Monthly Charter Post

This is a regular posting of the charter of uk.games.video.dreamcast. Please
direct any enquiries to the newsgroup.

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Charter of uk.games.video.dreamcast (Not Moderated)

This group is for the discussion of the Sega Dreamcast system, games and
peripherals.

Reviews, hints, tips and cheats are welcome, however spoilers should be
protected with appropriate spoiler space. Long reviews or solutions (100
lines or more) may be better offered as a URL. Particular care should be
taken with posts about games not yet officially released in the UK, so
as not to spoil the game for UK readers.

Discussions about piracy, "warez", backups or other such activities are
not allowed. Discussions about the morality and legality of such actions
tend to become quickly inflammatory, and should be avoided.

Advocacy of one console over another should be avoided in general, as it
tends to lead to "system war" threads.

Advertising
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Advertising (which includes wanted adverts and game trade lists) is
forbidden, with these exceptions:

Adverts of no more than four lines, which are part of the poster's
regular signature, and which are not the main reason for the post, are
allowed.

Owners of web sites with information relevant to the Dreamcast in the UK
may post, not more than once every 3 months, an advert for their site,
providing that the site is not used to sell, nor advertise for sale, any
goods or services. The site may contain "banner"-style adverts if it is
beyond the control of the site's owner to remove them.

Cross-Posting
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Cross-posting in general is discouraged. Cross-posting to other Sega
newsgroups is strongly discouraged as it may invite postings which do
not conform to this charter.

Binaries & Formatting
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Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, compressed files, etc.) are forbidden.
Cryptographic signatures (e.g. PGP) may be used where authentication is
important and should be as short as possible.

Posts must be readable as plaintext. HTML, RTF and similarly formatted
messages are prohibited. To see how to make your newsreader comply with
this, read <http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html>.

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

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uk.games.video.dreamcast UK based discussion about Sega's Dreamcast

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