Re: Modified FAQ for rec.arts.ascii

On 20 Apr 2002 Philip Newton
<pne...@newton.digitalspace.net> wrote in
news:2f0...@4ax.com: 

> On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:54:17 +0100, Graham Drabble
> <gra...@lineone.net> wrote:
> 
>>          | |   |    _____   ___      ___     `-.`._ `-._ \ ,!`-.
>>          J J   |   |  ___|`/ _ \`-._/ _ \`--.   `-._`--._`-'||`-'
>>           L L  |   | |_   / /_\ \  / / \ \   `-._   `--.
>>           `-,+.`-._ 
>>        __-------_  |  _|`/ _____ \ \ \_/ /_._    `--._ 
>>        `-.|X||-./ 
>>       |          |/|_|_./_/_____\_\_\_____/=\`-._     `-.  |X||.|
>>       |       _,--------------.____ -========\_(A)`-.._  `-|X||\
>>   Ool |     _|                     `         |_`--.    `-- |X||/
>>   /VK |    | | ALT.ASCII-ART: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS   / ||-.
>                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Hm?
> 
> Are you trying to produce a FAQ of alt.ascii-art or
> rec.arts.ascii? And where are you tring to send people? There's
> still a bunch of alt.ascii-art scattered throughout the FAQ... and
> in a couple of places, both groups are mentioned!

I was trying to do a combined FAQ that left it up to people to decide 
where to post. Judging from the comments it hasn't worked to well so 
I'll leave it alone and just post it as is to raa.

BTW, I have now finished the posting guidelines. They are (you may wish 
to see the HTML version which has a bit more detail):

                ____  _____ ____
     _..._      |  _ \| ____/ ___|            //
   ,'     `.    | |_) |  _|| |               /X//  _
  /         \   |  _ <| |__| |___ _        (\ //-'//
  \`-'\`-'/`/   |_| \_\_____\____(_)       / \)---'
   `.  ; ;.'    _    ____ _____ ____      /X//
     `.;,'     / \  |  _ \_   _/ ___|
      \O/     / _ \ | |_) || | \___ \
      ()     / ___ \|  _ < | |  ___) |
      >>    /_/   \_\_| \_\|_| |____(_)
              _    ____   ____ ___ ___
             / \  / ___| / ___|_ _|_ _|    \O/
            / _ \ \___ \| |    | | | |      ()]
           / ___ \ ___) | |___ | | | |      ||     __
          /_/   \_\____/ \____|___|___|   .'"|:  .' /;
         __......____...---.._        ~O/ :  `: /    '
   ..--""                .----`.      [()\;   :/   /
                    |    :     :       />.'  =;   /
              __________`-----.'---.----'    ;  .'
                                           .' .'
 __                            ___   ___..' -'
   `---------------._.------'''   """              MJP
  
                 ____           _   _
                |  _ \ ___  ___| |_(_)_ __   __ _
                | |_) / _ \/ __| __| | '_ \ / _` |
                |  __/ (_) \__ \ |_| | | | | (_| |
                |_|   \___/|___/\__|_|_| |_|\__, |
                                             |___/

            ____       _     _      _ _
           / ___|_   _(_) __| | ___| (_)_ __   ___  ___
          | |  _| | | | |/ _` |/ _ \ | | '_ \ / _ \/ __|
          | |_| | |_| | | (_| |  __/ | | | | |  __/\__ \
           \____|\__,_|_|\__,_|\___|_|_|_| |_|\___||___/


The full posting guidelines and moderation policies are available at
http://http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/asciiart/ . These may be found at 
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/asciiart/guidelines.txt.

You can also get this by e-mailing rec...@gweep.ca with the
subject 'get file: guidelines.txt'. A list of other files can be
found my using the subject 'list files' and then retreived using
'get file: FILENAME'.

Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
moderator at asc...@gweep.ca.

=======
Charter
=======

The official charter for rec.arts.ascii, as sent in the newgroup 
control message, is:

  The new group rec.arts.ascii will be the appropriate group for
  postings to include, but not be limited to, the following:

   o  All forms of ASCII art including, but not limited to:
      -  Standard ASCII art.
      -  Animations.
      -  ANSI color graphics.
   o  Discussion about pieces of art.
   o  Requests for specific pieces of art, and their fulfillment.
   o  Questions and answers covering:
      -  Creating and viewing ASCII art.
      -  Locating FTP sites for ASCII art and related files.
   o  Discussion about artists in the field.

===
FAQ
===

An ascii art FAQ is posted to the group with the subject
[FAQ] Ascii Art Help and Guidance. 
This is also available at 
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/asciiart/faq.txt and from the mail 
server. Mail rec...@gweep.ca with subject
'get file faq.txt'.

==========
Moderation
==========

rec.arts.ascii was created as a moderated group meaning that all posts
are reviewed before being sent to the group. That work is done by a
robomoderator which checks that the posts have the correct format
before approving them. It can also forward a specific posters posts
to a human moderation for approval if necessary but it is hoped that
the group will be self policing and that this will not be necessary.

The criteria checked for are:

Subject must be tagged either

[PIC] for pictures
[REQ] for requests for others to draw pictures (people responding to
      such requests are asked to change the tag to [PIC])
[DIS] for general ascii art related discussion.

The moderators will also use
[ADMIN] for posting any other important information regarding the
        functioning of the group.

The robomod will also check that the posts are in plain text only and
that the line length is set to less than 80 characters. Cross-posting
will be allowed provided that it is to no more than three groups and
that the followup-to header is set to only one group. Cross-posting
to other moderated groups is not allowed except under extreme
circumstances. If you think you have a very good case then contact 
the moderators.


-- 
Graham Drabble
If you're interested in what goes on in other groups or want to find 
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others have to say or contribute a review for others to read.

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