(Not Moderated)
This newsgroup is for the benefit of the Isle of Wight and
its residents and those who are interested in the Isle of Wight.
Advertising
Advertising is *forbidden*, with the following exceptions:
- Suppliers of Isle of Wight relevant goods and services may post a
pointer to their website or invitation to request details. This
may not exceed four lines and may be posted no more often than
once every three months. The subject line should begin "AD" or
"ADVERT".
- Participants in discussions may include references to their
Isle of Wight related business in their .sig
- Announcements of community events or other information that
is of direct relevance to the people of the Isle of Wight are
welcome.
Anyone posting adverts contrary to this charter may be reported
to their postmaster/ ISP.
Cross-posting
Messages posted to this newsgroup must not be cross-posted to
more than a TOTAL of four uk.local.* newsgroups; these may be
geographically adjacent or overlapping, or connected by the
subject of the post (e.g. "moving house from Sheppey to
Shanklin").
Note that the advertising of widely-available goods or services is
*not* relevant in this context, and that most uk.local.* groups
have restrictions on advertising, or prohibit it. Cross-posted
adverts, where allowed, must meet the requirements of the charters
of *all* groups involved.
Binaries
With the exception of PGP signatures, all encoded binaries
(e.g. pictures, word processor files, .zip files,
"business cards"), html or similar non-plaintext postings are
*forbidden*: Such material belongs on a web or ftp site, to
which a pointer may be posted.
Anyone posting binaries contrary to this charter may be reported
to their postmaster/ ISP.
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