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RENAME uk.rec.boats.power to uk.rec.boats.motor
"Nick Smeltzer" wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the following changes in the uk.* Usenet hierarchy: rename unmoderated newsgroup uk.rec.boats.power to uk.rec.boats.motor Newsgroup line: uk.boats.motor All aspects of motor boating in the UK *** ALL DISCUSSION MUST TAKE PLACE IN UK.NET.NEWS.CONFIG *** *** CROSSPOSTED TO UK.REC.BOATS.POWER *** This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Further procedural details are given below. RATIONALE: uk.boats.motor Prior to 1998 there were no newsgroups covering powered boats in the UK. Sailing was covered by uk.rec.sailing, whilst uk.rec.waterways dealt with waterways in general. Motor cruisers, sports boats, speed boats and in fact any powered craft were not covered by any UK newsgroup. As a result, uk.rec.boats.power was created in August 1998. However, since it's creation the number of posts has been rather small compared with uk.rec.sailing, especially considering the approximate 50-50 split between power and sail in the UK. Comments by regular and new participants indicate that the name was a poor choice - power seems to imply racing or high performance craft. "Motor" is more of a generic term which would attract the users that were the intended audience of uk.rec.boats.power in the first instance. Hence the request to rename uk.rec.boats.power to uk.rec.boats.motor PROPOSAL (to be activated in two stages) 1. Create a new unmoderated newsgroup uk.rec.boats.motor with the following charter CHARTER: uk.boats.motor uk.rec.boats.motor will discuss motor boating in UK waters and the activities of UK motor boaters elsewhere. Motor boat sports (eg racing and water skiing) are valid topics except where covered by a more specific group. Advertising Advertising is forbidden, with these exceptions: Suppliers of goods and services relevant to Motor Boats 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: ". Private adverts are welcome but must not exceed one post per subject or user per week. 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. END CHARTER 2. Remove existing unmoderated newsgroup uk.rec.boats.power, this to be delayed at the discretion of Control until the bulk of discussion has moved to the new group. PROCEDU 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 22nd) 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. 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.rec.boats.power Proponent: Nick Smeltzer I'm not a boater, but occassionally I visit some boating group to ask a question. I thought uk.rec.boats.power was only for people who raced boats, as in power-boat racing. So, from my point of view, I think a change would be beneficial. |
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