Big 8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:

MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
moderated group rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated

Thank you for launching the MVI. The only thing I would like to add is
that, should the investigation end up there, I volunteer to take over moderation of RSPWM and am willing to fund and maintain a server to host moderation software.

--
STC / M0TEY /
http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur

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Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

Big 8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:

MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
moderated group rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated

Thank you for launching the MVI. The only thing I would like to add is
that, should the investigation end up there, I volunteer to take over moderation of RSPWM and am willing to fund and maintain a server to host moderation software.

Hello. It's been almost a month since the MVI was posted, so I was
wondering if there was any update on progress you could provide?

Thanks.

--
STC / M0TEY /
http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur

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Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

Big 8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:

MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
moderated group rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated

Thank you for launching the MVI. The only thing I would like to add is that, should the investigation end up there, I volunteer to take over moderation of RSPWM and am willing to fund and maintain a server to host moderation software.

Hello. It's been almost a month since the MVI was posted, so I was
wondering if there was any update on progress you could provide?

There does not appear to be anyone interested in this group other than yourself. It seems likely to me that the moderator lost interest as a
result of lack of submissions. One of the possible results of an MVI
would be removal of the group. That would be my inclination.

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Kathy, speaking only for myself

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Kathy Morgan <see_reply-to@invalid.net> wrote:

Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

Big 8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:

MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
moderated group rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated

Thank you for launching the MVI. The only thing I would like to add is
that, should the investigation end up there, I volunteer to take over
moderation of RSPWM and am willing to fund and maintain a server to host >>> moderation software.

Hello. It's been almost a month since the MVI was posted, so I was
wondering if there was any update on progress you could provide?

There does not appear to be anyone interested in this group other than yourself.

The thread I posted here re RSPWM in February did receive one broadly supportive response, and when I emailed the Big-8 Management Board one of
the members was positive about the notion of restoring moderation functionality, but point taken. Perhaps the current audience of news.groups.proposals doesn't particularly intersect with pro-wrestling
fandom.

It seems likely to me that the moderator lost interest as a
result of lack of submissions.

It's certainly my impression, from the conversations I've had with them
(see my February post to this group), that they've lost interest, and
that's possibly due to lack of submissions. He didn't seem aware that moderation was broken until I hunted him down on Twitter and asked about
it. There very well could have been other submissions lost in the void
after the moderation setup had failed.

One of the possible results of an MVI
would be removal of the group. That would be my inclination.

I'd like to request for the Board to consider giving resurrection under a
new moderator a chance. I'm willing to take the task on myself, and willing
to fund and maintain a server to house moderation software. The unmoderated rec.sport.pro-wrestling is, by and large, a disaster but there are
occasional pro-wrestling topics, sadly quickly derailed/nuked by trolling.
I think it's possible that, given a troll-free group, these on-topic
posters might be tempted across. If the group is still moribund after, say,
18 months then I would agree that the case for removal is strong and likely
for the best. But I'd appreciate the opportunity to try and save it first.

Thanks.

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STC / M0TEY /
http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur

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Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

Perhaps the current audience of
news.groups.proposals doesn't particularly intersect with pro-wrestling fandom.

The MVI was crossposted to rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated, so if
anyone is reading the group they will have seen the post. No one other
than yourself has responded to it. (As a moderator for
news.groups.proposals, I know that no submissions have been received, so
it is not that submissions have been received and rejected.)

--
Kathy

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Big 8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:

MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
moderated group rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated

This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because moderated newsgroup rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated is not
functioning, and may have been abandoned by its moderator(s).

Dear Board, I am writing further to the MVI that is in progress.

I note what has been said previously in terms of no interest having been expressed for RSPWM but I do observe that no objections from other users regarding the MVI have been posted to the MVI thread and that no
user/moderator of RSPWM has posted any objection to the statement that moderation has failed.

I am able and willing to assume moderator duties and am able to have a moderation software install up and running immediately, with technical
support provided by Paul Schleck. In terms of what I would do with the
group, I would immediately set up scripts to pull in news feeds from
several major pro-wrestling sites, which would seed on-topic content into
the group on a daily basis. Additionally, I would regularly start new
threads on the pro-wrestling topics du jour, such as reaction to PPV and
weekly TV shows, hiring/firing gossip, the various industry scandals that
blow up from time to time, and links/commentary on the latest released wrestling podcasts, amongst other miscellaneous topics. With this varied on-topic content, and by making alert posts to unmoderated wrestling newsgroups, I would hope to attract regular contributors. Also, I would
set-up and grow a Twitter account to bot-Tweet new threads, in the same way
I have done at Twitter.com/ukradioamateur for uk.radio.amateur.moderated.

Accordingly, I respectfully request that the Board move to resolve the MVI
with the decision to assign myself as the new moderator of rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated.

Many thanks.

--
STC / M0TEY /
http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur

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Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

Big 8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:

MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
moderated group rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated

This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated is not
functioning, and may have been abandoned by its moderator(s).

Dear Board, I am writing further to the MVI that is in progress.

I note what has been said previously in terms of no interest having been expressed for RSPWM but I do observe that no objections from other users regarding the MVI have been posted to the MVI thread and that no user/moderator of RSPWM has posted any objection to the statement that moderation has failed.

I am able and willing to assume moderator duties and am able to have a moderation software install up and running immediately, with technical support provided by Paul Schleck. In terms of what I would do with the
group, I would immediately set up scripts to pull in news feeds from
several major pro-wrestling sites, which would seed on-topic content into
the group on a daily basis. Additionally, I would regularly start new
threads on the pro-wrestling topics du jour, such as reaction to PPV and weekly TV shows, hiring/firing gossip, the various industry scandals that blow up from time to time, and links/commentary on the latest released wrestling podcasts, amongst other miscellaneous topics. With this varied on-topic content, and by making alert posts to unmoderated wrestling newsgroups, I would hope to attract regular contributors. Also, I would set-up and grow a Twitter account to bot-Tweet new threads, in the same way
I have done at Twitter.com/ukradioamateur for uk.radio.amateur.moderated.

Accordingly, I respectfully request that the Board move to resolve the MVI with the decision to assign myself as the new moderator of rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated.

Many thanks.

Hello Board. It's been a month since I posted the above request, could you please advise how this will be resolved?

Thanks

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STC / M0TEY /
http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur

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Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

Big 8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:

MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
moderated group rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated

This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated is not
functioning, and may have been abandoned by its moderator(s).

Dear Board, I am writing further to the MVI that is in progress.

I note what has been said previously in terms of no interest having been
expressed for RSPWM but I do observe that no objections from other users
regarding the MVI have been posted to the MVI thread and that no
user/moderator of RSPWM has posted any objection to the statement that
moderation has failed.

I am able and willing to assume moderator duties and am able to have a
moderation software install up and running immediately, with technical
support provided by Paul Schleck. In terms of what I would do with the
group, I would immediately set up scripts to pull in news feeds from
several major pro-wrestling sites, which would seed on-topic content into
the group on a daily basis. Additionally, I would regularly start new
threads on the pro-wrestling topics du jour, such as reaction to PPV and
weekly TV shows, hiring/firing gossip, the various industry scandals that
blow up from time to time, and links/commentary on the latest released
wrestling podcasts, amongst other miscellaneous topics. With this varied
on-topic content, and by making alert posts to unmoderated wrestling
newsgroups, I would hope to attract regular contributors. Also, I would
set-up and grow a Twitter account to bot-Tweet new threads, in the same way >> I have done at Twitter.com/ukradioamateur for uk.radio.amateur.moderated.

Accordingly, I respectfully request that the Board move to resolve the MVI >> with the decision to assign myself as the new moderator of
rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated.

Many thanks.

Hello Board. It's been a month since I posted the above request, could you please advise how this will be resolved?

Hello again, Board. It's been another month, any news on how your thinking
in terms of a resolution? I reiterate; I'm ready and able to take up the
reins of moderation for this currently broken newsgroup.

Thanks!

--
STC / M0TEY /
http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur

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Big 8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:

MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
moderated group rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated

This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because moderated newsgroup rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated is not
functioning, and may have been abandoned by its moderator(s).

Just FYI; the moderator of RSPWM has resurrected moderation and the
newsgroup is once again functional. The MVI May be ended. Thank you for
your efforts.

If anyone wants to talk pro-graps, head on over to RSPWM!

--
STC / M0TEY /
http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur

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