RFD: delete newsgroup uk.media.tv.six-feet-under
Graham Drabble
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.six-feet-under
Newsgroup lines:
uk.media.tv.six-feet-under Discussion of "Six Feet Under" 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
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 alaysis of the posts to uk.media.tv.six-feet-under from 2009-07-01
to 2009-11-28 has shown that there there were 2 posts in that period,
details of which are shown below.
Is this group being used?
Graham Drabble <usen...@drabble.me.uk>
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:39:33 GMT
!Caruthers Carstairs-MacKracken ?
Chic <chic_...@running.nowhere.com>
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:47:00 +0000
CHARTER
uk.media.tv.six-feet-under is for the discussion of the television show
"Six Feet Under" and related matters. Discussion of episodes not yet
screened on analogue terrestrial television in the UK require a spoiler
warning in the subject line and a 30-line "spoiler space" before the
content of the post. The subject line should begin "SPOILER: " Discussion
on episodes which have not yet been shown in the UK is forbidden.
Advertising
Advertising is forbidden, with these exceptions:
Suppliers of goods and services relevant to Six Feet Under in the UK
may post an invitation to visit their web site or request details. It
should be of four lines or fewer and not posted more than once every
3 months. The subject line should begin "ADVERT: ".
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. 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 December 25th) 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.six-feet-under
Proponent:
Graham Drabble <usen...@drabble.me.uk>
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