From: a@a.uk 
  
 "Whiskers"  wrote in message 
 news:slrni4uh1l.7vq.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net... 
 > On 2010-07-27, A B  wrote: 
 >> I find it annoying too, the way all the web forums seem to be trying to 
 >> turn 
 >> themselves into "social networking" sites.  Whatever was wrong with just 
 >> reading what people said? 
 >> 
 >> Since you're here, do you happen to know what's the current status of 
 >> news.answers and the other *.answers groups?  I do the FAQs for 
 >> alt.astrology, and I'd like them to be included in *.answers.  I've 
 >> submitted them to news.answers and alt.answers several times, following 
 >> the 
 >> most recent submission guidelines I can find, but I haven't had any 
 >> response.  An alt.astrology user told me that the last news.answers 
 >> moderator had died, but I don't know whether he was serious or not. 
 >> (I've 
 >> asked this in n.g.q before, but nobody happened to be there.) 
 >> 
 >> If not, can you think of any other group that might answer this question? 
 > 
 > You could try news.groups or news.admin.technical - there is still a 'big 
 > eight management', and they're likely to look there. 
 > 
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 Thanks very much, Whiskers.  I'll try that now. 
  
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