Subj : Welcome to the Aquaria Ne To : All From : Luminos Date : Sun Nov 09 2003 06:43 am WTF....get lost. "Mark Stone" wrote in message news:7fba8525.0309030711.78f2f8ea@posting.google.com... > Welcome to the Aquaria Newsgroups! > > > 1. Copyright. > > The text for the Welcome (this posting), except for the copyright > paragraph, was written by Mark Stone. The Aquaria FAQs were compiled > and are maintained by Erik Olson. The articles incorporating the FAQs > were written by: Shaji Bhaskar, Gary Bishop, George Booth, Rick Clark, > Neil Frank, Bruce Hallman, Dean Hougen, Oleg Kiselev, Dustin Laurence, > Matt McCabe, Davin Milun, Thomas Narten, Erik Olson, Jeff Pfohl, > Howard Rebel, Mark A. Rosenstein, Thomas Sasala, Anne Hull Seales, > Elaine Thompson, Betsy Wilson, Don Wilson and Todd Zebert. > > Erik Olson writes: > > "The FAQs owe their existence to the contributors of the net, and as > such it belongs to the readers of rec.aquaria and alt.aquaria. > Articles with attributions are copyrighted by their original authors. > Copies of the FAQs can be made freely, as long as it is distributed at > no charge, and the disclaimers and the copyright notice are included. > "Much of the material for this new FAQ comes from the FAQ Working > Group. We spent nearly a year initially putting this collection of > documents together, and hope you find them useful in your aquaria > endeavors. Since the FAQ is (we hope) an evolving document, we'd > appreciate any and all suggestions for material we may have left out, > factual changes, or just comments in general. We'd also appreciate > volunteers to replace our burnt-out set of authors! Mail your comments > or requests about the FAQs to faq at thekrib.com (please use this > address for FAQ development-related topics only; pleas for help in > diagnosing your sick fish will be cheerfully ignored or redirected to > the newsgroups). Thank you." > > > 2. What Are the Aquaria FAQs? > > FAQs are answers to the Frequently Asked Questions relating to > knowledge of modern fishkeeping and general Newsgroup usage. We like > to think that the Aquaria FAQs are especially important because we are > in a hobby that deals with live animals, and as such it is imperative > that information on fishkeeping be easily available and as accurate as > modern findings dictate. > > So often people buy a new aquarium and a group of fishes before doing > research into the hobby and finding out what is required to keep fish > alive and healthy. Additionally, there has always been the notion > afloat that they are "just fish" and it doesn't matter if they are > unhealthy or die. It is the goal of the FAQs to dispel this notion and > to make information relating to fishkeeping easily available and > understandable, particularly to new fishkeeping hobbyists. People that > are experienced aquarists will find a wealth of helpful information > here, too! > > 3. Newsgroup Usage > > Included in the Aquaria FAQs is an extensive section on newsgroup > usage, written by Todd Zebert. Here you will find information on > etiquette, posting guidelines, and other helpful topics. It is very > important to read this document before posting to the *.aquaria > newsgroups! > > 4. Where are the FAQs located? > > In years past, the entire text of the FAQs was posted periodically to > the aquaria newsgroups in addition to news.answers. However, for the > purpose of brevity and for ease of use, it has been decided to post > links to the websites containing the FAQs in the body of this > introductory message instead of the FAQs themselves. > > The FAQs are located at: > http://faq.thekrib.com > http://www.actwin.com/fish/mirror/ > > A text version is available at: > http://faq.thekrib.com/map.html > > Non-English Versions: > Finnish: http://www.jmp.fi/~liaani/akvaario/aquafaq/ffaq.html > French: http://www.cyberaqua.org/faq > Spanish: http://faq.thekrib.com/es/ > Portuguese: http://faq.thekrib.com/pt/ > Italian: http://acquariofilia.hypermart.net > Korean: http://www.insamo.pe.kr/faq > > 5. To What Newsgroups do these FAQs apply? > > The groups currently covered by these FAQs are: > rec.aquaria > rec.aquaria.marketplace > rec.aquaria.misc > rec.aquaria.tech > rec.aquaria.marine > rec.aquaria.marine.misc > rec.aquaria.marine.reefs > rec.aquaria.freshwater > rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids > rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish > rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc > rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants > alt.aquaria > alt.aquaria.guppy > alt.aquaria.killies > alt.aquaria.marketplace > alt.aquaria.oscars > sci.aquaria > > Welcome to the Aquaria Newsgroups! --- þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXPost V1.14 at BBSWORLD * Info@bbsworld.com --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2áÿ* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 11/9/03 6:43:53 AM * Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) .