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  • Google killing Google Groups Usenet portal so nobody can look up words

    From Wally J@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 15 22:35:57 2023
    XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage

    FYI... it's going to be no longer possible to look up a word on dejagoogle
    to see if it has already been discussed in the distant past before posting.
    <https://support.google.com/groups/answer/11036538>

    To catch up on details, there's a detailed discussion in the peering ng:
    *Effective February 15, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Usenet content*
    <https://groups.google.com/g/news.admin.peering/c/_w1mbwzgzs0>

    Which is a followup to this original request for who is peering this spam:
    *Who is peering all these spams ostensibly from Google Groups?*
    <https://groups.google.com/g/news.admin.peering/c/AgrNUeZuAkw>

    Which itself was followed up in a request for people to complain to Google:
    *Please complain to Google about their spamming of Usenet*
    <https://groups.google.com/g/news.admin.peering/c/xxniDVj3ArI>

    In summary, people will need to find another way to find out of a word has already been discussed ad infinitum before they post another query here.
    --
    FYI... There are somewhat similar alternatives, but they're not the same.
    <http://groups.google.com/g/sci.lang>
    <https://sci.lang.narkive.com>
    <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/thread.php?group=sci.lang>
    If you know of other Usenet search engines, please let us all in on it.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
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