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I'm thinking you should rename this newsgroup from sci.space.policy to
sci.space.jfmeziqanda If it weren't for Mr. Mezi's questions there wouldn't be any traffic in this group at all. I think he deserves some credit for keeping the group alive, I'm only half suggesting the group rename in jest. Fred McCall used to give "Mayfly" a lot of grief, but Fred is gone now, and I doubt Mary Shafer or Henry Spencer will be back any time soon. I guess that those of us who keep reading here should thank JF Mezei for keeping it going, although most of his questions are technical in nature not policy oriented. Begs the question as to whether sci.space.tech ought to still be moderated I suppose. Such is the evolution of newsgroups vs web sites. Moore's the pity... (Pun intended). Dave |
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In article , says...
I'm thinking you should rename this newsgroup from sci.space.policy to sci.space.jfmeziqanda If it weren't for Mr. Mezi's questions there wouldn't be any traffic in this group at all. I think he deserves some credit for keeping the group alive, I'm only half suggesting the group rename in jest. Fred McCall used to give "Mayfly" a lot of grief, but Fred is gone now, and I doubt Mary Shafer or Henry Spencer will be back any time soon. I guess that those of us who keep reading here should thank JF Mezei for keeping it going, although most of his questions are technical in nature not policy oriented. Begs the question as to whether sci.space.tech ought to still be moderated I suppose. Such is the evolution of newsgroups vs web sites. Moore's the pity... (Pun intended). Somehow I wasn't subscribed to sci.space.tech! WTF? Now that I subscribed, I see threads that are literally years old. Doh! Jeff -- All opinions posted by me on Usenet News are mine, and mine alone. These posts do not reflect the opinions of my family, friends, employer, or any organization that I am a member of. |
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On Jan/16/2020 at 11:59, David Spain wrote :
I'm thinking you should rename this newsgroup from sci.space.policy to sci.space.jfmeziqanda If it weren't for Mr. Mezi's questions there wouldn't be any traffic in this group at all. I think he deserves some credit for keeping the group alive, I'm only half suggesting the group rename in jest. I agree, about Mr Mezei's deserving credit, not about the rename :-) I sometime try to get discussions going on. I started the "What to expect" thread on Dec 30th with a subject that was intentionally very open with the hope that it would foster discussion. But I'm in no way as successful as Mr Mezei in doing so. Fred McCall used to give "Mayfly" a lot of grief, but Fred is gone now, and I doubt Mary Shafer or Henry Spencer will be back any time soon. An other one I miss is Frank Crary but he's been away for quite some time now. I guess that those of us who keep reading here should thank JF Mezei for keeping it going, although most of his questions are technical in nature not policy oriented. Begs the question as to whether sci.space.tech ought to still be moderated I suppose. I really have no problems about his questions not being policy oriented. This group is de facto the sci.space newsgroup. There really isn't any reason any more for sci.space to be split. Alain Fournier |
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"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
... In article , says... I really have no problems about his questions not being policy oriented. This group is de facto the sci.space newsgroup. There really isn't any reason any more for sci.space to be split. This. Since policy isn't moderated, it is the default space group I post to. I was around for the split (don't think I voted on it though). Today's traffic clearly would not warrant a split. Jeff I seem to recall voting against the split also. And if any does care, sci.space.tech and .science are still actively moderated. Simply no one posts there. I've tried to lure back a few of the regulars to sci.space.policy, but no joy. We do need more life people though. Open to suggestions on how to recruit useful traffic. -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net IT Disaster Response - https://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Resp...dp/1484221834/ |
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On Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 1:21:16 PM UTC-5, JF Mezei wrote:
On 2020-01-20 20:18, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote: Open to suggestions on how to recruit useful traffic. Insulting people who come here to ask questions does not help getting people coming here regularly. While I agree somewhat on the insults, there are also times when people post with an agenda. In such cases, when presented with facts, some folks tend to view any opposition to their opinions as insults. |
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"JF Mezei" wrote in message ...
On 2020-01-20 20:18, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote: Open to suggestions on how to recruit useful traffic. Insulting people who come here to ask questions does not help getting people coming here regularly. There is some validity to that, but the bigger issue honestly is... getting people here in the first place. VERY few people still realize Usenet exists in any form and if they know anything, they think of it as Google newsgroups (or whatever it is now) and most ISPs don't over a separate way of accessing it and there are few if any decent clients. So really the bigger problem is getting people here in the first place. -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net IT Disaster Response - https://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Resp...dp/1484221834/ |
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