FAST-TRACK of uk.local.yorkshire.moderated-remove
Chris Croughton as Control
FAST TRACK ANNOUNCEMENT uk.local.yorkshire.moderated-remove
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In the procedures established for maintaining the uk.* hierarchy
<http://www.usenet.org.uk/guidelines.html> there are provisions, where
there is a consensus and the proposal is straightforward and
non-controversial, to proceed by the "fast-track" method, so as to avoid
the necessity for holding a full vote.
I have now received a request to fast-track the following proposal:
remove moderated newsgroup uk.local.yorkshire.moderated
This proposal will be activated no earlier than five days from the posting
of this notice (i.e. not before December 9th), unless there are
objections (of which six or more, or any one which seems to the Committee
to be well founded, shall suffice to halt the process).
Objections should be emailed directly to Control at
<con...@usenet.org.uk>.
Objections will be resolved by the committee (comm...@usenet.org.uk)
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Newsgroup line:
uk.local.yorkshire.moderated The Yorkshire region of the UK (Moderated)
RATIONALE: remove uk.local.yorkshire.moderated
The group is not fulfilling its chartered purpose. According to both
Giganews and Google Groups, the last post in the group was in July this
year. The last on-topic post was a previous RFD for removal in February
this year. The proponents believe that this shows that the group is no
longer used. It should therefore be removed in the interests of the good
management of the uk.* hierarchy.
CURRENT CHARTER: uk.local.yorkshire.moderated
(Moderated)
uk.local.yorkshire.moderated is a place for all those interested in
Yorkshire to discuss matters with a Yorkshire relevance and the world from
a Yorkshire perspective. It is also a place for people to seek information
from those who live in the county, for example someone moving to a town may
ask for advice as to the best areas to live or someone visiting the region
the best attractions, accommodation or hostelries.
uk.local.yorkshire.moderated is a discussion group, all articles not
intended for discussion, such as advertisements with a Yorkshire relevance
and announcements of forthcoming events, other than announcements relating
directly to this newsgroup itself, must be posted to the newsgroup
uk.local.yorkshire.noticeboard and not here.
Cross-posting to more than four groups is not allowed. Cross-posting to
more than one group outside the uk.* hierarchy is not allowed.
This is a moderated group and the moderators may impose and remove further
restrictions at their discretion should they deem it necessary for the
efficient functioning of the group, provided they comply with the group
moderation policy.
Advertising is forbidden.
Binaries & Formatting
Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, compressed files, etc.) are forbidden.
Such material belongs on a web or FTP site to which a pointer may be
posted. Posts must be readable as plain text. HTML, RTF and similarly
formatted messages may be rejected by the moderators. To see how to make
some common newsreaders comply with this, please read
<http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html>.
Messages posted to this newsgroup must not be cross-posted to more than a
TOTAL of four uk.local.* newsgroups; these may be geographically adjacent
or overlapping, or connected by the subject of the post (e.g. "moving house
from Manchester to York").
Moderation Procedure
The aim of the moderators is to provide a forum for the discussion of
Yorkshire related matters as free as possible from abuses of usenet without
limiting freedom of speech.
The moderators may use the moderation software to control or block:
* Articles cross-posted to other groups.
* Articles which they consider do not carry adequate trace information.
* Message floods.
* Articles of excessive length.
* Articles with a content type other than plain text.
They may:
* Place limits on the number of groups which may be cross-posted to.
* Limit the groups or hierarchies which may be cross-posted to.
* Limit the groups or hierarchies which followups may be set to.
* Block any articles which are not either the start of a new thread or
a follow-up to a recent article posted to the group.
* Limit the number of articles from one source posted at one time or in
a given time.
* Block articles from or via anonymous remailers, subscription
newsservers which offer anonymity to their subscribers or which
the moderators consider do not have or do not enforce an adequate
Acceptable User Policy, what the moderators believe to be open
servers, servers on ISPs which the moderators believe are being
used for a throwaway account
solely for the purpose of committing abuses of the internet.
* Block articles with an excessive line or byte count.
* Block articles which have a content type other than plain text or
have a mixed content type.
* Cancel any article which has been posted by bypassing the moderation
procedure.
Provided that:
* No article shall be rejected based on the content of the body of the
article.
* All rules applied shall apply to all posters equally, there will be
no blacklisting or whitelisting of individuals.
* No poster shall be prevented from posting via their usual Internet
Access Provider's newsserver.
Moderation Info
The current moderators are:
* Bigegg (Chief Moderator) <ulym(at)hardboiled.plus.com>
* King Queen <kq(at)kingqueen.org.uk >
Moderation submission address
uk-local-yorks...@usenet.org.uk
Moderator contact address
uk-local-yorkshire...@usenet.org.uk
END CHARTER
Proponent:
Hannah Dee <hannah(at)comp.leeds.ac.uk.invalid>
Brian J Forster <ulymremoval(at)bjforster.force9.co.uk>
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Chris Croughton ---------------------------------------------------------------
Control
Voice/Fax: +44 1296 331055 Email: con...@usenet.org.uk
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Hannah Dee
Any news on the fast track for the uk.local.yorkshire.moderated removal?
>
> This proposal will be activated no earlier than five days from the posting
> of this notice (i.e. not before December 9th), unless there are
> objections (of which six or more, or any one which seems to the Committee
> to be well founded, shall suffice to halt the process).
It is now very much "not before December 9th" :-)
I have seen an objection (that the group should be maintained as a
monument to us net nannies and control freaks). I am not sure whether
the Committee considers this to be well founded. It'd be nice to get
the whole sorry saga over with though.
.h
alan
You're so full of poo....still
Hannah Dee
which only gathered responses from Alan and Caruthers, presumably
because the committee are very very busy discussing cyclists and email
forwarding. I repost it just on the off-chance that it might be seen
by someone who knows something about the fast track procedure.
Yours,
H.
Percy Picacity
news:hgq23k$ld2$1...@north.jnrs.ja.net:
I assume the original proponent has to ask for a fast track
ratification.
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Percy Picacity
Graham Drabble
news:hgq23k$ld2$1...@north.jnrs.ja.net:
> which only gathered responses from Alan and Caruthers, presumably
> because the committee are very very busy discussing cyclists and
> email forwarding. I repost it just on the off-chance that it
> might be seen by someone who knows something about the fast track
> procedure.
>
I think this is waiting for Santa to bring Control some tuits.
--
Graham Drabble
http://www.drabble.me.uk/
Hannah Dee
Erm.... What?
I am afraid I do not understand this. Is it a joke, a troll, or
something I should take seriously?
.h
Hannah Dee
> I assume the original proponent has to ask for a fast track
> ratification.
Where will I find details of what the proponent has to do?
I have searched for fast track information and found most of it on here:
http://www.usenet.org.uk/guidelines.html
This page does not seem to give the details though. I know that one of
the proponents emailed control a while back asking about fast-track
progress. Whether this counts I do not know.
Yours,
.h
John Hall
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/round_tuit
--
John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"
Graham Drabble
news:hgvb9r$4l4$1...@north.jnrs.ja.net:
It counts, the FT notice was posted and no objections received. he
proposal has passed, its just waiting for Control to send the rmgroup.