Re: RFD: Remove unmoderated newsgroup uk.current-events.bird-flu

On 2009-01-10, Peter Duncanson <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:11:18 GMT, Rusty_Hinge
<rusty.hinge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The message <897hm4ll2i2897rs4nf0bi5rg7v2vk3au8@xxxxxxx>
from Peter Duncanson <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> contains these words:

Would the perceived need for this RFD go away if someone (me for instance)
were to start posting moderately regular updates on Avian Flu to the
newsgroup?

I doubt it - just any old post would count as spamming or trolling...

I did imply on-topic posts.

There already has been a post -- the RFD for removal! And no responses to it
so far. That may mean that no one is actually looking at the group.

I'll be interested to see what an on-topic post in that group contains, since
as far as I am aware there is no bird-flu in the UK or even Europe at the
moment...

Chris C
.

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