Re: ASCII Art Sigs...Please Vote!

So far the vote on this is 
6 Yes
1 No
1 vote not casted either way.

The No was:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that a FAQ's reason to exist
was to answer some of the Frequently Asked Questions that people might
come up with. A FAQ is supposed to be informative not restrictive:
please let's not make our FAQ some kind of 'Tables of the Law'
dictating people what they should or shouldn't do.
Alt.ascii-art is an unmoderated newsgroup, after all.

I reply to this no in this manner:
I agree with what you are saying and I think the most frequently asked
question is what are we going to do about signatures...I mean half of
the posts are about this instead of pics. So, we are not writing a law,
but more of a guideline for people who want to know what to do about
signatures and pics they find in our newsgroup. 

The first time I came here I was so excited about how cool ASCII Art was
that I wanted to know if it was OK to copy some of the stuff I saw
there. Well, the FAQ's were vague on this. I also didn't know it was
wrong to take out the initials, because I thought they took away from
the pic. But with time I learned. It would have been nice to know these
things right of way when reading the FAQ's instead of reading 100
messages of emotional arguing and name calling in a place that always
seemed to be fun and non-threatening.

PLEASE REPLY TO THESE THOUGHTS IF YOU FEEL I AM WRONG IN UNDERSTANDING
YOUR MESSAGES.




          PLEASE CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR ANOTHER WEEK.
We will end this on April 9th and be done with it or continue our
discussions. Keep in mind, I'm doing this in an attempt to make things
here more fun. And less frustrating for everyone.

Donovan




Joan(Spunk1111) and I(Donovan) worked on this together.

To anyone who reads or posts in this newsgroup, please reply to this
with a YES or NO. We all use the FAQ's as our "sort-of by-laws." If we
know what the general consensus is on this issue, maybe we can get Krogg
and Colin to add them into the FAQ's. We all want this issue to end so
we can spend time posting and making ASCII Art.

Note:
WORKING TOGETHER IS THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE RESOLVED! NO ONE SHOULD BE
ATTACKING ANYONE'S REASONS FOR A NO VOTE! WE NEED TO BE OBJECTIVE TO
EVERYONE'S FEELINGS!

1.  If an ASCII ART pic has a signature on it, leave it on and post it.
2.  If an ASCII ART pic doesn't have a signature on it, post it anyway
AND indicate that you didn't make it.
3. Feel free to repost unaccredited ASCII art with a proper original
signature (please be accurate). The repost ought not to be taken
personally as we all know that ASCII art often loses proper credits.
Responses to the repost are not necessary. You may opt to add the
proper signature to your personal files. Of course, no one will check
up on you!

****If you vote NO, please add your reasons, so we can narrow this down
to what you dislike about this proposal.*****

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