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

[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.southampton

Newsgroup line:
uk.sport.football.clubs.southampton Southampton Football Club


*** 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.southampton

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.southampton 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.southampton

The group is for discussion of Southampton Football Club. Players,
results, fixtures, transfers and any other matters related to Southampton
Football Club. Fans of other clubs are welcome to post to this group, but
advocacy of other football clubs linked with attacks on Southampton
Football Club are unwelcome.


Advertising

Advertising is forbidden, with the following exceptions:

Suppliers of Southampton Football Club relevant goods and services
may post a pointer to their website or invitation to request details.
This may not exceed four lines and may be posted no more often than
once every three months. The subject line should begin "ADVERT: "
except for vacancies, which should begin "JOB: ".

Participants in discussions may include less than four lines reference to
their Southampton Football Club related business in their .sig.


Formats

Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, word processor files, Zip files,
"business cards", etc.), are *forbidden*, with the exception of
cryptographic signatures equivalent to no more than 10 lines of plain
text (e.g. PGP) Posts must be readable as plaintext; HTML is forbidden]
Such material belongs on a web or ftp site, to which a pointer may be
posted.

http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html for further information on how to
configure newsreaders to post to uk* newsgroups.


Warning

Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be reported to Their
postmaster and or ISP.

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.southampton

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

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