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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 5 Jun 1999.
Re: Work in progress: ASCII art FAQ 3.0.-3

Re: Work in progress: ASCII art FAQ 3.0.-3

Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> 
> CJRandall wrote:
> >
> > Donovan writes
> > >
> > > > | 9.  I want a picture of something -- how do I ask for one?
> > > > | ----------------------------------------------------------
> > > > |      Yes, if we find it interesting. Give your request the
> > > >        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > |      subject `REQ: xyz' if you're looking for a picture of an
> > > > |      xyz,  [ 8< ]
> > > >
> > > > Sorry to keep pointing this out, but it doesn't make sense.
> >
> > [][ hi ... p'haps the line above could be cut altogether ?
> 
> Why? I think the point is to discourage posts like "I asked for a
> grxgrff last week and didn't get any. Give me a grxgrff! Now!". Some
> people seem to think that they can just come to newsgroups and
> _demand_ stuff (I see it more in some html newsgroups than here, but
> it happens here too occasionally).

Sorry to keep pointing this out (:-), but this is one of the questions I
haven't rewritten yet. Which is why it doesn't make sense, since I've
changed the wording of the question but not the wording of the answer.

I'm sorry I'm taking so long to finish the FAQ, but I am kinda busy.

Tara
-- 
Matthew `mpt @ student . canterbury . ac . nz' Thomas
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