Re: Followup - Re: Unattributed Ascii-Art?

On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 00:58:51 +0900, "Phydeaux" <dwe...@kornet.com> wrote:
>Results after searching google groups (group:alt.ascii-art.*):
>OANI - none
>SITIY - none
>IDDI - shading in a pic of an owl
>ONYX - several email addy's
>YASS - none
>ICCO - shading in a pic of Wesley Crusher
>ICCA - none
>WITHCITO - none
>WITHARFT - none
>NOSIG - none
>-Phydeaux

Methinks that 8 letters would be a bit much. I was thinking more like
four, since few people (such as former president George Herbert Walker
Bush) have FOUR initials. Most have three, fewer two. I'm starting to pick
up a little bit of consensus that a symbol before and after would also
help distinguish it from initials. Also, once it's agreed on what the code
for "Unattributed" or "Unknown" will be for the group and it's had a
little while to be in the FAQ, it would gain common use simply because of
how frequently it's referenced.

IMHO, simple and distinguishable, including a symbol at each end would be
the best guidelines for such a mark. [NOSIG], <unknown> and such work well
for such a purpose. I know I put some of these kind in myself as examples,
but the personal disclaimer type like IDDI (I Didn't Do It) or the
solicitation for creatorship ?DUDT? (Did You Do This?) doesn't seem to
have the right tone for me, now that I've thought about it. For myself, I
use ascii-art in a variety of ways, like popping them into emails or posts
in other parts of Usenet, so a more low-key symbol that just says "I
respect the artist; I just don't know who did it" would be more on target.
That's my 2c.

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You! Out of the gene pool! 
...maybe a little chlorine would help, too.
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