X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ff4ed0ea99b515e4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: f9437,ff4ed0ea99b515e4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9437,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-26 16:29:45 PST Newsgroups: news.groups,alt.ascii-art Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!connected.com!sitka.wsipc.wednet.edu!news.ans.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!amd!amdahl!juts.ccc.amdahl.com!rzv30 From: draco@amdahl.com (Rene' A. Vega) Subject: Re: VOTING: rec.arts.ascii ( MODERATED ) Message-ID: <1994May20.010810.11860@ccc.amdahl.com> X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0@juts.ccc.amdahl.com. Lines: 29 Sender: rzv30@juts.ccc.amdahl.com. Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA USA References: <2r3292$rm@ns.mcs.kent.edu> Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 01:08:10 GMT Xref: bga.com news.groups:15167 alt.ascii-art:8405 In article ">" and Michael Rothstein (rothstei@Monkey.mcs.kent.edu) "> >" wrote: [...] > > Yes, that is true, they would rather not see the umpteenth > > repetition of the umpteenth request for a cute .sig; the umpteenth > > request for... [...] > Exactly what do you really find wrong with this newsgroup, except > the requests and repeats, which are the main motivation for this > proposal for a new moderated group ? [...] > You are surely not suggesting that a picture should only ever be > posted once, and once only, in a newsgroup ? This is an interesting question. There are many reasons someone would ask for or want to see repeats of ascii art. One is that many sites expire articles after some usually too small a period. I wouldn't be surprised if the alt hierarchy and/or graphics related groups would be the ones with the short expiration periods. How often would art be replayed into the moderated group? Do you (the generic y'all) plan to maintain an ftp site for the existing ascii-art and use the moderated group to premier the new stuff? BTW, I looked around for the RFD, but it has long since expired on this site. ----- Rene' /* The opinions expressed herein are mine, and not necessarily my employer's */