rec.toys.transformers.moderated

rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a robo-moderated newsgroup to discuss Transformers, from the toys to the comics and movies. The group is moderated by the rec.toys.transformers.moderated.

Newsgroup

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Moderation Policies

rec.toys.transformers.moderated is run by a moderation 'bot written by Tim Skirvin named The Mighty Brawn (he will never die!) The 'bot runs a few checks before posting:

Articles must include a subject tag, such as "{BW}" or "[MOVIE]", at the start of the subject line.
Articles may be crossposted to no more than three groups, all of which must be on the crossposting whitelist (as described below).
Followups must be set to no more than one groups, which must be on the crossposting whitelist. If followups are not set and the message is crossposted to more than two groups, then the 'bot will set followups to just rec.toys.transformers.moderated.
Postings should be formatted within 80 characters in width (limiting your lines to 76 characters is recommended).
Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed text and HTML posts will be allowed, nor will binary messages (with the exception of small cryptographic signatures, such as GPG or S/MIME).
Mail address and thread blacklisting may be implemented at the discretion of the moderators; in addition, a number of anti-spam filters are applied to all submissions.

Current Moderators

The rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderation team currently consists of:

Tim Skirvin

Current Crossposting Whitelists

The following newsgroups are currently on the newsgroup whitelist. More may be added at the discretion of the moderation team.

######################################################################### ### newsgroups ########################################################## ######################################################################### # Newsgroup whitelist. Note, followups are done separately. alt.fan.bgcrisis alt.fan.robotech alt.toys.transformers alt.tv.robotech rec.games.miniatures.misc rec.toys.transformers.marketplace rec.toys.transformers.moderated

######################################################################### ### followups ########################################################### ######################################################################### # Followups whitelist. Note, newsgroups are done separately. rec.toys.transformers.moderated alt.toys.transformers

Historical and Official Documents

All control messages regarding rec.toys.transformers.moderated can be found in the ISC control message archive.

Scripts and Code

rec.toys.transformers.moderated is protected by pgpmoose. Any message that is not approved by the moderator is automatically cancelled. The GPG key for all posts to the group is here.