[ADMIN] Posting Guidelines - rec.arts.ascii

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The full posting guidelines and moderation policies are available at
http://http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/asciiart/ . These may be found at 
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/asciiart/guidelines.txt.

You can also get this by e-mailing rec...@gweep.ca with the
subject 'get file: guidelines.txt'. A list of other files can be
found my using the subject 'list files' and then retreived using
'get file: FILENAME'.

Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
moderator at asc...@gweep.ca.

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Charter
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The official charter for rec.arts.ascii, as sent in the newgroup 
control message, is:

  The new group rec.arts.ascii will be the appropriate group for
  postings to include, but not be limited to, the following:

   o  All forms of ASCII art including, but not limited to:
      -  Standard ASCII art.
      -  Animations.
      -  ANSI color graphics.
   o  Discussion about pieces of art.
   o  Requests for specific pieces of art, and their fulfillment.
   o  Questions and answers covering:
      -  Creating and viewing ASCII art.
      -  Locating FTP sites for ASCII art and related files.
   o  Discussion about artists in the field.

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FAQ
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An ascii art FAQ is posted to the group with the subject
[FAQ] Ascii Art Help and Guidance. 
This is also available at 
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/asciiart/faq.txt and from the mail 
server. Mail rec...@gweep.ca with subject
'get file faq.txt'.

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Moderation
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rec.arts.ascii was created as a moderated group meaning that all posts
are reviewed before being sent to the group. That work is done by a
robomoderator which checks that the posts have the correct format
before approving them. It can also forward a specific posters posts
to a human moderation for approval if necessary but it is hoped that
the group will be self policing and that this will not be necessary.

The criteria checked for are:

Subject must be tagged either

[PIC] for pictures
[REQ] for requests for others to draw pictures (people responding to
      such requests are asked to change the tag to [PIC])
[DIS] for general ascii art related discussion.

The moderators will also use
[ADMIN] for posting any other important information regarding the
        functioning of the group.

(Special note, the software currently only enforces that there is a tag 
and doesn't check the contents at all. However implementing it is high 
up the priority scale so please keep to these.)

The robomod will also check that the posts are in plain text only and
that the line length is set to less than 80 characters. Cross-posting
will be allowed provided that it is to no more than three groups and
that the followup-to header is set to only one group. Cross-posting
to other moderated groups is not allowed except under extreme
circumstances. If you think you have a very good case then contact 
the moderators.


-- 
Graham Drabble
If you're interested in what goes on in other groups or want to find 
an interesting group to read then check news.groups.reviews for what 
others have to say or contribute a review for others to read.

> The robomod will also check that the posts are in plain text only and
> that the line length is set to less than 80 characters.

So big pictures aren't allowed? I think this might be a problem, if you
want ASCII artists to post their large and extravagant pictures here. :)

-jg

On 23 Apr 2002 "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in
news:aa4k2q$7u07r$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de: 

>> The robomod will also check that the posts are in plain text only
>> and that the line length is set to less than 80 characters.
> 
> So big pictures aren't allowed? I think this might be a problem,
> if you want ASCII artists to post their large and extravagant
> pictures here. :) 

That one has already changed since I wrote the documentation (the 
problem with trying to document a system that is still being written by 
someone else). The position now is that  it is 80 characters unless you 
use the words 'long lines' in the body when it is extended to 160 
characters.

I'll update the guidelines shortly and then upload them to the web and 
mail server.

-- 
Graham Drabble
If you're interested in what goes on in other groups or want to find 
an interesting group to read then check news.groups.reviews for what 
others have to say or contribute a review for others to read.

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 21:35:26 +0000 (UTC), "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote:

>> The robomod will also check that the posts are in plain text only and
>> that the line length is set to less than 80 characters.
>
>So big pictures aren't allowed? I think this might be a problem, if you
>want ASCII artists to post their large and extravagant pictures here. :)
>
>-jg
>

yeah, Guess I will have to shrink my aspirations......

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"Graham Drabble" <gra...@lineone.net> skrev i meddelandet
news:200...@lios.aq2.gweep.ca
> On 23 Apr 2002 "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in
> news:aa4k2q$7u07r$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de:
>
> > So big pictures aren't allowed? I think this might be a problem,
> > if you want ASCII artists to post their large and extravagant
> > pictures here. :)
>
> That one has already changed since I wrote the documentation (the
> problem with trying to document a system that is still being written by
> someone else). The position now is that  it is 80 characters unless you
> use the words 'long lines' in the body when it is extended to 160
> characters.

In the body? Surely you mean subject? :\

12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890  testing
         11111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778  testing

-jg

"Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> skrev i meddelandet news:aa9iiq$90og4$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de
> "Graham Drabble" <gra...@lineone.net> skrev i meddelandet
> news:200...@lios.aq2.gweep.ca
> > On 23 Apr 2002 "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in
> > news:aa4k2q$7u07r$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de:
> >
> > > So big pictures aren't allowed? I think this might be a problem,
> > > if you want ASCII artists to post their large and extravagant
> > > pictures here. :)
> >
> > That one has already changed since I wrote the documentation (the
> > problem with trying to document a system that is still being written by
> > someone else). The position now is that  it is 80 characters unless you
> > use the words 'long lines' in the body when it is extended to 160
> > characters.
>
> In the body? Surely you mean subject? :\
>
> 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890  testing
>          11111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778  testing

I guess you do mean the body. :)

-jg

Yay! The "less than 30% new text" filter is a very nice touch! :)

-jg