RFD: remove uk.sport.football.clubs.rangers

[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.sport.football.clubs.rangers

Newsgroup line:
uk.sport.football.clubs.rangers The Rangers Football Club, Glasgow


*** 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.sport.football.clubs.rangers

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.sport.football.clubs.rangers from
2013-11-29 to 2014-11-29 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.sport.football.clubs.rangers

The group is for discussion of The Rangers Football Club who play home
games at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow. Players, results and any other matter
related to Rangers are relevant subjects for debate. Fans of other clubs
are welcome to post to this forum provided they respect the group and do
not post for the simple reason of getting a response. Advocacy of other
clubs and flames directed at Rangers from fans of other clubs are not
permitted.

Posts must be in plain text only. Non plain text posts (e.g. HTML and
Rich Text) are forbidden. Binaries (picture files, sounds etc, whether
related to football or not), with the exception of PGP signatures, are
also forbidden. ASCII art (Especially more than four lines) which is
irrelevant to the current debate is forbidden.


Advertising

Advertising is forbidden, with the following exceptions:

Suppliers of Rangers- relayed goods or services may post a pointer to
their website or invitation to request details. This may not exceed
ten lines and may be posted no more often than once a month. The
subject line should begin "ADVERT".

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 12th) 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.sport.football.clubs.rangers

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

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