"Jean B." > wrote in message
...
> sf wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 13:47:46 -0800, "Kent" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Moderated or filtered newsgroups have failed almost always. An example
>>> is alt.food.recipes.
>>
>> and rec.food.cuisine.jewish
>>
> Oh, I was thinking of rfr. Hmm. Can a moderated group be changed to an
> unmoderated group? Can one prevent the recipes from being archived
> without attribution being stripped, recipe names being changed, someone
> else seeming to claim ownership of them?
>
> --
> Jean B.
>
>
The short answer is no. I tried to do this with the moderated
alt.food.recipes sometime ago when the moderator left. Apparently when a NG
is started the starter designates moderated or non moderated. The NG stays
that way forever. You have to start a new NG and start from zero.

Kent