Thanks for taking the time to explain your "philosophy of moderation", Walter. I do admit to having the opinion that "3) All posts must be approved" meand "moderated" and that "1) Everyone can post" means "unmoderated". In my experience, "moderated" newsgroups do indeed have a smaller number of posts; however, the posts are all "on topic" and flame wars are (of course) nonexistent. On the other hand, you volunteered for the job of moderator and no one else has any business telling you how to do it (and I hope that my post did not sound like someone trying to tell you how to do it). Interestingly enough, I think if Ed had simply instituted "3) All posts must be approved" and not allowed any posts not directly related to Gothic Chess, he would still be moderator. Of course, that's just my opinion...