On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 02:39:49 -0800 (PST), Alex Farlie wrote:

> On Thursday 14 December 2023 at 22:55:17 UTC, Wally J wrote:
>> Bad news for people who search before they post to Usenet:
>> <https://i.postimg.cc/tgQHDyjK/dejagoogle01.jpg>
>>
>> Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
>> Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content
>> from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data
>> will still be supported as it is done today.
>> <https://groups.google.com/g/news.admin.peering>
>>
>>
>> Is it something we said?
>> *Please complain to Google about their spamming of Usenet*
>> <https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/hO4JNke1bNc>
>> --
>> Usenet is a team of intelligent old men working together for common good.
>
> This was not unexpected. Google doesn't want to spend time on something that is a potential liability issue going forward. However there is no indication in the announcement , as to what 'cleaning' of the existing archive will be undertaken, or is they plan to restore groups they've already removed due to SPAM or content issues which they should have reasonably exercised moderator control on.

I would be surprised if they did any cleaning at all of what already
exists.

In article <e8nzglsm6nfi$.1dkxgwke1o7sa$.dlg@40tude.net>,
Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org> wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 02:39:49 -0800 (PST), Alex Farlie wrote:
>
>> On Thursday 14 December 2023 at 22:55:17 UTC, Wally J wrote:
>>> Bad news for people who search before they post to Usenet:
>>> <https://i.postimg.cc/tgQHDyjK/dejagoogle01.jpg>
>>>
>>> Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
>>> Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content
>>> from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data
>>> will still be supported as it is done today.
>>> <https://groups.google.com/g/news.admin.peering>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is it something we said?
>>> *Please complain to Google about their spamming of Usenet*
>>> <https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/hO4JNke1bNc>
>>> --
>>> Usenet is a team of intelligent old men working together for common good.
>>
>> This was not unexpected. Google doesn't want to spend time on
>something that is a potential liability issue going forward. However
>there is no indication in the announcement , as to what 'cleaning' of
>the existing archive will be undertaken, or is they plan to restore
>groups they've already removed due to SPAM or content issues which they
>should have reasonably exercised moderator control on.
>
>I would be surprised if they did any cleaning at all of what already
>exists.

Consider that junk they on non-GG newsservers ...
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On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 14:41:41 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:
>In article <e8nzglsm6nfi$.1dkxgwke1o7sa$.dlg@40tude.net>,
>Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org> wrote:
>>On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 02:39:49 -0800 (PST), Alex Farlie wrote:
>>> On Thursday 14 December 2023 at 22:55:17 UTC, Wally J wrote:
>>>> Bad news for people who search before they post to Usenet:
>>>> <https://i.postimg.cc/tgQHDyjK/dejagoogle01.jpg>
>>>> Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
>>>> Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new content
>>>> from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of historical data
>>>> will still be supported as it is done today.
snip
>>> This was not unexpected. Google doesn't want to spend time on
>>something that is a potential liability issue going forward. However
>>there is no indication in the announcement , as to what 'cleaning' of
>>the existing archive will be undertaken, or is they plan to restore
>>groups they've already removed due to SPAM or content issues which they
>>should have reasonably exercised moderator control on.
>>
>>I would be surprised if they did any cleaning at all of what already
>>exists.
>
>Consider that junk they on non-GG newsservers ...

can't imagine google making that archive public domain, but filtering
out all articles with "googlegroups.com" in path/message id/reference
headers into a separate archive would be of interest to statisticians

In article <85ad8f9541807f83aeeab62da0789024@dizum.com>, D <J@M> wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 14:41:41 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The
>Doctor) wrote:
>>In article <e8nzglsm6nfi$.1dkxgwke1o7sa$.dlg@40tude.net>,
>>Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org> wrote:
>>>On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 02:39:49 -0800 (PST), Alex Farlie wrote:
>>>> On Thursday 14 December 2023 at 22:55:17 UTC, Wally J wrote:
>>>>> Bad news for people who search before they post to Usenet:
>>>>> <https://i.postimg.cc/tgQHDyjK/dejagoogle01.jpg>
>>>>> Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
>>>>> Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
>content
>>>>> from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
>historical data
>>>>> will still be supported as it is done today.
>snip
>>>> This was not unexpected. Google doesn't want to spend time on
>>>something that is a potential liability issue going forward. However
>>>there is no indication in the announcement , as to what 'cleaning' of
>>>the existing archive will be undertaken, or is they plan to restore
>>>groups they've already removed due to SPAM or content issues which they
>>>should have reasonably exercised moderator control on.
>>>
>>>I would be surprised if they did any cleaning at all of what already
>>>exists.
>>
>>Consider that junk they on non-GG newsservers ...
>
>can't imagine google making that archive public domain, but filtering
>out all articles with "googlegroups.com" in path/message id/reference
>headers into a separate archive would be of interest to statisticians
>

And the junk they punished non-GG server with!
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On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 15:55:10 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:
>In article <85ad8f9541807f83aeeab62da0789024@dizum.com>, D <J@M> wrote:
>>On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 14:41:41 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The
>>Doctor) wrote:
>>>In article <e8nzglsm6nfi$.1dkxgwke1o7sa$.dlg@40tude.net>,
>>>Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org> wrote:
snip
>>>>
>>>>I would be surprised if they did any cleaning at all of what already
>>>>exists.
>>>
>>>Consider that junk they on non-GG newsservers ...
>>
>>can't imagine google making that archive public domain, but filtering
>>out all articles with "googlegroups.com" in path/message id/reference
>>headers into a separate archive would be of interest to statisticians
>
>And the junk they punished non-GG server with!

an unabridged g2n archive might also be useful to researchers for locating
some relatively legitimate articles/replies/threads amid the ocean of spam

In article <3066ca0a2a2b13548eb7620eebb463c9@dizum.com>, D <J@M> wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 15:55:10 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The
>Doctor) wrote:
>>In article <85ad8f9541807f83aeeab62da0789024@dizum.com>, D <J@M> wrote:
>>>On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 14:41:41 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The
>>>Doctor) wrote:
>>>>In article <e8nzglsm6nfi$.1dkxgwke1o7sa$.dlg@40tude.net>,
>>>>Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org> wrote:
>snip
>>>>>
>>>>>I would be surprised if they did any cleaning at all of what already
>>>>>exists.
>>>>
>>>>Consider that junk they on non-GG newsservers ...
>>>
>>>can't imagine google making that archive public domain, but filtering
>>>out all articles with "googlegroups.com" in path/message id/reference
>>>headers into a separate archive would be of interest to statisticians
>>
>>And the junk they punished non-GG server with!
>
>an unabridged g2n archive might also be useful to researchers for locating
>some relatively legitimate articles/replies/threads amid the ocean of spam
>

Can one be created in PYthon?
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