On 13 Aug 1996 20:59:12 -0700, in rec.arts.anime.creative Brian Edmonds
<raac-coordinator@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
Good news, after a few months of uncertainty and occasional fen
grumblings and snipings, raa.creative is back online. There may still
be a few teething problems while my coordinator mailbox is swamped with
delayed submissions, but send them in and we'll work through it.
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WELCOME TO REC.ARTS.ANIME.CREATIVE
Copyright (c) 1996, Brian Edmonds
$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 1996/08/12 23:00:01 $
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The latest version of this file can be found on the web at
<URL:http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/edmonds/anime/raac-intro.txt>
Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
coordinator at <raac-coordinator@cs.ubc.ca>.
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Subject: Contents
1. Introduction
2. Charter
2.1. Interpretation: fanfic
2.2. Interpretation: artwork
2.3. Interpretation: other
3. How to submit a post
4. Archive site
5. How you can help
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Subject: 1. Introduction
The newsgroup rec.arts.anime.creative (raa.creative) originally began in
May 1993 as rec.arts.anime.stories. In March 1996 it was renamed to its
current name to better reflect the content of the group (i.e. not just
stories).
No introduction would be complete without a big tip of the hat to
Megazone who put in much work from the early 1990s on in developing both
the fanfic archive and newsgroup. Zoner retired in the summer of 1996,
and while he's not gone from anime or the net, we'll miss his energy on
raa.creative. (Actually we're hoping he'll have more time to work on
Hopelessly Lost and other Eyrie stuff now...)
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Subject: 2. Charter
>From the newgroup creation message as stored at ftp.uu.net:
"This moderated newsgroup serves as a place for the posting of fan
created works. For any anime or manga related fan work including
stories, parodies, original scripts written by fans, poems, song
lyrics, and original artwork. Only the actual fan works will be
posted here - any discussion regarding these works should be posted to
rec.arts.anime.fandom."
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Subject: 2.1. Interpretation: fanfic
Fan fiction falls into one of these categories:
- an original story within one or more established commercial series,
sometimes with original characters
- an original story within an original world, but with an anime style
or feel; considerable latitude will be given in determining just
what "anime style or feel" is
- poetry (including song lyrics), either directly about, or inspired
by an anime series or character
- parody of either a commercial series or other fanfic; in the latter
case, some sensitivity is advised in not being too caustic...
Scripts or song lyrics from commercial works are *not* covered in the
above, though limited (and acknowledged) borrowing from such is
acceptable under "fair use". Plagiarism of commercial or other fan
works is unacceptable in any form.
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Subject: 2.2. Interpretation: artwork
Fan artwork is either an original rendering of characters and/or
situations from a commercial series, or a completely original work in
manga style. Again, considerable latitude will be given in determining
just what constitutes "manga style".
Some use of commercially available images may be acceptable for parody
purposes if the parody element makes a significant contribution to the
work. This decision will be made on a case by case basis by the
moderation team or its appointed representative. In any case, straight
scans of commercial images will never be considered acceptable.
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Subject: 2.3. Interpretation: other
Announcements related to fan projects are also welcome. This can
include invitations to join writing or prereading teams, as well as
pointers to fan works ftp/web sites and mailing lists. Most followups
to posted works should be sent to rec.arts.anime.fandom, but carefully
prepared reviews and guides to collections of works will likely be
accepted on raa.creative.
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Subject: 3. How to submit a post
In general you should be able to post to raa.creative just as you would
to any other group, and software should take care of the details of
mailing it to the proper submission address. If your news system is
broken and can't handle this properly, submissions can be mailed to
<URL:mailto:rec-arts-anime-creative@cs.ubc.ca>
Please try posting first and only mail your submissions if that does not
work. You should also bring any problems to the attention of your local
news administrator, and direct him or her to contact the raa.creative
moderation coordinator (address below) if help is needed fixing things.
<URL:mailto:raac-coordinator@cs.ubc.ca>
Textual works must be submitted in plain ASCII format, with lines
wrapped somewhere between column 60 and 79. In multi-part works be sure
to indicate clearly what part each piece is, both at the start and end.
Artwork must be in JPEG or GIF format, and must be uuencoded; you should
also sign the work. Use of MIME enclosures is strongly discouraged
(this includes Netscape "attachments"), and at the discretion of the
moderator any non-compliant post may be returned for reformatting.
Including a short "explanatory note" with any artwork posting is highly
recommended.
Please give serious consideration to finishing stories before posting
them. Feedback while writing may be nice, but it's a lot easier to go
back and make changes in earlier parts if you haven't already sent them
out to the whole world. Also, far too many authors simply vanish from
the net halfway through writing, leaving people looking for the rest of
their story even years later. Finally, give your work a title, as
otherwise it's hard to figure out where to put it in the archive.
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Subject: 4. Archive site
All fan works posted to the newsgroup will be archived; if you don't
want your work archived, do not post it to raa.creative. The primary
archive for the group is located at
<URL:ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/archive/anime-fan-works/>
Works can be found in directories under there, by series, with the
larger endeavors in directories of their own under the series
directory. In the case of huge crossover works, such as Undocumented
Features, they will be in a directory of their own at the top level of
the archive. Smaller crossovers will probably be stored in one of the
represented series' directory.
Images are in their raw binary format. Text files are stored in gzip
(.gz) format. You can either have the server decompress them for you
while downloading (request the file without the .gz extension), or you
can get a copy of gzip to do so yoursely. See the following web page
for links to gzip for various platforms:
<URL:http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/edmonds/misc/gzip.html>
Work is planned to create a network of archive mirrors as well as web
interfaces to the archive. Details will be added here when known.
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Subject: 5. How you can help
At the present time, the greatest need is for people who have sufficient
experience with Usenet to be able to take on a moderation position with
minimal handholding. The workload can be as heavy or light as desired.
The only condition is that you must convince the moderation coordinator
that you have sufficient clues in your possession to handle the job.
For more details on moderation, consult the raa.creative volunteer's
handbook at the URL below, then contact the moderation coordinator if
you think you can handle a position.
<URL:http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/edmonds/anime/raac-guide.txt>
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