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

[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.sunderland

Newsgroup line:
uk.sport.football.clubs.sunderland Sunderland Association 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.sunderland

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.sunderland 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.sunderland

uk.sport.football.clubs.sunderland is for the discussion of all
Sunderland Association Football Club related topics. Other events world
wide which may have a bearing on Sunderland Association Football Club and
its fans may also be discussed. (e.g. The Bosman Ruling, transfer
targets, Sunderland players on international duty etc.)


Advertising

Advertising is forbidden with the sole exception that suppliers of goods
and services relevant to Sunderland Association Football Club may post,
no more than once per month, a message which complies with the following
conditions:

The message must contain only an invitation to visit a web site or to
request further details, it must be no more than four lines in length
and its subject header must commence with the keyword "ADVERT: "


Formatting

All posts must be in plain text. HTML and other types of formatted text
are not permitted, however short references to relevant FTP-able material
and web URLs are welcome. To see how to make your newsreader comply with
this, please read <http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html>.


Binaries

The posting of binaries (e.g. pictures, compressed files, etc.) is
strictly forbidden, with the exception of an encrypted signature file
such as those created by PGP or similar software.

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.sunderland

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

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