Re: Followup - Re: Unattributed Ascii-Art?

"JamesDad" wrote...

> 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.

Yeah, 8 letters overdoes it a bit.  One more to add to the list:

?HYSTA? - Have You Seen This Artist?

>                                                   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.

I concede that consensus. :)

> 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.

I still like the ring of <NOSIG>.  It doesn't have the "it wasn't me, honest!" tone to it
as some of the others do, as you pointed out.  I also believe that this should not be a
word in the english dictionary, so if someone wants to search out <NOSIG> artwork, they
can do so without having to wade through every conversation in which the word "unknown"
was used.  Of course, the -only- thing we here at alt.ascii-art find to be unknown has
only been the artist of a <NOSIG> work, but every little bit helps. ;) And that's my 10
won to throw in the pile.

ObAscii:
    _
 .' . '.
. # T # .
' _]_[_ '
 '. _ .'

(a rough estimation of the tails side of a 10-won piece)

-Phydeaux

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