X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,c453e5403c6e4a90 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Donovan Subject: Re: ASCII Art Sigs...Please Vote! Date: 1998/03/30 Message-ID: <35205FF8.3662@gwtc.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 339339180 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <351D024F.77D4@gwtc.net> <351EE6BE.D2FAC0D9@xs4all.nl> <351FB101.3667@freent.toronto.on.ca> <352052D3.46C8@gwtc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: bakd@gwtc.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: news@news.dialnet.net X-Trace: ns2.dialnet.net 891314058 12274 (None) 208.223.16.141 Organization: DialNet USENET News Service. Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art 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.***** -- __ ( o> Poems By Donovan - http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/6558/ ///\ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ \V_/_ ___|_|_____|_|_____|_|_____|_|_____|_|_____|_|_____|_|_____|_|__ Home of DA QUIZ! and the famous Secret Link Game. Find and Conquer the Secret Link and win a homepage award. ICQ# 812836 E-Mail:bakd@gwtc.net `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` (".___.") EVANS PLUNGE BEANIE BABIES PRICE LIST _ { + } _ ()__|>o<|__() http://www.gwtc.net/~bakd/bb.html ( . ) (_) (_) New and Retired Beanies are available!!!