RFD: delete newsgroup uk.music.breakbeat
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.music.breakbeat
Newsgroup lines:
uk.music.breakbeat Discussion and reviews of UK breakbeat music
*** 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 analysis of the posts to uk.music.breakbeat 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 20:39:18 GMT
>>>----> Caruthers Carstairs-MacKracken ?
Chic <chic_...@running.nowhere.com>
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:48:30 +0000
CHARTER
The aim of this unmoderated newsgroup is to provide an area for the
discussion of all forms of breakbeat music (jungle, hip-hop, big beat
etc.) and topics such as record reviews, production techniques, and event
announcements, although by no means should the discussion only be limited
to these categories!
No advertising should be allowed, except for announcements of WWW sites
or email addresses to allow people to obtain further information.
No binaries of any kind will be allowed, however notes of
breakbeat-related WWW sites etc. are welcome, for items such as breakbeat
sound files, DJ playlists etc.
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.music.breakbeat
Proponent:
Graham Drabble <usen...@drabble.me.uk>
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