.clinton.scandal.moderated or things similar to that ilk). Anything one finds on Google Groups is outside the realms of proper NNTP -- in effect, GG will accept any post with retention to eternity, and only gateways to Usenet... Posts could be moderated out in Usenet, but still appear on GG. -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/