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-L. - 27 Jun 2005 17:45 GMT

We are thinking of setting one up since the Usenet version has become
such a wasteland. It would be through an easily-accessible venue such
as Yahoo, etc. Would anyone here be interested in participating? If
so, please send me an email - address in header is valid.

Thanks!

-L.

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Mary - 27 Jun 2005 18:19 GMT

> We are thinking of setting one up since the Usenet version has become
> such a wasteland. It would be through an easily-accessible venue such
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> -L.

Yahoo already has dozens of these.

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CatNipped - 27 Jun 2005 19:37 GMT

> We are thinking of setting one up since the Usenet version has become
> such a wasteland. It would be through an easily-accessible venue such
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> -L.

Good idea! I think you'll enjoy being a moderator.

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Yowie - 27 Jun 2005 23:02 GMT

> We are thinking of setting one up since the Usenet version has become
> such a wasteland. It would be through an easily-accessible venue such
> as Yahoo, etc. Would anyone here be interested in participating? If
> so, please send me an email - address in header is valid.

You could try and set up rec.pets.cats.health+behav.moderated so its still
on Usenet and is still in the rec.pets.cats heirachy. However, doing so
would be alot more work than setting up a yahoo group or other mailing list.

You'll need at least 100 people to vote "yes" in the process, probably more,
because there are always people who vote "no". ANd those people will have to
be willing to have a modified but readable-by-human e-mail address published
in Usenet stating how they voted.

Someone will also need to write a charter, volunteer for moderation (and if
you pick someone the group doesn't like, that could kill you in "no" votes)
and know how to use the moderation software necessary for Usenet.

Yowie
(not volunteering)

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-L. - 28 Jun 2005 01:37 GMT

> You could try and set up rec.pets.cats.health+behav.moderated so its still
> on Usenet and is still in the rec.pets.cats heirachy. However, doing so
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> Yowie
> (not volunteering)

That's why we said Yahoo or something similar - much, much easier.
It's impossible to get servers to carry any new Usenet ngs anymore -
it's just not the way to do it.

Thanks for the input. :)

-L.

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Yowie - 28 Jun 2005 04:43 GMT

> > You could try and set up rec.pets.cats.health+behav.moderated so its still
> > on Usenet and is still in the rec.pets.cats heirachy. However, doing so
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> It's impossible to get servers to carry any new Usenet ngs anymore -
> it's just not the way to do it.

Well, it snot *impossible* but is a total PITA, and not a job I'd like to
do. Fair enough. Perhaps you'd want to go for the compromise of a Google
Group. More public access, but not technically Usenet, and not stricly a
mailing list.

or, alternatively, have the Yahoo list's archives available to all, and no
approval needed to join. YOu can then give certain members the freedom to
post what they like, and keep other members on the moderated list.

Yowie

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