RFD: remove uk.food+drink.indian

[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.food+drink.indian

Newsgroup line:
uk.food+drink.indian Discussion of the food of the Indian sub-continent


*** 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.food+drink.indian

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.food+drink.indian 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.food+drink.indian

The purpose of this group is to discuss the following:

* Preparation and cooking of food associated with the Indian
sub-continent (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives,
Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka)

* Sources and use of ingredients.

* Sharing of recipes, cooking tips and practices.

* Sources and use of cooking apparatus and utensils.

* Discussion of restaurants which serve food associated with the
Indian sub-continent.

The above list is not exhaustive but messages to the group should be
relevant to food associated with the Indian sub-continent.

Recipes posted to this group are expected to be in the public domain.


Advertising

Advertising is forbidden, with the following exception:

Suppliers of goods or services which are relevant to
uk.food+drink.indian, may post an invitation of four lines or fewer
to visit their web site, or to request details from them, not more
than once every three months. The subject line should begin "ADVERT:
".


Binaries & Formatting

The posting of encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, compressed files, etc.)
is forbidden. A URL to such material on a web site may be posted.
Cryptographic signatures (e.g. PGP) may be used where authentication is
important and should be as short as possible. Posts must be readable as
plain text. HTML, RTF and similarly formatted messages are prohibited. To
see how to make some common newsreaders comply with this, read
<http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html>.


Warning

Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be reported to their
"postmaster" and/or Service Provider.


END CHARTER

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.food+drink.indian

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

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