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From: Andreas Freise <adf@mpq.mpg.de>
Subject: Re: [Repost] Work in progress: ASCII art FAQ 3.0.-3
Date: 1999/05/19
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Matthew Thomas wrote:
[...]

> accepted ... If you have improvements/modifications, include them in
> followups to this message, and I'll incorporate them into the next version.

Nothing really but some suggestions :

[...]
> (1) those who come to alt.ascii-art* via an old version of the FAQ will
>     see the current version of the FAQ posted soon enough, before they
>     learn to ignore it
> (2) those who are already in the group do not need alerting about a new
>     version of the FAQ, as it is discussed fairly thoroughly in the
>     group itself while it is being prepared.
> 
> Does everyone agree?

I do.

[...]
> *   http://voices.vossnet.co.uk/a/atkins/ada/ (UK)
> *   http://website.lineone.net/~martin.atkins/ada/ (UK)
> *   http://martweb.hypermart.net/ada/ (Seattle, USA)
> [??? any more locations? I think I've missed a couple]

Well, depends if you want to name only ada servers or 
URLs with the FAQ only too. I'm not sure what is better.
Maybe only FAQ mirrors with a link to one ada site??

[...]
> 6.  How do I draw my own ASCII art?
[...]
>     drawing recognizable) is up to you.If you're interested in
                                       ^^^^   

[...]
> 7.  What should I know before posting pictures?
> -----------------------------------------------
[...]
>     *   If there are a lot of almost-blank lines in the picture, then
>         the message is probably suffering from `wrapping'. This
>         wrapping may be being done by your newsreader; see if it has an
>         option called `wrap long lines' or similar, and make sure it is
>         turned off. If this doesn't work, then the wrapping was
>         probably done by the news program of the person who sent the
>         picture, in which case there's not much you can do -- everybody
>         else will be seeing the same thing.

Hm, even though the question is about posting pictures this 'answer'
reads like it's about 'reading' pictures. Maybe you could emphasize that
it's important to switch of wrapping befor sending here.

[...]
>     *   Is it under 72 characters wide? Most news readers can only show
>         lines which are under either 72, 76, or 80 characters wide, so
>         if your picture is wider than 72 characters it may get wrapped
>         [see Question 4). Also remove any unnecessary space characters
         ^^^            ^^^
[...]
> 8.  I like that ASCII picture -- can I copy it for myself?
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>     Don't assume that if somebody posts something to a Usenet group,

I'd suggest a 'Yes, but ...' here.

[...]
>     *   If you're going to use a picture in your signature file, or in
>         a place (such as a log-in screen) which means you're going to
>         be using it a lot, you should really e-mail the artist (or post
>         to the newsgroup, if you don't know their address) and ask for
>         permission, because otherwise people may get the mistaken
>         impression that you were the one who drew the picture.

No, no, not otherwise. People will anyway and therefor you should 
ring the artist before, no?


[...]
>     As for posting other people's ASCII art, after a discussion in
                                     ^^^^^^^^^
>     news:alt.ascii-art the following rules were agreed upon:
>     1.  If an ASCII ART picture has initials on it, leave them on when
                ^^^^^^^^^^
Two different spellings for ASCII art! 


[...]
> 9.  I want a picture of something -- how do I ask for one?
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>      Yes, if we find it interesting. Give your request the subject

Now here, 'Yes' seems to be not the right answer to 'how do I ...'.

The rest looks very good to me (only that I still don't like 'geocities'
in every second URL, but ...).

:)
Andreas

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