Charter of uk.religion.christian
(Moderated)

This newsgroup is intended for discussion of Christianity in the UK, Christianity from the persepctive of UK posters, and general discussion amongst UK Christians. 

Welcome

UK Christians and non-Christians are welcome to post on any appropriate discussion topic. Non UK posters are welcome to post on matters of specific UK relevance, or contribute to existing discussions. Non-UK posters are strongly advised to consider whether another group would be more appropriate before starting a new thread. 

Language

English. Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic words should be given with an English translation. 

Discussion topics

The following are considered to be on-topic: 

	- Discussions regarding Christianity from a UK perspective, and the UK from a Christian perspective. 
	- General discussion amongst UK Christians and between UK Christians and non-Christians. 
	- Announcements of specific interest to UK Christians. 

The following are considered to be off-topic: 

	- Discussions which could be better conducted in an international newsgroup (e.g. soc.religion.christian). 
	- Advertising which is not specifically relevant to UK Christians. 
	- Posts on matters specific to other countries. 
	- Binaries and posts not in plain English. 
	- Personal abuse/flames. 

Moderation policy

It is NOT intended that the moderator should censor postings, the objective is to keep discussions broadly within the defined topic of 'Christianity from a UK perspective'. In time it is envisaged that many of the functions described below will be performed automatically. 

Posts from new subscribers will be accepted provided that they broadly comply with the terms of this charter. Posts from known subscribers will always be accepted for posting, except under the circumstances specified below: 

	1. Articles cross-posted to more than two other newsgroups and all binary files will normally be rejected. 
	2. Postings from a person who has seriously or consistently violated the group's charter may, for a fixed period, be made subject to prior approval by the moderator. In such a case, the moderator must immediately send the offender a notice outlining the reason for this action and its duration. A person disciplined in this manner has the right to demand that the moderator posts a copy of this notice to the newsgroup for comment by other subscribers. 
	3. In the following cases only, the moderator may impose a total ban of unspecified duration: 
		1. following persistent violations even after the implementation of (2) above, 
		2. in the event of serious abuse directed against the moderator, 
		3. if a poster forges newsgroup headers or gives a fake id. 
	In all cases except the last the moderator must send a notice outlining the reason for this action to the offender, and to the newsgroup for comment by other subscribers. 

Advertising

Short announcements of specific interest to UK Christians only. 

Binaries

None. 

Cross-posts

Articles cross-posted to more than 2 other newsgroups will normally be rejected. 

Moderation submission address

	uk-religion-christian@usenet.org.uk

The submission address is monitored by a mail-filter robot so to mail the moderator directly use the address 

	uk-religion-christian-request@usenet.org.uk

which currently points to 

	Debbie Gaunt <d.gaunt@sheffield.ac.uk>

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