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Subject: Google killing Google Groups Usenet portal so nobody can look up words to see if they've been discussed
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by: Wally J - Sat, 16 Dec 2023 02:35 UTC

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.
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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.

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Google killing Google Groups Usenet portal so nobody can look up words to see if	Wally J