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Subject: Re: Modified FAQ for rec.arts.ascii
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 04:56:30 GMT
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On 19 Apr 2002 01:21:00 GMT, mikechat.remove@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP) wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 01:51:12 +0200, Andreas Freise <adf@mpq.mpg.de> wrote:
>
>>On 17 Apr 2002 Graham Drabble wrote:
>>> As part of the revitalising of rec.arts.ascii I have gone throught the 
>>> alt.ascii-art FAQ and made some changes to customise it for posting to 
>>> rec.arts.ascii. It is posted below and you are encouraged to read it 
>>> and comment. I am particuarly looking for someone to re-do my 
>>> rec.arts.ascii at the begining.
>>
Why ? Redo it ? No. Ool an VK put in alot of work into the picture.
Why not create something new with the particpants from the group as 
it gets going. 
>>[snip]
>>
>>It wrapped. And I don't quite like what you are doing there. It 
>>actually is the FAQ for a.a-a and should stay just that. Of course someone
>>should add pointers for the new group (probably Colin, since he has 
>>been working on that thing for a while now). And of course it may be
>>posted to r.a.a but I don't see any good reason for changing
>>a.a-a to r.a.a in the text.

I get the same feeling it is not quite right.
>>
>>If you want some advertising, good. But don't try to force people
>>and action to move from a.a-a to r.a.a. Either that will happen or it 
>>won't. _I_ for example am rather addicted to _this_ little place
>>in Usenet. :)
>>
A strange, wried, wonderful, place :)
>
>Maybe a FAQ about how the moderation works, and why it is done that 
>way, with links to the ASCII Art FAQ site(s) or include the a.a-a 
>FAQ under the r.a.a
>
>               ____  _____ ____
>    _..._     |  _ \| ____/ ___|             //
>  ,'     `.   | |_) |  _|| |                /X//  _
> /         \  |  _ <| |__| |___ _         (\ //-'//
> \`-'\`-'/`/  |_| \_\_____\____(_)        / \)---'
>  `.  ; ;.'  _    ____   ____ ___ ___    /X//
>    `.;,'   / \  / ___| / ___|_ _|_ _|
>     \O/   / _ \ \___ \| |    | | | |
>     ()   / ___ \ ___) | |___ | | | | _
>     >>  /_/   \_\____/ \____|___|___(_)
>                  _    ____ _____
>                 / \  |  _ \_   _|        \O/
>                / _ \ | |_) || |           ()]
>               / ___ \|  _ < | |           ||     __
>              /_/   \_\_| \_\|_|         .'"|:  .' /;
>        __......____...---.._        ~O/ :  `: /    '
>  ..--""                .----`.      [()\;   :/   /
>                   |    :     :       />.'  =;   /
>             __________`-----.'---.----'    ;  .'
>                                          .' .'
>__                            ___   ___..' -'
>  `---------------._.------'''   """              MJP
>

There is a start.

>What is rec.ascii.art
>
>
>How do I post to r.a.a

The FAQ does not inform you how to.

lgbeard