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   dfw.flame
          For  flaming  and discussion related to flaming in the coverage
          area of the dfw.* hierarchy USENET newsgroups
     _________________________________________________________________

  CHARTER

    Area of Coverage of dfw.flame

          There  are  no  specific  boundaries  for this group. The dfw.*
          newsgroup  hierarchy  was  designed  to  serve  the region that
          includes  but is not limited to what is commonly known as North
          Central  Texas.  dfw.flame roughly encompasses an area from the
          Louisiana  and  Oklahoma borders to Eastland TX to the west and
          Hillsboro TX to the south. This includes (with slight variances
          to  accommodate  local  dialing  areas):  Wichita Falls, Archer
          City,  Graham, Breckenridge, Eastland, Stephenville, Glen Rose,
          Cleburne,    Hillsboro,    Corsicana,   Athens,   Jacksonville,
          Henderson,  Joaquin,  and  all cities in Texas north or east of
          the  listed  cities.  This  includes  the Fort Worth and Dallas
          areas.

    Intended Use of dfw.flame

          The news group dfw.flame exists for two purposes.

         1. One,  is  a general flame post that would not necessarily fit
            into  other  dfw  regional  groups, all of which specifically
            exclude flaming, and harassing type messages, yet would still
            be appropriate for this regional area.
            For  instance,  a  flame that "Joe's Junked Jalopies" treated
            you  badly,  or, in a more personal note, Recently I realized
            that  AT&T has been billing me thirteen bucks a month for the
            right  to  open  their  mail, billing me for an international
            plan  and  other  goodies  I  am billed for but don't use and
            never  subscribed  to.  Although ATT is national, this was an
            attempt  to steal from me, locally, and they refuse to refund
            me  for  the  theft.  Although *I* will take this up with the
            regulatory  agencies  instead  of a flame, it would have been
            suitable material for dfw.flame.
         2. Second, a post regarding another online user, especially when
            a  discussion  in  another dfw regional group was approaching
            flame  status. More specifically, the purpose of dfw.flame is
            to   have  a  place  to  vent  frustrations,  ridicule  where
            appropriate,  and  reply, without cluttering the other groups
            with  messages  most  people  would  not  have an interest in
            reading.  By  keeping dfw.flame ready and promoted as a flame
            group,   discussions   in  the  other  dfw.*  groups  can  be
            encouraged, and should draw more users, who tend to be turned
            off by the flamers.
            The  posting  of  libelous falsehoods and scurrilous messages
            (including  posts forged to appear to be from someone else or
            some other organization), and other acts viewed as illegal in
            the State of Texas or in the United States are not permitted.
            The  USA constitutional grant of free speech does not include
            the  right  to make Libelous and Scurrilous statements in any
            public forum or medium.

    Cross-posting guidelines for dfw.flame

          If  cross  posting  is  done,  it  is  to  be  done only in the
          originating  post, taking a thread *to* dfw.flame. This is done
          by  posting  in  the  original  group,  with  followups  set to
          dfw.flame,  (This will be both a written advisory at the top of
          the  post  as well as an entry in your posting addresses. If in
          doubt,  ask  how  to  do  this  the  first  time. Then just add
          dfw.flame *ONLY* to the group list. After that, posts are *not*
          to  be  continued  cross posted, back and forth between the two
          groups.   Under   no  circumstances  should  cross  posting  to
          dfw.flame  include  a third news group, regardless of the group
          hierarchy.

          Example.

     Subject: dfw.general is wonderful

     Followups set to dfw.flame
     On ...... someone@somewhere wrote..
     <snipped>
     OK,  "Someone",  it  is  obvious  that  we  cannot  agree  on  this
     discussion  ,  and  the discussion has completely left the original
     subject  area.  I am posting a reply to dfw.flame. Please keep this
     leg of the discussion there.

          The above is only an example.

          In  Agent you would add, "dfw.flame" in the "Followup-to" field
          in  the  expanded  fields section. Other news readers work in a
          similar fashion. If your newsreader does not support "followups
          to", then don't cross post.

    Topics Inappropriate for posting in dfw.flame

          This  group  is not for flaming of entities outside of the area
          covered  by  the  dfw.*  hierarchy  newsgroups,  for  instance,
          national  political  or  religious figures. All normal rules of
          USENET  behavior, especially threats, and trolls apply here the
          same as any other news dfw.* news group.

          The   following  types  of  net  abuse  are  severe  wastes  of
          bandwidth. As many smaller sites are connected via slow dial-up
          links,  and  may  by  paying  per-minute  charges, this charter
          allows  for  the  on-sight cancellation of any of the following
          abuses.

         1. "Make  Money  Fast"  (MMF)  chain  letters  and pyramid/Ponzi
            schemes.  Such  schemes  are  Federal  felonies.  On  Usenet,
            promoting  waste  of  bandwidth  is the equivalent of a crime
            because the system would break down if such activity was left
            unchecked.
         2. Binaries, such as uuencoding or MIME base 64.
         3. MIME/HTML  posts,  and  in  particular  any  posting  using a
            content- encoding other than 7bit, 8bit, or quoted-printable.
            Most  users reading Usenet do not use a Web browser, and HTML
            is  difficult  or impossible to read to interpret the content
            Some  posters who post HTML also include a plain text version
            of  the  message.This  is redundant and wasteful. Please save
            HTML for the Web.
         4. "spew", the reposting of old articles with new Message-ID's.
         5. "test" messages, Please post these to a test newsgroup.
         6. Excessively multiple-posted articles.
         7. Articles cross-posted to or from any other newsgroup.
         8. Articles  that  do  not have particular relevance to the D/FW
            Metro Area.
         9. Commercial ads, posts, or advertisements, including URL links
            to such.

          This  charter  permits  the dfw.* Usenet News Administrators to
          cancel any article posted in the dfw.flame newsgroup which does
          not  have particular relevance to the Dallas/Ft. Worth Area, or
          is  in  violation  of  a relevant dfw.* charter. Any D/FW Metro
          area   resident   may   send   e-mail   to   the  posters  news
          administrators for dfw.flame charter violations.
     _________________________________________________________________

  Article Format

         1. Articles posted to dfw.flame MUST be flat-ASCII. This means:
              1. No Binary postings, uuencoded or base64.
              2. No  MIME  encoded  messages. Posts SHOULD be readable by
                 the simplest text-only newsreader.
              3. No HTML, although HTML-like emoticons are acceptable.
              4. No  characters with a value greater than 127 in any part
                 of the post.
         2. Posts SHOULD be shorter than 30K in size. Longer items SHOULD
            be  made  available for FTP or HTTP download and a pointer to
            that file posted.
         3. Posts   MUST   contain  a  valid  From  address,  unless  the
            ".invalid"  domain  is  used  (see RFC 1036). Spam blocks are
            acceptable.  By  definition USENET newsgroups are a broadcast
            medium.  If you have a post that needs to be anonymous, it is
            not   a   valid  topic  for  dfw.flame.  Post  this  material
            elsewhere.
         4. ROT13  encoding  SHOULD  NOT  be  used  on  any  field in the
            headers. Nor should any attempts, except minimal spam blocks,
            be made to obscure the origins of the posting.
         5. Posts     MUST     contain     a    "Abuse-Reports-To:"    or
            "X-Complaints-To:"  header  with  a valid email address. When
            RFC1036  is  updated,  this line SHOULD be adjusted to comply
            with  the  latest  specifications.  Adding  or replacing this
            header  is  the  responsibility  of the news server where the
            article was injected.

          Failing  to  follow  the  above  formatting  requirements could
          result  in  an  article  being  canceled  instantly and without
          warning by an authorized moderation device (human or otherwise)
          for  the  group  in  question.  Articles  cross-posted to other
          groups   and  dfw.flame  must  still  follow  the  criteria  of
          dfw.flame and be subject to these rules.
     _________________________________________________________________

   Ending Statement.

   Questions  can  be posted to the group if you are just unsure and want
   to know before doing something.

   Questions  in general and in reference to this Charter can be answered
   in the FAQ posted to the group once a week.

   First written on DEC. 1, 1999
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   Copyright 1999; DFW USENET cabal
   Copyright 1999; Ron Johnson