A "terminators' club" for clp

[Terry Reedy]

kj wrote:
> In <7x3a4i56u7.fsf at ruckus.brouhaha.com> Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:
> 
>> kj <no.email at please.post> writes:
>>> frequent* clp posters the ability to *easily* delete spam from the
>>> comp.lang.python server?
> 
>> Um, this is usenet; there is no comp.lang.python server.  Are you
>> saying you want a moderated newsgroup?  Hmm, maybe this group is busy
>> enough that there is some merit to that idea.
> 
> Sorry, I had a mistaken view of how usenet was implemented.  But
> yeah, I guess I'm thinking of a moderated newsgroup, but with a
> large number of moderators working in parallel, and a very lax
> acceptance policy.  The goal is to filter out only the obvious
> spam, and let through all the other non-spam traffic as quickly as
> possible...  What do I mean by "obvious spam"?  Well, among the
> most recent messages (that have survived my killfile policies) I
> see the following subject lines:
> 
> * Top 10 US mp3 songs.....Cheers
> * www.find68.com cheaper nike shoes g-satr kidrobot hoodies ed hardy star red monkey gino green global true religion ed-hardy kidrobot jeans hoodies china supplier wholesaler exporters,manufacture
> * "jobs in france" "jobs in france for english people" "jobs in france for foreigners" "jobs in france for australians" "jobs in france for foreigners " "jobs in france for new zealanders" "jobs" "paris jobs" http://jobs-in-fr ance.blogspot.com/
> * "germany jobs" "germany job sites" "germany job search" "jobs in germany" "german jobs" "germany jobs it" "germany jobs for foreigners" "germany jobsite" "germany jobs in english" on http://jobs-germany.blogspot.com/
> 
> Those look pretty obvious to me.
> 
> But, as I already showed, I'm out of my depth here,
> so I'd better shut up.

Some usenet newsgroups were/are moderated either by a robot, a person, 
or a team (as you suggested). But a particular newsgroup has to be set 
up that way from the beginning. Last I knew, it wan/is? difficult to 
convert an unmoderated group to moderation.

Terry Jan Reedy