Re: Purpose of alt.ascii-art (was: Re: Technology evolution and ascii pics)

Matthew Thomas wrote:
> 
> Colin Douthwaite wrote:
> >...
> > >
> > > 3.  What goes on in the ASCII art discussion groups?
> > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >     In the ASCII art discussion groups people discuss ASCII art,
> > >     post ASCII pictures, post improved versions or variations of
> > >     pictures other people have drawn, and generally have fun.
> >
> > > Notice: the ASCII art *discussion* groups
> > >
> > > In the ASCII art discussion groups people *discuss* ASCII art, post
> > > ASCII pic....
> > >
> > >I think that this sorta means that it is for both.
> >
> > Yes, I think you have a very good point there.
> >
> > Matthew Thomas considerably expanded that section of the FAQ
> > compared with the Scarecrow original which allowed for:
> >
> >         o Discussion about pieces of art.
> >         o Questions and answers covering:
> >           - Creating and viewing ASCII art.
> >           - Locating FTP sites for ASCII art and related files.
> >
> > Matthew Thomas however went much further than Allison and described
> > the newsgroups as " the ASCII art discussion groups ".
> >
> > Basically ALL newsgroups are regarded as discussion groups unless
> > otherwise designated in their titles.
> 
> Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, what mess have I got myself into this time?
> :-D
> 
> When I wrote this particular section of the FAQ, I based it not on what
> Bob Allison had written, but on what had actually been going on (and had
> seemed to be accepted) in alt.ascii-art for some time.
> 
> I changed all references to `newsgroups' to `discussion groups' in
> version 2 of the FAQ for two reasons:
> 1.  that is what they are called by modern software such as Netscape
>     Collabra (not to mention DejaNews)
> 2.  it makes more sense (well, how many groups actually discuss
>     `news'?).
> 
> And really, there's not enough traffic on alt.ascii-art to have separate
> alt.ascii-art.d[iscussion] and alt.ascii-art.pictures groups. (There's
> not really enough traffic to have separate alt.ascii-art,
> alt.ascii-art.animation, and rec.arts.ascii groups either, but that's
> another story ...)

Not that my opinion means anything, but I feel, that
alt.ascii-art.pictures should be for pics only and that this
news/discussion group(alt.ascii-art) is for anything that has to do with
ascii-art. Art, seems to me, to curtail all of it. So it SHOULD show you
how to draw, view, editors...and so forth. 

Now I realize that this is the group, out of all the ones mentioned, is
used the most. So those that don't want to read that stuff just HAVE to
take the time to weed through what they don't want and promote the other
groups. Everytime they make an arguement against these extra
discussions, it is just more skipping throught that the rest of us have
to do. *please to all, keep this in mind*

So if you plan to do a vote Matthew, I vote to leave it open to discuss
anything and everything that has to do with ascii-art.






 
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