The posting frequency of this document is EVERY THREE DAYS as the breed of
Microsloth induced posters, who cannot be bothered to read a newsgroup
for even two days before posting!!

It would be daily but ISPs consider that abuse, go figure. Even at every
TWO days.

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Modification of a web URL for finding the FAQ is the ONLY amendment to 
this charter. So in theory it is no longer the the official one.
This change is in the process of being changed.
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>Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 22:59:22 GMT
>Subject: Charter for uk.singles
>Message-ID: 

This is the official charter for the newsgroup uk.singles

For further information on the newsgroup creation process in the UK
please look at http://www.usenet.org.uk/

Richard Letts                                         control@usenet.org.uk
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uk.singles	Discussion group for those who are or have ever been single

CHARTER: uk.singles
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        This is a discussion news group about aspects of life, the
        universe and everything, as discussed by those who are or have
        been single at some point in time, mainly within the UK.

        The only requirement is that you have been single at some time
        in your life, know someone who was, or are interested in some of 
        the subjects that single people have been known to talk about. 
        Please realise, though, that there are a lot of quite fragile 
        people here who don't wish to be reminded how lovely it is to be 
        in a relationship. 
 
        That said, angst of any form is always *most* welcome, along with
        donations of chocolate.

Welcome
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        Appropriate posts should be both interactive and entertaining,
        posing an open question about some aspect of the human condition
        as it applies to singleness.  Or replying to another contributor's
        post and adding an observation that sheds light on a different 
        aspect of the issue under discussion or just makes some people out
        there laugh and shoot Lapsang Souchong out through their noses 
        onto their computer keyboards.

        Extra-terrestrials are welcome, provided they behave.  There have
        been large numbers of sad bastards who've come barging in from AOL
        (America On-Line) posting and have given a bad name to the others,
        who are actually nice people, but have been tarred with the same
        brush.  As this is essentially a UK group, other groups such as
        soc.singles may be more appropriate for some people.

        Announcements by regular posters of the group, for social gatherings
        and the like, for readers of the group.

NOT Welcome
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 NO     Binaries of ANY form, or web site pointers.
 NO     Cross-posted article is likely to be relevant.
 NO     Adverts for email, penpals, seeking partners, 'dating' services.
 NO     Advertising by commercial companies.
 NO     Journalists looking for a 'story'.

Binary files and Pointers
-------------------------
        There is a policy that there will be no posting of binary files,
        or pointers to Web or ftp sites, except as answers to specific
        questions as *part* of the response to a previous post, or as part
        of FAQs pointing to places to find group related information,
        provided by posters to the group.

        Most pointers are generally web sites of so called 'dating' 
        services for people mainly based in the USA, or for lists of
        Eastern Bloc or Asian women. This type of advertising is NOT
        welcome.

Advertising
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        Advertising is NOT welcome. Appropriate places for adverts
        are as follows, others may exist:-

        email or penpal requests -    soc.penpals
                                   or uk.adverts.personals
                                   or uk.adverts.personals.gay-lesbian-bi
        seeking partners, dates..-    uk.adverts.personals
                                   or uk.adverts.personals.gay-lesbian-bi

        also consult this web page for a definitive list of newsgroups
        that allow personals -

        <http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~dank/la.personals/newsgroups.html>

        other types of advertising -  see relevant groups in the
                                      uk.adverts.* or uk.jobs.* hierarchy.

        Also look at                  http://www.mimir.com/singles/

Announcements
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        Announcements of group events organised by regular group posters 
        for those who read the group, are welcome on the group.

Current FAQ
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        The FAQ is currently available from -

+OLD+     http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/~campbell/pub/singles/faq

+NEW+     http://www.bestiary.com/singles/faq.html

        Or by email to: infolist@pcserv.demon.co.uk
        message of      get singles
              	        end

        Or http://www.mimir.com/singles/

Proponent
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        Paul Carpenter   

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..


Please note the Reply-to address is to the automated email server in the
charter.

-- 
Posted by: Paul Carpenter of PC Services, on behalf of uk.singles