Re: Followup - Re: Unattributed Ascii-Art?
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 19:56:42 +0900, "Phydeaux" <dwe...@kornet.com> wrote: <snip> > >> 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. [NOSIG] works for me > >ObAscii: > _ > .' . '. >. # T # . >' _]_[_ ' > '. _ .' > >(a rough estimation of the tails side of a 10-won piece) > >-Phydeaux > lgbeard
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