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

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 ...)

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