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Chris

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Since: Feb 16, 2008
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:52 pm
Post subject: Get rid of alt.games.adnd
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alt.games.adnd is almost inactive -- so far this month, it's only had
one post that wasn't also posted here -- and AFAICT RGFD makes it
redundant. Why don't we close it down?

I would do it myself, but I can't find a free Usenet server that accepts
control messages.

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C. Woolard

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Since: May 30, 2006
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:52 pm
Post subject: Re: Get rid of alt.games.adnd [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Feb 16, 10:52 am, Chris <seahen....TakeThisOut@gmail.invalid> wrote:
> alt.games.adnd is almost inactive -- so far this month, it's only had
> one post that wasn't also posted here -- and AFAICT RGFD makes it
> redundant. Why don't we close it down?
>
> I would do it myself, but I can't find a free Usenet server that accepts
> control messages.

Wonder where you're getting your usenet?

Nine posts to a.g.adnd this month, eight of them more or less on
topic. While that's certainly not an rgfd or alt.slack level of
activity, I don't think it qualifies as "inactive". It's nice to have
a place where ad&d discussion doesnt get lost in the "munchkin this"
and "oh noes, 4e!!!1!!" threads.

> I would do it myself, but I can't find a free Usenet server that accepts
> control messages.

There's a reason for that.

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drow

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Since: Feb 23, 2005
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:48 pm
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Alien mind control rays made Chris <seahen123 RemoveThis @gmail.invalid> write:
> alt.games.adnd is almost inactive -- so far this month, it's only had
> one post that wasn't also posted here -- and AFAICT RGFD makes it
> redundant. Why don't we close it down?

this is USENET, lad. nothing ever closes down.

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Rick Pikul

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:43 am
Post subject: Re: Get rid of alt.games.adnd [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:52:18 -0500, Chris wrote:

> alt.games.adnd is almost inactive -- so far this month, it's only had
> one post that wasn't also posted here -- and AFAICT RGFD makes it
> redundant. Why don't we close it down?
>
> I would do it myself, but I can't find a free Usenet server that accepts
> control messages.

It's a moot point, rmgouping alt groups has never worked.

Originally it was because there would be an immediate newgroup sent in
response by a certain Toronto-area sysadmin. Now it's simply because
almost no servers bother to process rmgoups for alt groups, (or even
newgroups in many cases).


If you could get rid of alt groups, ag.adnd would have been gone long ago.

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Bruce Grubb

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:31 am
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In article <fp7bdh$l9q$1@aioe.org>, Chris <seahen123 RemoveThis @gmail.invalid> wrote:

> alt.games.adnd is almost inactive -- so far this month, it's only had
> one post that wasn't also posted here -- and AFAICT RGFD makes it
> redundant. Why don't we close it down?
>
> I would do it myself, but I can't find a free Usenet server that accepts
> control messages.

That is the problem, you can't really 'close down' a usenet group. They
will eventually get dropped by individual servers if the traffic on them is
nil.
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Marcel Beaudoin

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:52 pm
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in rec.games.frp.dnd, Bruce Grubb <bgrubb DeleteThis @zianet.com> wrote in
news:bgrubb-D88EE3.09314119022008@news.zianet.com:

> In article <fp7bdh$l9q$1@aioe.org>, Chris <seahen123 DeleteThis @gmail.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> alt.games.adnd is almost inactive -- so far this month, it's only had
>> one post that wasn't also posted here -- and AFAICT RGFD makes it
>> redundant. Why don't we close it down?
>>
>> I would do it myself, but I can't find a free Usenet server that
>> accepts control messages.
>
> That is the problem, you can't really 'close down' a usenet group.
> They will eventually get dropped by individual servers if the traffic
> on them is nil.

There are very few (if any) NSPs that will drop an unused group. Most NSPs
use group count as a marketing tool, so the larger the number they can
point to, the better.

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