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From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison)
Subject: INFO: FAQ
Date: 1995/12/21
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references: <1995Dec18.190801.13639@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
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In article <1995Dec18.190801.13639@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>,
Charles Agar <cyar@uhura.cc.rochester.edu> wrote:
>
>I really love to peruse the files of this group... some great artwork and
>excellent examples to learn from.
>
>My problem is, and please don't flame me (I can't find the FAQ), why so many
>requests and shouldn't there be a way to differentiate between requests for
>art, something that only the requester or would-be artist cares to see, and
>pictures?  Many people preface their requests with REQ:, which makes sense,
>but those who don't make me waste time opening their "please send me a
>tweety-bird" letters. 

   Get the FAQ at: 

            http://miso.wwa.com/~boba/faq.html
            ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/FAQ
            finger: asciifaq@wwa.com


   Here are the Subject IDs:

     Line - Standard ASCII line art.  Line pictures and large lettering.
      GIF - Gray scale image.
Animation - Animation.  Usually uuencoded.
    Color - ANSI Color image.  Usually uuencoded.
      3-D - Three dimensional art.
     Font - Alphabets and Figlet fonts.
   Binary - Binaries (software like Figlet and Gifscii).  Usually uuencoded.
      Big - Wider than 80 columns and-or longer than 24 lines).

   Repost - Repost of a previously posted pic, not new art.
  Request - Request for a picture, Figletized name, sig, etc.


 Question - A question concerning any of the ASCII art topics.
   Answer - An answer to a question asked by a poster.
     Info - Web URLs, email addresses, Gopher and FTP sites, font lists, etc.
 Announce - Announcements of events, new sites, Web pagse, etc.

      FAQ - Used for the posting of Frequently Asked Questions

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