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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 8 Apr 2002.
Re: [info] alt.ascii-art FAQ v3.0.3.05 (draft)

Re: [info] alt.ascii-art FAQ v3.0.3.05 (draft)

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 02:03:49 +0200, Andreas Freise <ad...@mpq.mpg.de> wrote:

>
>Hi Colin,
>
>On 07 Apr 2002 CJRandall wrote:
>> this is the Ascii-Art FAQ version 3 (draft)
>> based on an unfinished work by Matthew Thomas
>> (with some texts migrated from some older FAQs
>>  written by Jorn Barger and Bob Allison)
>> it is the most recent (v3.0.3.05) publication
>> +------------------------------------------------
>>   it is provided such that it may be helpful
>> +------------------------------------------------
>> changes from v3.0.3.04 are: mostly cosmetic to radical
>> with the questions/answers re-sequenced and renumbered
>> 
>> this is an unofficial faq:
>[...]
>
>Well, it looks very much finished to me. How about making it more 
>official? It doesn't look like Matthew is taking that responsibility 
>for us. And in my opinion a FAQ is not an ordinary document but belongs 
>to the subject it refers to, in this case a.a-a. If "we" decide to
>use your new version, with your name as (co-) author or maintainer
>then it would be official enough. I would like to see that happen
>as well as the replacement of the older version on web-pages.
>
>I only whish that more people would take part in this. _I_ do like
>your new version. It reads almost like a scientific document but 
>that's OK. For more direct stuff we can always fall back and use 
>the mini-FAQ. In a way I would like to see more examples for the
>different types of ASCII creations (e.g. diddles, line art, shading,
>etc.) but on the other hand the text is rather long already. In 
>short: I give my OK and vote for ending the humble "not-official" 
>ceremony right here.
>
>:)
>Andreas

I second that, and might I put it on one of my web pages?

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