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 | | From: | Mark S. | | Subject: | cmsg newgroup alt.binaries.newfoundlandlabrador | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 02:14:15 -0330 |
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For your newsgroups file:
alt.binaries.newfoundlandlabrador Files for Newfoundland and Labrador people.
Charter:
alt.binaries.newfoundlandlabrador provides a multimedia outlet for the people of
Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as those interested in the province. On
topic posts would include, but not be limited to, pictures taken within the
province and audio files of general interest to the people of the province.
This group would serve as an extension to the existing nf.* groups, i.e. to post
a picture of an item for sale in nf.wanted, pictures of a flood mentioned in
nf.general, or pictures of birds in question in nf.birds. Off topic posts are
permitted in moderation, and should be designated with the characters, "OT:",
in the subject header. Advertisements other than those from non-profit
institutions, spam and illegal material is highly frowned upon and inappropriate
for this group.
Justification:
Discussed in alt.config 23-Feb-2003, nf.config Jan. 2003, nf.general
25-Jan-2003, free.nf.binaries Feb. 2003. Currently, there is no group available
to all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians that allow binary postings. All of the
local nf.* groups do not and will not allow binaries to be posted. The creation
of a nf.binaries group is not possible due to the small university server which
moderates the nf.* groups. The free.nf.binaries group was created to help fill
the void but was only added by one server in the province; the roadrunner.nf.net
news server. Most news servers are configured to accept binaries posted in
alt.binaries.* groups. Still this group has enjoyed over 274 posts since
its inception a couple of weeks ago, regardless of its one server
availability. The demand is high, which is exhibited in the nf.* groups
with many mentions of the free.nf.binaries group, mostly of its
unavailability amongst other news servers, the discussion in nf.config of
the creation of a binaries group, and every day binaries are deleted from
nf.* groups due to their noncompliance with the "no binaries" guidelines of
the groups. This group would indeed have a local focus, but on the other
hand be available to those outside the province who have a genuine interest
in the province and its unique culture.
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