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Charter of uk.local.scot-highlands

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uk.local.scot-highlands is for the discussion of any topic relating to the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

This area is defined broadly to include not only the geographical area under the administration of Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd (the Highland Council), plus the Grampian mountains, but also the Western Isles, the Northern Isles (the Fair Isle, Orkney, and Shetland), the Southwest Highlands (an area which itself includes both areas of the mainland, such as the Kintyre Peninsula, and islands, such as Islay and Jura). 'Islands' may be relatively clear, but 'Highlands' is of course a social term - Inverness is the largest town in the Highlands but its altitude is low - and so the relevant area's boundary is not considered to be definable with great precision.

The main languages for posts to this newsgroup are expected to be English and Gaelic. Posts in any language or dialect are welcome, but users who post in a language or dialect that is less widely understood should not be surprised if somebody asks for a translation into a language or dialect that is more widely understood.

Commercial advertising is not permitted, although recommendations of products are acceptable on the understanding that the poster does not have a financial interest in their sale. Notices of coming events in the Highlands and Islands, or relevant in any way to the Highlands and Islands (e.g. get-togethers in Glasgow, London, or anywhere else) are of course welcome.

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 Edinburgh to Fort William").

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.

Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, sounds, compressed files, etc.) are forbidden, except for cryptographic (e.g. PGP) signatures.

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uk.local.scot-highlands	Discussions relating to the Scottish Highlands+Islands

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