While it is possible that something will happen to turn it around, the depeering of Google Groups will vastly accelerate a trend that has been going on for many years. There have been fewer and fewer open nntp servers that are functional, and I think that it will likely go to zero in the not-too-distant future. So, that is another reason I do not want to invest my time and energy in continuing on here after February.

It has been quite a wild ride, ever since I discovered how to access online mailing lists and newsgroups when I was in college. I know that some people here did not like my opinions or my posting style, but I was really shocked at the time how vindictive some of those people could be, even going as far as doxxing me. Anyway, those people are gone now, so it does not really matter. We all will be gone soon. 'Everything dies,' like the Ninth Doctor said.

I will always have fond memories of the Adric Awards and Quote Files and Newbie FAQs and other rituals that are no longer even practiced here. I remember when we vigorously discussed fan theories that later became canonised in the books and TV show, like Season 6B and Morbius faces being pre-Hartnell incarnations. I will even miss some of the inane flame wars that we had over continuity. I will not miss the stuff that got personal, though, and even though I have no regrets about punching back after I was hit.

This group will always have a bittersweet legacy. We have about two months left before our comments here stop being archived. So, we have everything from An Unearthly Child up through The Church on Ruby Road to discuss, and well as any leaked spoilers and speculation. Let us try to go out on a high note, even we think that Doctor Who is already dead and that the writers are just engaging in . . . squirting necrophilia. >:-)

The Coca Cola Kid wrote:

> While it is possible that something will happen to turn it around,
> the depeering of Google Groups will vastly accelerate a trend that
> has been going on for many years. There have been fewer and fewer
> open nntp servers that are functional, and I think that it will
> likely go to zero in the not-too-distant future.

People posting to RADW via the Google Groups interface were never the
main contributors to RADW anyway. In fact most of them just posted
spam. One of the two biggest posters of spam here used Google Groups
to post his random spam daily without a care to the damage it was
causing and it was reckless posters like him that have eventually
contributed to Google Groups severing it's link to Usenet.

RADW losing the Google posters is not the end of the world. As we all
get old and die off then this group will probably die too, that much
is true, but RADW won't die just because we lost the one or two
genuine posters who choose to use Google Groups as opposed to a
newsreader and nntp service, like the majority of us do here.

There are free news servers out there and free newsreaders. If you
choose to depart Usenet, it'll be a shame. But RADW is going nowhere
in the immediate future...

>
> [SNIP]
>
> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy. We have about
> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.

....by Google.

Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
posts.

One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)

FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.

https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/

Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.

> Let us try to go out on a high note, even we think that
> Doctor Who is already dead and that the writers are just
> engaging in . . . squirting necrophilia. >:-)

Us? Speak for yourself, we are going nowhere!!! ;-)

On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:

> The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>
> [SNIP]
>>
>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy. We have about
>> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.
>
> ...by Google.
>
> Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
> posts.
>
> One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
> alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
> as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
> get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
> being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
> by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)
>
> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>
> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
>
> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
> There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
> people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
> was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
> step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.

Usenet Archives is another one,
<https://www.usenetarchives.com>

going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
<https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>

In article <xn0oasr7p7sy458000@news.eternal-september.org>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>
>> While it is possible that something will happen to turn it around,
>> the depeering of Google Groups will vastly accelerate a trend that
>> has been going on for many years. There have been fewer and fewer
>> open nntp servers that are functional, and I think that it will
>> likely go to zero in the not-too-distant future.
>
>People posting to RADW via the Google Groups interface were never the
>main contributors to RADW anyway. In fact most of them just posted
>spam. One of the two biggest posters of spam here used Google Groups
>to post his random spam daily without a care to the damage it was
>causing and it was reckless posters like him that have eventually
>contributed to Google Groups severing it's link to Usenet.
>
>RADW losing the Google posters is not the end of the world. As we all
>get old and die off then this group will probably die too, that much
>is true, but RADW won't die just because we lost the one or two
>genuine posters who choose to use Google Groups as opposed to a
>newsreader and nntp service, like the majority of us do here.
>
>There are free news servers out there and free newsreaders. If you
>choose to depart Usenet, it'll be a shame. But RADW is going nowhere
>in the immediate future...
>
>>
>> [SNIP]
>>
>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy. We have about
>> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.
>
>...by Google.
>
>Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
>posts.
>
>One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
>alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
>as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
>get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
>being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
>by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)
>
>FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>
>https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
>
>Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
>There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
>people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
>was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
>step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>
>> Let us try to go out on a high note, even we think that
>> Doctor Who is already dead and that the writers are just
>> engaging in . . . squirting necrophilia. >:-)
>
>Us? Speak for yourself, we are going nowhere!!! ;-)
>

Usenet is dying has been arounf since 2005.

The lies of time!
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In article <ultt4m$eadc$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>
>> The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>>
>> [SNIP]
>>>
>>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy. We have about
>>> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.
>>
>> ...by Google.
>>
>> Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
>> posts.
>>
>> One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
>> alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
>> as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
>> get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
>> being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
>> by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)
>>
>> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>>
>> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
>>
>> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
>> There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
>> people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
>> was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
>> step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>
>Usenet Archives is another one,
><https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>
>going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
><https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>
>
>

GG is spammers haven!
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The Doctor wrote:

> In article <xn0oasr7p7sy458000@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
> > The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
> >
> >> Let us try to go out on a high note, even we think that
> >> Doctor Who is already dead and that the writers are just
> >> engaging in . . . squirting necrophilia. >:-)
> >
> > Us? Speak for yourself, we are going nowhere!!! ;-)
>
> Usenet is dying has been arounf since 2005.

I can accept that the text based part of Usenet has declined on a lot
of groups over the years as web based forums and then social media
took off - and some newsgroups literally are dead - but while there
are still people posting here Usenet lives...

I am hearing that a few people are coming back to Usenet from Reddit,
X and Facebook (etc.) because of the toxicity on those places. But
your actions probably don't encourage newbies to stay on RADW for
very long. So if you want RADW to thrive for the new season of Doctor
Who curb your spamming.

> The lies of time!

Not outright lies, just people misinformed.

In article <nnd$23225968$26f46c67@a06ac5223ea6d9fe>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>The Doctor wrote:
>
>> In article <xn0oasr7p7sy458000@news.eternal-september.org>,
>> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>> > The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>> >
>> >> Let us try to go out on a high note, even we think that
>> >> Doctor Who is already dead and that the writers are just
>> >> engaging in . . . squirting necrophilia. >:-)
>> >
>> > Us? Speak for yourself, we are going nowhere!!! ;-)
>>
>> Usenet is dying has been arounf since 2005.
>
>I can accept that the text based part of Usenet has declined on a lot
>of groups over the years as web based forums and then social media
>took off - and some newsgroups literally are dead - but while there
>are still people posting here Usenet lives...
>
>I am hearing that a few people are coming back to Usenet from Reddit,
>X and Facebook (etc.) because of the toxicity on those places. But
>your actions probably don't encourage newbies to stay on RADW for
>very long. So if you want RADW to thrive for the new season of Doctor
>Who curb your spamming.
>
>> The lies of time!
>
>Not outright lies, just people misinformed.

Lies! UUNet in 2007 "Usenet is dying"

It is now 2023 .
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On Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 10:54:08 AM UTC-5, The Doctor wrote:
> In article <nnd$23225968$26f46c67@a06ac5223ea6d9fe>,
> Blueshirt <blue...@indigo.news> wrote:
> >The Doctor wrote:
<snip>
> >> The lies of time!
> >
> >Not outright lies, just people misinformed.
> Lies! UUNet in 2007 "Usenet is dying"
>
> It is now 2023 .

Usenet was already on the decline in 2007. In 2023, it is just a shell of its former self.

On Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 12:12:58 AM UTC-5, Your Name wrote:
> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:

> > [SNIP]

> > FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
> > follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
> >
> > https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
> >
> > Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
> > There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
> > people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
> > was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
> > step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.
> Usenet Archives is another one,
> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>
> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>

Thank you both for those links. I never knew about those archives until today.
We shall see how long they remain online and functioning.

I will check in on them every once in a while, but as I said, I am not going to spend one cent more than what I pay for standard internet service to be able to post to Usenet. I believe that is wrong and is a violation of the spirit of net neutrality if not the letter of it.

On 2023-12-20 22:09:05 +0000, The Coca Cola Kid said:
> On Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 12:12:58 AM UTC-5, Your Name wrote:
>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>> [SNIP]
>>>
>>> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>>> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>>> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/>
>>>
>>> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on. There
>>> is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from people who
>>> think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google was NEVER
>>> Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will step up and
>>> fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>>
>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>
>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>
> Thank you both for those links. I never knew about those archives until today.
>
> We shall see how long they remain online and functioning.
>
> I will check in on them every once in a while, but as I said, I am not
> going to spend one cent more than what I pay for standard internet
> service to be able to post to Usenet. I believe that is wrong and is a
> violation of the spirit of net neutrality if not the letter of it.

According to a Reddit post, UsenetArchive.com was opened about three
years ago (I thought it was much older than that). It's still a "work
in progress".
<https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/in6u06/free_usenet_text_archive_goes_online_300_million/>

The Coca Cola Kid wrote:

> On Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 10:54:08 AM UTC-5, The Doctor
> wrote:
> >
> > Lies! UUNet in 2007 "Usenet is dying"
> >
> > It is now 2023 .
>
> Usenet was already on the decline in 2007. In 2023, it is just a
> shell of its former self.

For the discussion based text newsgroups like RADW, yes. RADW is a
shell of it's former self.

Strangely enough though, Usenet traffic has been increasing year upon
year, and in 2023 it is way above what it was in 2007... and probably
the highest it's ever been! Obviously the binaries groups are the
main reason for this exponential growth in Usenet traffic. As they
have grown in usage whilst the text based newsgroups has decreased in
use. But Usenet itself is thriving, and regardless of how newsgroups
fare over the coming years, Usenet itself is not going anywhere.

The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>
> Thank you both for those links. I never knew about those archives
> until today. We shall see how long they remain online and
> functioning.
>
> I will check in on them every once in a while, but as I said, I am
> not going to spend one cent more than what I pay for standard
> internet service to be able to post to Usenet. I believe that is
> wrong and is a violation of the spirit of net neutrality if not the
> letter of it.

I don't know who is asking you to pay to post to Usenet, if you are
just wanting to post on text groups like RADW then free news servers
are around as are free newsreaders. As are places like Nova BBS. So
it's your choice...

https://www.novabbs.com/arts/thread.php?group=rec.arts.drwho

Or, if you are interested...

Free News servers:

https://www.eternal-september.org/

https://solani.org/

Free Newsreaders:

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/

https://mpgravity.sourceforge.net/index.html

So, no need to spend a cent more than you pay for your standard
internet! ;-)

In article <ulvusp$op1d$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>On 2023-12-20 22:09:05 +0000, The Coca Cola Kid said:
>> On Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 12:12:58 AM UTC-5, Your Name wrote:
>>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>>> [SNIP]
>>>>
>>>> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>>>> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>>>> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/>
>>>>
>>>> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on. There
>>>> is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from people who
>>>> think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google was NEVER
>>>> Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will step up and
>>>> fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>>>
>>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>>
>>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>>
>> Thank you both for those links. I never knew about those archives
>until today.
>>
>> We shall see how long they remain online and functioning.
>>
>> I will check in on them every once in a while, but as I said, I am not
>> going to spend one cent more than what I pay for standard internet
>> service to be able to post to Usenet. I believe that is wrong and is a
>> violation of the spirit of net neutrality if not the letter of it.
>
>According to a Reddit post, UsenetArchive.com was opened about three
>years ago (I thought it was much older than that). It's still a "work
>in progress".
><https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/in6u06/free_usenet_text_archive_goes_online_300_million/>
>
>
>
>
>
>

WEll it is not Google!
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In article <nnd$260fd47a$2aacff82@e61ca77f750b4bdc>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 10:54:08 AM UTC-5, The Doctor
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Lies! UUNet in 2007 "Usenet is dying"
>> >
>> > It is now 2023 .
>>
>> Usenet was already on the decline in 2007. In 2023, it is just a
>> shell of its former self.
>
>For the discussion based text newsgroups like RADW, yes. RADW is a
>shell of it's former self.
>
>Strangely enough though, Usenet traffic has been increasing year upon
>year, and in 2023 it is way above what it was in 2007... and probably
>the highest it's ever been! Obviously the binaries groups are the
>main reason for this exponential growth in Usenet traffic. As they
>have grown in usage whilst the text based newsgroups has decreased in
>use. But Usenet itself is thriving, and regardless of how newsgroups
>fare over the coming years, Usenet itself is not going anywhere.

Usenet is not dying the way the elites wants it to!
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In article <nnd$7e42f572$780b2a91@9f9f5232ee350419>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>
>> Thank you both for those links. I never knew about those archives
>> until today. We shall see how long they remain online and
>> functioning.
>>
>> I will check in on them every once in a while, but as I said, I am
>> not going to spend one cent more than what I pay for standard
>> internet service to be able to post to Usenet. I believe that is
>> wrong and is a violation of the spirit of net neutrality if not the
>> letter of it.
>
>I don't know who is asking you to pay to post to Usenet, if you are
>just wanting to post on text groups like RADW then free news servers
>are around as are free newsreaders. As are places like Nova BBS. So
>it's your choice...
>
>https://www.novabbs.com/arts/thread.php?group=rec.arts.drwho
>
>
>Or, if you are interested...
>
>
>Free News servers:
>
>https://www.eternal-september.org/
>
>
>https://solani.org/
>
>
>Free Newsreaders:
>
>https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/
>
>
>https://mpgravity.sourceforge.net/index.html
>
>So, no need to spend a cent more than you pay for your standard
>internet! ;-)

Exactly!
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The Coca Cola Kid <thecocacolakid@gmail.com> wrote in
news:7729e666-bca8-4c1c-9173-79a05f32cb51n@googlegroups.com:

> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy. We have about two
> months left before our comments here stop being archived. So, we have
> everything from An Unearthly Child up through The Church on Ruby Road
> to discuss, and well as any leaked spoilers and speculation. Let us
> try to go out on a high note, even we think that Doctor Who is already
> dead and that the writers are just engaging in . . . squirting
> necrophilia. >:-)

Oh my God, that's disgusting.

..

In article <um07b2$ps7n$2@dont-email.me>,
Agent Jakanov <mouth@onlegs.org> wrote:
>The Coca Cola Kid <thecocacolakid@gmail.com> wrote in
>news:7729e666-bca8-4c1c-9173-79a05f32cb51n@googlegroups.com:
>
>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy. We have about two
>> months left before our comments here stop being archived. So, we have
>> everything from An Unearthly Child up through The Church on Ruby Road
>> to discuss, and well as any leaked spoilers and speculation. Let us
>> try to go out on a high note, even we think that Doctor Who is already
>> dead and that the writers are just engaging in . . . squirting
>> necrophilia. >:-)
>
>Oh my God, that's disgusting.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>.

LOL!
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Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>
>> The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>>
>> [SNIP]
>>>
>>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy.  We have about
>>> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.
>>
>> ...by Google.
>>
>> Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
>> posts.
>>
>> One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
>> alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
>> as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
>> get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
>> being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
>> by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)
>>
>> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>>
>> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
>>
>> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
>> There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
>> people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
>> was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
>> step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>
> Usenet Archives is another one,
> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>
> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>

Yeap, the oldest post showing on your link was 4th March 1987, advising
of problems with a feed to Oberlin College ..... with responses to that
post by this newsgroups two most common posters made in June 2015.

Might give me something to fill in my days!
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Daniel65 wrote on 21/12/23 9:55 pm:
> Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>> The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>>>
>>> [SNIP]
>>>>
>>>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy.  We have about
>>>> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.
>>>
>>> ...by Google.
>>>
>>> Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
>>> posts.
>>>
>>> One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
>>> alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
>>> as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
>>> get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
>>> being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
>>> by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)
>>>
>>> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>>> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>>>
>>> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
>>>
>>> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
>>> There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
>>> people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
>>> was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
>>> step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>>
>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>
>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>>
> Yeap, the oldest post showing on your link was 4th March 1987, advising
> of problems with a feed to Oberlin College ..... with responses to that
> post by this newsgroups two most common posters made in June 2015.
>
> Might give me something to fill in my days!

Nope. didn't give me "something to fill in my days"!! Only about 30
messages shown ..... so they're all done and dusted!
--
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In article <um15iq$11u8h$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel65 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>
>>> The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>>>
>>> [SNIP]
>>>>
>>>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy.  We have about
>>>> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.
>>>
>>> ...by Google.
>>>
>>> Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
>>> posts.
>>>
>>> One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
>>> alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
>>> as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
>>> get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
>>> being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
>>> by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)
>>>
>>> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>>> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>>>
>>> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
>>>
>>> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
>>> There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
>>> people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
>>> was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
>>> step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>>
>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>
>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>
>Yeap, the oldest post showing on your link was 4th March 1987, advising
>of problems with a feed to Oberlin College ..... with responses to that
>post by this newsgroups two most common posters made in June 2015.
>
>Might give me something to fill in my days!
>--
>Daniel

Go for it!
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In article <um19ib$12ep9$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel65 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>Daniel65 wrote on 21/12/23 9:55 pm:
>> Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
>>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>>> The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> [SNIP]
>>>>>
>>>>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy.  We have about
>>>>> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.
>>>>
>>>> ...by Google.
>>>>
>>>> Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
>>>> posts.
>>>>
>>>> One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
>>>> alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
>>>> as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
>>>> get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
>>>> being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
>>>> by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)
>>>>
>>>> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>>>> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>>>>
>>>> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
>>>>
>>>> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
>>>> There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
>>>> people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
>>>> was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
>>>> step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>>>
>>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>>
>>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>>>
>> Yeap, the oldest post showing on your link was 4th March 1987, advising
>> of problems with a feed to Oberlin College ..... with responses to that
>> post by this newsgroups two most common posters made in June 2015.
>>
>> Might give me something to fill in my days!
>
>Nope. didn't give me "something to fill in my days"!! Only about 30
>messages shown ..... so they're all done and dusted!
>--
>Daniel

That was quick!
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On 2023-12-21 12:03:26 +0000, Daniel65 said:
> Daniel65 wrote on 21/12/23 9:55 pm:
>> Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
>>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>>> The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> [SNIP]
>>>>>
>>>>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy.  We have about
>>>>> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.
>>>>
>>>> ...by Google.
>>>>
>>>> Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
>>>> posts.
>>>>
>>>> One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
>>>> alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
>>>> as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
>>>> get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
>>>> being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
>>>> by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)
>>>>
>>>> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>>>> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>>>>
>>>> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
>>>>
>>>> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
>>>> There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
>>>> people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
>>>> was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
>>>> step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>>>
>>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>>
>>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>>
>> Yeap, the oldest post showing on your link was 4th March 1987, advising
>> of problems with a feed to Oberlin College ..... with responses to that
>> post by this newsgroups two most common posters made in June 2015.
>>
>> Might give me something to fill in my days!
>
> Nope. didn't give me "something to fill in my days"!! Only about 30
> messages shown ..... so they're all done and dusted!

Usenet Archives has 203,381 messages in rec.arts.drwho ... 10170 pages of them.

Your Name wrote:
>
> Usenet Archives has 203,381 messages in rec.arts.drwho ... 10170
> pages of them.

Crikey! That'll keep people busy.

In article <um2a7p$17jt8$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>On 2023-12-21 12:03:26 +0000, Daniel65 said:
>> Daniel65 wrote on 21/12/23 9:55 pm:
>>> Your Name wrote on 20/12/23 4:12 pm:
>>>> On 2023-12-20 04:22:11 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>>>> The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> [SNIP]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This group will always have a bittersweet legacy.� We have about
>>>>>> two months left before our comments here stop being archived.
>>>>>
>>>>> ...by Google.
>>>>>
>>>>> Others in the community are attempting projects that archive Usenet
>>>>> posts.
>>>>>
>>>>> One such archive - it's a work-in-progress - 'Narkive' is a Google
>>>>> alternative for reading posts to some of the bigger groups. It's not
>>>>> as comparable to Google's archive, but Google had twenty two years to
>>>>> get where they are today. (There are a few other similar projects
>>>>> being worked on. Limited in nature at the moment but being worked on
>>>>> by committed Usenet enthusiasts. So there is hope for the future.)
>>>>>
>>>>> FWIW, here is our Narkive... bookmark this link and you'll be able to
>>>>> follow the random utterances of us post February 2024.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://rec.arts.drwho.narkive.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> Our comments will live on, probably for as long as RADW lives on.
>>>>> There is life after Google Groups and all this doom and gloom from
>>>>> people who think Google is the be all and end all is madness. Google
>>>>> was NEVER Usenet, it was just a gateway. The Usenet community will
>>>>> step up and fill the void in some way, shape or form.
>>>>
>>>> Usenet Archives is another one,
>>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com>
>>>>
>>>> going back to March 1987 in rec.arts.drwho
>>>> <https://www.usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=rec.arts.drwho&y=0&r=0&p=1>
>>>
>>> Yeap, the oldest post showing on your link was 4th March 1987, advising
>>> of problems with a feed to Oberlin College ..... with responses to that
>>> post by this newsgroups two most common posters made in June 2015.
>>>
>>> Might give me something to fill in my days!
>>
>> Nope. didn't give me "something to fill in my days"!! Only about 30
>> messages shown ..... so they're all done and dusted!
>
>Usenet Archives has 203,381 messages in rec.arts.drwho ... 10170 pages of them.
>
>

Mostly junk by Tim!
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In article <nnd$13494bb9$5b156bd3@fac2db60f45488e2>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>Your Name wrote:
>>
>> Usenet Archives has 203,381 messages in rec.arts.drwho ... 10170
>> pages of them.
>
>Crikey! That'll keep people busy.

And that is just GG pollution.
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