In article , patrick conroy
wrote:

But, why just not let the market decide?
If the new newsgroup sucks, it will wither and die, right?

No, it will just whither. There's virtually no acceptable mechanism for
removing a newsgroup once it's been created, so the appropriate time to
do that is in the voting process.

The point of the RFD anc CFV process is for the proponent(s) of the new
group to lobby for support and build a consensus that the new group is
needed and will add something of value to usenet on its creation.

The proponents of this CFV have done the opposite, and now appear to be
actively avoiding any discussion.

As a result, creating the new group is unlikely to add any value.

I was seriously considering voting in favor of the mooderated proposal,
had the proponents put together a viable moderation team. They failed
to do so, and then pulled the moderation from their proposal. At that
point, the new group simply became an attempted duplication of the
existing wreck under a new name. No redeeming features whatsoever.

That's why I voted no.