Re: ASCII Art Sigs...Please Vote!

Correction, Deja News gave me more than my newsreader 

7 YES
1 NO
3 comments but without votes

Donovan wrote:
> 
> 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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