X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,a0b413acda56e8dd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-07 20:01:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-xfer.newsread.com!bad-news.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!sjc1.nntp.concentric.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!global-news-master From: mikechat.remove@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [info] alt.ascii-art FAQ v3.0.3.05 (draft) Date: 08 Apr 2002 03:00:55 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 42 Message-ID: <3cb10799.3186407@205.158.27.245> References: <5pmq8a.3v2.ln@adfpc.amp.uni-hannover.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.220.177.92 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16732 On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 02:03:49 +0200, Andreas Freise wrote: > >Hi Colin, > >On 07 Apr 2002 CJRandall wrote: >> this is the Ascii-Art FAQ version 3 (draft) >> based on an unfinished work by Matthew Thomas >> (with some texts migrated from some older FAQs >> written by Jorn Barger and Bob Allison) >> it is the most recent (v3.0.3.05) publication >> +------------------------------------------------ >> it is provided such that it may be helpful >> +------------------------------------------------ >> changes from v3.0.3.04 are: mostly cosmetic to radical >> with the questions/answers re-sequenced and renumbered >> >> this is an unofficial faq: >[...] > >Well, it looks very much finished to me. How about making it more >official? It doesn't look like Matthew is taking that responsibility >for us. And in my opinion a FAQ is not an ordinary document but belongs >to the subject it refers to, in this case a.a-a. If "we" decide to >use your new version, with your name as (co-) author or maintainer >then it would be official enough. I would like to see that happen >as well as the replacement of the older version on web-pages. > >I only whish that more people would take part in this. _I_ do like >your new version. It reads almost like a scientific document but >that's OK. For more direct stuff we can always fall back and use >the mini-FAQ. In a way I would like to see more examples for the >different types of ASCII creations (e.g. diddles, line art, shading, >etc.) but on the other hand the text is rather long already. In >short: I give my OK and vote for ending the humble "not-official" >ceremony right here. > >:) >Andreas I second that, and might I put it on one of my web pages?