Who determines what is appropriate in sci.med.diseases.cancer
Steph, madiba, Orac and Peter Moran (ie the doctors)

Who can vote on this Charter?  The doctors. (?and some of the recognized
regulars of alt.support.cancer)

Cross-posting should be limited to other appropriate groups.
Trim cross-post groups from your replies.

What is prohibited?
Cross-posting from alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, sci.med.nutrition,
alt.support.diet.low-carb, soc.culture.usa, talk.politics.animals

Just because it is posted (multiple times) on sci.med.diseases.cancer
does not make it true.

Choose your topic/subject line carefully to obtain the best replies.
Non-specifics like "Help" or "Question" make it more difficult to search
them later (for others) in the Google archives. A well-thought out
subject will get the attention of the persons you hope to reach quicker
than a "generic" subject line.

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SHOUTING. Don't assume that your message will be read at the same time
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message you are replying to, it provides a context for your reply. Your
message will make more sense to readers if you reply below quoted text.
This is true if the reader has not seen the post to which you are
replying, or reads it out-of-order.

Test messages are prohibited use alt.test instead and put "ignore" in
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Troll posting (cross-postings directed to s.m.d.c. from other newsgroups
with the express purpose of disrupting the s.m.d.c. group), flame
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This is an unmoderated newsgroup by definition. Having said that, there
exists a form of user moderation. We cannot control what you post to the
NG, but we can and do hold you accountable for straying from acceptable
behavior as defined in this FAQ. This is not intended as censorship, but
rather, to prevent the newsgroup from turning into a cesspool. Please
help us keep the signal-to-noise ratio down.

The newsgroup will prosecute violations of the Charter as deemed
necessary by the group.

(pick whatever else you might want from
http://www.cancersupporters.com/asc/charter.html

J