Re: About off-topic and revolution

Mike Jenkins wrote:

Maybe a removal of the now largely redundant Gameboy group and a pointer
in the charter of a theoretical new catch-all Nintendo group that all
GB/DS stuff would probably be better off in ugvh would work. 

OK, then, a list of things to happen:

1) RFD for the removal of uk.games.video.gameboy

2) RFD for the creation of uk.games.video.nintendo, simultaneously deleting uk.games.video.gamecube

Charter of uk.games.video.nintendo to be of the form:

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This group is for the discussion of Nintendo consoles and their games and peripherals.

Readers are advised that a seperate group, uk.games.video.handheld, is more suited for discussion related to Nintendo's range of portable games systems.

Links or pointers to UK focused websites relating to Nintendo consoles are welcome, but must not be repeated more than once a month. Duplication of copyright material from websites or other sources is forbidden.

Reviews, hints, tips and cheats are welcome, however spoilers should be protected with spoiler space of between 20 and 25 lines. Long reviews or solutions (100 lines or more) should be placed on a web page, and their URLs posted.

Discussions about piracy, "warez", backups or other such activities are forbidden. Discussion of copying or emulating games which are commercially available is forbidden. Discussions about the morality and legality of such actions tend to become quickly inflammatory, and should be avoided.

Cross-Posting

Cross-posting in general is discouraged. Posts relating to connectivity between Nintendo consoles and other game systems is allowed within the uk.games.video.* hierarchy. Posts relating to multiformat games are best posted to uk.games.video.misc and not crossposted between format-specific groups.

Cross-posting to newsgroups outside of the uk.games.video.* hierarchy is strongly discouraged as it may invite postings which do not conform to this charter.

Advertising  [1]

Advertising is forbidden, with these exceptions:

Suppliers of goods and services relevant to Nintendo consoles in the UK may post an invitation to visit their web site or request details. No more than 1 post per organisation/person per month and post headers MUST be marked "FA: " (For Auction) or "FS: " (For Sale). Such adverts should be limited to 5 lines in length.

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>.

Warning

Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be reported to their "postmaster" and/or Service Provider.

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uk.games.video.nintendo	UK-based discussion about Nintendo game consoles
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[1] Unless you want to ban all adverts, as has frequently been mooted before, and creat uk.games.video.adverts at the same time?

3) In the future, if Microsoft release a non-Xbox console (etc), then rename other groups to fit.

4) Consider a uk.games.video.sega to replace uk.games.video.dreamcast as well.

5)  There is no five.

Tim (tm)
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