RFD: remove uk.culture.arts.storytelling

[Graham Drabble]

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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)

This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the following changes
in the uk.* Usenet hierarchy:

delete newsgroup uk.culture.arts.storytelling

Newsgroup line:
uk.culture.arts.storytelling Storytelling activities within the UK


*** ALL DISCUSSION MUST TAKE PLACE IN UK.NET.NEWS.CONFIG ***

This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.
Further procedural details are given below.

RATIONALE: uk.culture.arts.storytelling

It has long been custom within uk.* to check for groups that are not
being used and then to remove them. By doing this we keep the number of
dead groups down increasing the chances that someone stumbling across a
group will find it useful.

An analysis of the posts to uk.culture.arts.storytelling from
2013-10-29 to 2014-10-29 has shown that there were no posts in this
period.

It is not the intention to remove any groups that are, or people
believe will be, useful going forward. If you are a user of the group
and feel it should remain then please reply to this and join the debate
on uk.net.news.config so I know not to press ahead with this.


CHARTER:
uk.culture.arts.storytelling

For discussion of the oral tradition of storytelling in and of the UK and
Ireland, by storytellers and those interested in storytelling alike.
Discussion can include topics about performance issues, venues,
historical roots of storytelling, reviews (including international
visiting storytellers and UK storytellers overseas, though not of
international storytelling per se), events, workshops, organisations
(such as the SfS) and services relevant to it. Folk music is off topic,
but will be allowed if relevant to storytelling. The posting of whole
stories is *forbidden* although appeals for sources and references are
permitted. No off-topic advertising or binaries allowed.

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PROCEDURE:

This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase of
the process, any potential problems with the proposal should be raised
and resolved. The discussion period will continue for a minimum of 10
days, starting from when this RFD is posted to uk.net.news.announce
(i.e. until November 10th) after which a Call For Votes (CFV) may be
posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion warrants it.
Alternatively, the proposal may proceed by the fast-track method. Please
do not attempt to vote until this happens.

This RFD attempts to comply fully with the "Guidelines for Group Creation
within the UK Hierarchy" as published regularly in uk.net.news.announce
and is available from http://www.usenet.org.uk/guidelines.html (the UK
Usenet website). Please refer to this document if you have any questions
about the process.

DISTRIBUTION:

This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:
uk.net.news.announce
uk.net.news.config
uk.culture.arts.storytelling

Proponent:
Graham Drabble <usen...@drabble.me.uk>

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