A Charter Usenet newsgroup specifies together with the day LINE (short description), which contents belong there and with some newsgroup like them (published) to become gepostet to be allowed.

Charters do not only regulate topic tables an arrangement of the newsgroup. Some Charters prescribe for certain parts of the Usenet that advertisements, discussions and binary files into separate newsgroup belong.

As example the Charter the newsgroup [news:de.rec.sf.perry-rhodan de.rec.sf.perry rhodan], contents and form defaults makes:

For discussions and information exchange to all aspects of Perry Rhodan: the series, descendants and sister series in the PR-universe (Atlan series, PR-paperbacks), on it based products (games of roles, computer, film), pertinent fan cathedral, etc.

Participants are to be arranged in addition continued the lines for reference text (Subject) of their contributions in such a way that therein no surprises of the series are anticipated.

Example: WRONGLY: Volume 2312: Perry Rhodan died!!! CORRECTLY: Comment on volume 2312

Likewise one recommends to indicate for discussions to current topics of the series at the beginning of the message from which conditions (volume NR.) the reader has to proceed.

The Charters of the Big Eight (their names begin humanities with comp.., misc., news., rec., sci., soc. and talc.) as well as the German-language de-hierarchy by majority decision are decided basis-democratically. This is often connected with the decision whether certain newsgroup is to be created again or sometimes also, whether and how a part of the Usenet is to be divided differently into individual newsgroup. First in a Request for Discussion (RfD) is discussed fully, about what is to be co-ordinated. Subsequently, in a call for Vote (CFV) is co-ordinated by E-Mail. A Charter can consist of parts, on which one co-ordinates individually, so that before the tuning nobody knows, how the Charter will altogether look.

Contrary to Charters those is not netiquette a rule, but a recommendation. A FAQ (frequently asked questions), as far as available, likewise no rule is, but gives explanation about it, which question one already does not need to place again, because it is answered in the FAQ already long.

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• Charters of the individual German-language newsgroup: Charter archives of the dana presentation
• Charters of other newsgroup partly contain in: Archives of the new installations of newsgroup

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