On Fri, 02 May 2008 10:51:17 -0400, tman inv@lid wrote in :

You know -- I was just thinking a rec.aviation.piloting.moderated would
be a darn good idea. Doesn't need a few bucks as much as it needs a few
volunteers to moderate, and one of the downsides is some degree of
latency when posting articles (i.e. they need to be approved by the
moderator).

Has this topic come up in the past? Lot of good content on this NG.
Also a lot of bottom-posted, cross-posted fckwt sht too, and that is
getting to be a bit of noise.

There are many costs in setting up a .moderated group,
financial, personal, and social.

I speak from personal experience as well as from
reading about the issues:

http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/faqs/mod-pitfalls.html

It's not easy and it's not a panacea.

Marty
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