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Re: can we add a 3d printing related group

From Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups eternal-september.grouprequests
Subject Re: can we add a 3d printing related group
Date 2025-08-06 20:43 -0700
Organization None to speak of
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"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> writes:
> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>>"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> writes:
>>>scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>
>>>>>Prove me wrong that this newsgroup will not be among the 10s of
>>>>>thousands of spamtraps devoid of topical discussion that have gone before.
>
>>>>I am trying, brother, I am trying.
>
>>>I didn't ask for, nor do I want, reassurance. You have to post something
>>>interesting on topic. You have to find discussion you are interested in
>>>elsewhere on Usenet and promote getting them to request local creation
>>>of the group and discussion in it. It's real work. There is no other way
>>>to overcome ignorance and apathy.
>
>>>You are now the proponent since you hijacked this proposal. It's your
>>>job and no one else's. You must continue to do this job till there's
>>>sustainable amount of on-topic discussion in the group.
>
>>Adam, scole doesn't owe you anything.  Overcoming ignorance and
>>apathy isn't his job.  Unless you have some official position as an
>>administrator for the free.* hierarchy, I suggest you give it a rest.
>
> You've been around longer than me. You of all people know that Usenet
> doesn't need another unserious proponent and spamtrap newsgroup.

I see no evidence that the new free.3d-printing is either unserious or a
spamtrap.  Take a look yourself.  As I said, I've seen some on-topic
discussion and no spam.

And free.* is different from the Big 8, with deliberately looser rules
and guidelines.  (I'm actually not familiar with the free.* hierarchy,
other than browsing the list of newsgroups carried by ES.  I'm more
familiar with the older alt.*, which also has deliberately looser rule
and guidelines.)  If you know more than I do about how free.* is
intended to be administered, feel free to share your knowledge.

>>Take a look at the list of existing groups under free.*.
>>The addition of free.3d-printing (which does have some topical
>>traffic, and no spam as far as I can tell) is hardly a pollutant
>>in an existing pure environment.  There were 1284 free.* newsgroups
>>visible on ES; there are now 1285.  Tilt at some other windmill.
>
> I'll continue to offer the opinion that proponents should take proposing
> a newsgroup seriously, same as I've been doing for three decades. That
> you don't like it is irrelevant. Welcome to unmoderated Usenet.

That you don't like the way free.3d-printing is equally irrelevant.

> For gawd's sake. Counterspam measures are taken server wide, not on a
> per group basis.

Is bullying the person who requested a new free.* newsgroup an antispam
measure?

The newsgroup has been created, is carried by eternal-september, and has
valid traffic, including a number of topical posts by scole.

This will probably be my last post on the topic.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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can we add a 3d printing related group Jax <754344@students.rsd7.net> - 2025-07-28 05:44 -0700
  Re: can we add a 3d printing related group snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-07-28 14:36 +0100
    Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Jax <754344@students.rsd7.net> - 2025-07-28 06:44 -0700
      Re: can we add a 3d printing related group snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-07-28 15:02 +0100
        Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Jax <754344@students.rsd7.net> - 2025-07-28 07:08 -0700
          Re: can we add a 3d printing related group snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-07-28 15:21 +0100
            Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Jax <754344@students.rsd7.net> - 2025-07-28 07:43 -0700
              Re: can we add a 3d printing related group snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-07-28 15:52 +0100
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Jax <754344@students.rsd7.net> - 2025-07-28 07:59 -0700
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-07-29 18:20 +1000
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> - 2025-07-29 09:04 +0000
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-07-29 20:04 +1000
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> - 2025-07-29 10:19 +0000
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Jax <754344@students.rsd7.net> - 2025-07-29 09:06 -0700
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-07-30 18:31 +1000
              Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-28 17:15 +0200
              Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-07-28 15:18 -0700
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Jax <754344@students.rsd7.net> - 2025-07-28 15:40 -0700
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-07-28 23:58 +0100
          Re: can we add a 3d printing related group vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) - 2025-08-02 06:59 +0100
            Re: can we add a 3d printing related group snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-08-02 14:44 +0100
              Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2025-08-02 15:07 +0000
    Re: can we add a 3d printing related group vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) - 2025-08-02 06:57 +0100
      Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2025-08-02 15:09 +0000
  Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-28 16:28 +0200
    Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-07-28 15:26 -0700
      Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2025-07-28 23:11 +0000
        Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Jax <754344@students.rsd7.net> - 2025-07-28 16:13 -0700
        Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-29 14:51 +0200
          Re: can we add a 3d printing related group vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) - 2025-08-02 06:52 +0100
  Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2025-08-03 17:29 +0000
  Re: can we add a 3d printing related group vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) - 2025-08-04 06:58 +0100
    Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Ray Banana <rayban@raybanana.net> - 2025-08-04 11:07 +0000
    Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2025-08-04 16:02 +0000
      Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-05 20:07 +0200
      Re: can we add a 3d printing related group vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) - 2025-08-06 09:38 +0100
        Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2025-08-06 13:45 +0000
          Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-08-06 13:41 -0700
            Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2025-08-06 22:35 +0000
              Re: can we add a 3d printing related group Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-08-06 20:43 -0700
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2025-08-07 05:24 +0000
              Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2025-08-09 19:29 +0000
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) - 2025-08-09 20:42 +0100
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2025-08-09 20:18 +0000
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) - 2025-08-10 09:09 +0100
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2025-08-10 15:46 +0000
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-10 20:33 +0200
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2025-08-10 19:26 +0042
                Re: can we add a 3d printing related group yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2025-08-10 20:48 +0042
          Re: can we add a 3d printing related group "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2025-08-07 17:48 +0000

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