Withdrawal RFD rec.aviation.questions removal.

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:32:11 GMT, Jim Riley wrote:

(...)
rec.aviation.announce Events of interest to the aviation community. (Moderated)
rec.aviation.answers Frequently asked questions about aviation. (Moderated)
rec.aviation.questions Aviation questions and answers. (Moderated)
rec.aviation.stories Anecdotes of flight experiences. (Moderated)
(...)
I would use a test of utiltity or whether there is desire for a
particular newsgroup. think it may vary among the 4 groups.

I am only participating in r.a.p, but IBTD.

If there are not actively maintained aviation FAQs, there is no point
to rec.aviation.answers. It's primary purpose would be to avoid
having the FAQ's posted across the rec.aviation.* hierarchy, where
many people would see them repetitively.

I see your point, but the existing (well ..) FAQ is more than out of date,
not only not reflecting major changes in the way things work (after 9/11)
these days, but also lacking latest regulations regarding sport pilot
licenses and such.

Widespread access to the world wide web may have supplanted the
utility of rec.aviation.announce. There may be a narrow niche for
"events of interest to the rec.aviation.* community"

ACK. There is (for example) the annual OSH fly-in, but this event is widely
discussed every single year in r.a.p (and followed by invitations to a
party to a hotel owned by a regular).

I think rec.aviations.questions has an unworkable charter, and only
functioned for 3 months. I suppose you could have a group where
people posted questions, and people who wanted to could respond. But
doesn't that already happen in rec.aviation.*? It might take a lot of
effort to moderate.

you have: piloting, student, owning
if you have general questions you post to .piloting
if you want to know something training-related you post to .student
and finally, if you own an aircraft and you have specific questions, well,
then you should post to .owning (same goes for military and homebuild)

I think rec.aviation.stories has the most potential. It was intended

in theory: yes.
one might have more success with a new group rec.aviation.politics :-)

to be low volume group, one that would require a little more effort on
the part of those posting, as well as those reading the articles.
Because it is low volume, it could be relatively easy to moderate. The
articles are unlikely to be particularly time sensitive such that
approvals need not be done in minutes or hours. Once a week may well
be sufficient.

There are maybe 1 or 2 postings in rap worth to be sent to r.a.stories, but
the evolving discussions will then bring you back to
rec.aviation.poli^wpiloting ... so IMHO there is no need for said groups,
keep it slim, but YMMD.

#m
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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:11:46 GMT, Jim Riley wrote in
et:

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:13:39 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

So, given the rationale for moderation cited above, and the desire to
see stories actually published in the rec.aviation.stories newsgroup,
what is the appropriate procedure for establishing a new moderator so
that the newsgroup can become functional again?

Bring it to the attention of the Big-8 Management Board



The board has noticed Larry's posts.

We know the post is vacant due to the tragic death of
the moderator this summer.

Speaking only for myself and not the board, I would
favor accepting a volunteer to take over the post
in rec.aviation.stories as soon as possible.

It is somewhat unlikely(*) that they will actually find a new
moderator. They can publicize that there is an apparent vacancy, and
assign a new moderator if a volunteer steps forward.

Yes. I would argue that there is no need for a
long time spent publicizing the "apparent vacancy"
because the missing moderator was well-known in the
rec.aviation.* hierarchy and his death was well-publicized.

What is needed is a volunteer with the necessary skills
to manage the moderation softwa

http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.p...aqs:moderation

(*) In the past, Brian Edmonds, who is a board member, has identified
a number of newsgroups that had missing moderators, and revived them
(not successful in all cases). The board has also recently begun
robomoderating soc.religion.hindu, with so far rather desultory
results. For moderation to really be successful, it may be that the
moderator needs to have an active interest in the topic of his group.

I think we also failed to find a moderator for soc.religion.shamanism.

And in the future, if
a moderator should disappear, what is the proper procedure for
installing a replacement to assume that role?

Bring it to the attention of the Big-8 Management Board



See this page, too:

http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi

Marty
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Member of the Big-8 Management Board (B8MB).
See http://www.big-8.org for more information.

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:46:29 -0500, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
wrote in
:


What is needed is a volunteer with the necessary skills
to manage the moderation softwa

http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.p...aqs:moderation

While I have not previously performed the function of a moderator, I
do have some familiarity with Unix and news administration, and a
desire to see rec.aviation.stories restored to operational status. So
if it agreeable with those with the authority to approve such matters,
I am willing to fulfill that function for some period of time.

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:38:55 GMT, Larry Dighera wrote in :

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:46:29 -0500, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
wrote in
:


What is needed is a volunteer with the necessary skills
to manage the moderation softwa

http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.p...aqs:moderation

While I have not previously performed the function of a moderator, I
do have some familiarity with Unix and news administration, and a
desire to see rec.aviation.stories restored to operational status. So
if it agreeable with those with the authority to approve such matters,
I am willing to fulfill that function for some period of time.

Larry, I think you're a good candidate.

I've forwarded your note to the board.

Stay tuned.

Marty
--
Member of the Big-8 Management Board (B8MB).
See http://www.big-8.org for more information.

Martin X. Moleski, SJ wrote:

Speaking only for myself and not the board, I would
favor accepting a volunteer to take over the post
in rec.aviation.stories as soon as possible.

So also would I.

--
Kathy, speaking only for myself