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From rsnyder@fergie.dnet.ge.com Sat May 16 21:15:26 1992
Control: newgroup alt.fan.eddings
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From: rsnyder@fergie.dnet.ge.com (Bob Snyder)
Subject: newgroup alt.fan.eddings
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Date: Sun, 17 May 1992 02:03:58 GMT
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This is being posted for Lydia Leong (lwl@seas.upenn.edu), who cannot do
this herself.
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There's been a lot of positive response, via email, to my alt.config
proposal to create alt.fan.eddings.
A statement of group purpose and why it'd be useful to have follows.
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Newsgroup purpose: to discuss the worlds of David Edddings, related
issues in fantasy, and fan activities.
Reason for the new group:
rec.arts.sf.written has experienced many discussions of David Eddings
in the past. Many of these have been "holy wars" involving discussions
of whether or not Eddings is a "good" writer; most fan questions have
gotten lost in the flame wars and none of the existing rec.arts.sf.*
groups have provided a good place to discuss Eddings' works.
In addition, it might be beneficial for players of the Belgariad MUSH
to have a newsgroup where they can discuss issues and post articles
on the current state of the role-playing game (much as alt.fan.pern
mixes general Pern discussion with PernMUSH role-playing discussion).
This group will hopefully provide a place to discuss David Eddings'
novels and the worlds he has created, without subjecting its readers
to the volume of postings and the flamage on the rec.arts.sf.* groups.
--
Bob Snyder rsnyder@fergie.dnet.ge.com, or rsnyder@atl.dnet.ge.com
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Since then, like all long lived newsgroups, it has attracted a cast of
regular posters, and it has certain house rules. Some of these rules
are outlined in the regular FAQ (available at Guardians of the
West -- see the AFE resources)
and there also exist the Silver Suggestions (see nvFAQ
article Silver Suggestions) and
the alias convention (see nvFAQ article Alias Registration).
The group
has a free-wheeling, humorous and jocular nature. The residents are
friendly, and generally kind to newbies. There is also a fair
proportion of off-topic posting.