[ADMIN] Posting guidelines for rec.arts.ascii

Posted-By: auto-faq 3.3 (Perl 5.008)
Archive-name: rec-arts-ascii-intro.txt
Posting-frequency: weekly
Last-modified: 2003/05/25 23:45:45
Version: 1.3.3
URL: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/asciiart/

$Revision: 1.3.3 $ $Date: 2003/05/25 23:45:45 $
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The full posting guidelines and moderation policies are available at
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the
subject 'get file: guidelines.txt'. A list of other files can be
found by 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Charter
=======

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
===

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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject
'get file: faq.txt'.
(Note that this is not yet happening and is on my To Do list).

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Moderation
==========

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.

The robomod will also check that the posts are in plain text only and
that the line length is set to less than 200 characters. Unless you
have the phrase 'long lines' in the body please keep the lines to less
than 80 characters, the robomod will send out reminders of this if you
don't. Anything longer than this will be sent to the moderator for hand
inspection.

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.