X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,138eebc638a5f8df X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-28 07:42:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed.nyc.globix.net!news.stealth.net!news-dc.gip.net!news-fw.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!feeder.kornet.net!news1.kornet.net!not-for-mail From: "Phydeaux" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Unattributed Ascii-Art? Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 00:46:18 +0900 Organization: Korea Telecom Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <3c7d1dae.55189793@news.mpinet.net> <3c7d2eea.14287247@news.t-online.de> <3c7d9394.2160508@205.158.27.245> <3c7e222b.526620@news.atlantic.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.48.80.111 X-Trace: news1.kornet.net 1014910142 19983 211.48.80.111 (28 Feb 2002 15:29:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@feeder.kornet.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:29:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:15178 "JamesDad" wrote in message news:3c7e222b.526620@news.atlantic.net... > Four or more letters could minimize [the risk of mistaken identity] This is a good idea, but long acronyms with random letters are usually difficult to remember (from personal experience). So, my suggestion is using acronyms that resemble words: OANI - ORIGINAL ARTIST NOT IDENTIFIED SITIY - SAY IF THIS IS YOURS IDDI - I DIDN'T DO IT! ONYX - ORIGINATOR NOT YET EXPOSED YASS - YOUR ARTWORK? SAY SOMETHING! ICCO - I CAN'T CLAIM OWNERSHIP ICCA - I CAN'T CLAIM AUTHORSHIP WITHCITO - WHO IN THE HELL (OR HECK, IF YOU PREFER) CAN IDENTIFY THIS ONE? WITHARFT - " ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS? NOSIG - NO SIGNATURE > I think you and I agree at least that putting symbols before and after the > letters could help highlight that the letters are not initials but are an > indicator that the letters relate to the clip being unattributed. I agree. I personally like either parenthesis (), obelisks {}, brackets [], or these thingies <>. That way it's easy to tell that the not-a-sig is in there, and not a part of the artwork. > Or the indicator could be all symbols; > [***] = Like a password field; it's unknown what's behind the asterisks. This could possibly get confused with shading on the pic, I think. Better to use something like a word, this would even let you search for u/i pics on google: NOSIG group:alt.ascii-art.* -- or something like that. > I'm not as concerned about WHAT the indicator is (these are just some > examples) as I am that there BE one; simple and easy to remember so that > others would recognize it as such. That would help distinguish who is > intentionally stripping attributions and who is innocently using > unattributed ascii-art, not knowing who the artist is. Good idea! Thanks for bringing it up! -Phydeaux