RFD: remove uk.media.tv.sf.farscape

[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.media.tv.sf.farscape

Newsgroup line:
uk.media.tv.sf.farscape Farscape sci-fi tv series as screened in 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.media.tv.sf.farscape

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.media.tv.sf.farscape from 2013-10-14 to
2014-10-14 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.media.tv.sf.farscape

uk.media.tv.sf.farscape is for discussion of the Farscape sci-fi tv
series as screened in the UK.

No posts should be made referencing episodes that have yet to be shown on
UK television.

Relevant advertising is permitted, providing that such advertisements are
short (ie under 10 lines) and are preceded by "AD: " in the Subject:
line. Advertisements are not to be reposted more frequently than once
every three months.

All posts must be in plain text. Attachments, binaries, HTML and other
types of formatted text are not permitted. However, short (under four-
line) references to relevant FTP-able material and web URLs are welcome.

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 October 27th) 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.media.tv.sf.farscape

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

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