Archive-name: uk/media/newspapers_charter
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Last-modified: 01 Aug 1998 12:54:37 GMT
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>Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 12:54:37 GMT
>Subject: Charter for uk.media.newspapers
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This is the initial charter for the newsgroup uk.media.newspapers
as issued in the newgroup message. For further information on the
newsgroup creation process in the UK and current charters please look
at http://www.usenet.org.uk/

Richard Letts                                         control@usenet.org.uk
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uk.media.newspapers	Read all about it! Discussion of UK newspapers

CHARTER: uk.media.newspapers

  The uk.media.newspapers newsgroup is for the discussion of newspapers
  published in the UK, either on sale at news-stands or delivered free
  to your door, either local or national in focus. It is not intended
  that magazines, published separately from newspapers, will be
  discussed here. 

  ADVERTISING
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  While discussion of advertising within newspapers is relevant
  and so is encouraged, posting adverts to the newsgroup is
  strictly forbidden, with these three exceptions:

  1. Suppliers of goods and services pertinent to the production of UK
  newspapers may post a pointer to relevant resources on the Internet or
  an invitation that readers may request details from them. Such a
  message must not exceed six lines and must not be posted more 
  frequently than once every nine weeks. The subject line of such a 
  posting must begin with the word "ADVERT".

  2. Advertisements containing news of jobs available within the
  newspaper industry may be posted, but no job may be advertised more
  than once, and such advertisements may not exceed twenty lines. If
  this is insufficient, it is recommended that the advertisement include
  details of where further information may be found. The subject line of
  such a posting must begin with the word "JOB". Cross-posting such
  advertisements to uk.jobs.offered is appropriate.

  3. Participants in discussions may include references to their
  newspaper-related business in their signature only if the
  signature does not exceed four lines.

  BINARIES
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  All posts must be made in plain text; HTML and other types of
  formatted text are forbidden. Posting URLs of relevant Internet
  sites, where appropriate, is encouraged.

  With the explicit exception of PGP signatures, all encoded
  binaries are forbidden. Forbidden binaries include, but are not
  limited to: pictures, sounds, word processor documents, executable
  programs and "business cards". You are invited to read a guide on the
  World Wide Web at http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html for further
  information on how to configure your newsreader to post to uk.*
  newsgroups.

  Anyone posting advertisements, binaries or other material contrary to
  this charter may be reported to their ISP or postmaster.

END CHARTER.

Proponent: 
  Chris M. Dickson   

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For a guide on how to configure your newsreader/web-browser for posting
to uk.* groups, see <http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html> .

Proposed changes to this or any other uk.* newsgroup are published in
<news:uk.net.news.announce>, a moderated, low traffic newsgroup, which
you are recommended to subscribe to. Details of elections to the 
UK Usenet Committee, which normally start in September of each year,
are also found there.

    For those who are familiar with this post and know how to use killfiles,
    it is possible to avoid downloading this FAQ under normal circumstances
    by adding a reference to kill on the following line:-

        X-Changes: NONE

    When a new version appears this will be modified for the first time it is
    posted, hopefully saving bandwidth..


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Posted by: Paul Carpenter of PC Services, on behalf of uk.media.newspapers