Proposed FAQ Changes
Stacey Capps
Questions file for this newsgroup, alt.tv.xena-subtext.misc. Please note
that I have also posted the current version of the FAQ for your reference
while reviewing the changes.
Discussion about these changes will take place over the next three weeks.
Please speak up if you would like to see other changes, if you don't like
the proposed changes, or if you would like the changes reworded.
Newsgroup members will vote on the changes from May 6 - May 13. After
May 13, the accepted changes will be incorporated into the FAQ. A 3/4
majority is needed to ratify the changes below.
***
This is an addition to our FAQ. The following would appear at the bottom
of the FAQ. It would appear in fine print on the HTML version of the FAQ.
* Posters to ATX-SM must exhibit at least one diarrhea of the mouth event
to be considered regular.
***
This is another proposed addition. The following would be listed in
between the Charter and the Rules section of the current FAQ.
Motto:
We are still confused, but at a higher level.
***
The following is a change to our FAQ. A sentence has been added to
explain the commonly used abbreviation ADA.
Q: What’s with all the abbreviations used on the newsgroup?
A: Folks discussing Xena tend to abbreviate almost any term which is
used often. This includes episode titles, commonly used phrases, and
the names of the Xena-related newsgroups. One common abbreviation used
only in this newsgroup is ADA, which stands for Absurdly Deep Analysis.
For a list of other commonly used abbreviations, read alt.tv.xena’s FAQ.
You can find it at http://www.bigfoot.com/~p.hilling/atx-faq.htm
***
The following appears in our FAQ, and I propose we remove it.
Q: Does Xena do porn?
A: Several people have asked the group this. Since pornography in the
modern sense didn’t exist in Xena’s time, she didn’t "do porn." Nor
does the modern-day actress who plays Xena, Lucy Lawless, do porn.
However, if you would like to imagine Xena doing porn, go right
ahead. That’s your prerogative.
Reason for removal: Nobody has asked this question in over a year,
therefore the information doesn't need to be in the FAQ.
***
This also appears in our FAQ, and I propose that we remove it.
Q: Is it just me, or is this FAQ file shorter than most of the other
ones I’ve read (especially newsgroups in the alt.tv.xena heirarchy)?
A: Yes. Aren’t you glad? :-)
Reason for removal: The FAQ for alt.tv.xena-subtext has been shortened,
and the joke doesn't make nearly as much sense now.
***
The FAQ includes some links to related sites. These are the proposed
changes related to those links.
The alt.tv.xena FAQ
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listed as: http://freespace.virgin.net/p.hilling/atx-faq.htm
should be: http://www.bigfoot.com/~p.hilling/atx-faq.htm
reason: the site owner requested this change to our FAQ
The alt.tv.xena Subtext FAQ
---------------------------
listed as: http://www.xenite.org/faqs/subtext.htm
should be: http://www.heckman.net/erin/subtext.htm
reason: the new URL has been updated more recently
Gabrielle and Joxer Romantic's Society
--------------------------------------
listed as: http://members.tripod.com/~TheMaidMarian/GJRS.html
should be: http://members.xoom.com/gjrs/
reason: the site has moved, and the old URL is invalid
CB's Xena Parodies
------------------
listed as: http://members.tripod.com/~Fruit_2/CBparody.html
should be: removed from FAQ
reason: site no longer exists
Ms. GoLightly's Halls of Idolatry
---------------------------------
listed as: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Boulevard/8035/halls/
should be: http://www.crosswinds.net/~golightly/
new name: The Abbeye of Innuendo
reason: site has been renamed and moved, old URL is invalid
Subtextopedia
-------------
listed as: this site is not currently listed
should be: http://subtext.simplenet.com/
reason: Several atx-sm members have contributed to this site.
It covers several subjects that have been discussed here.
***
That concludes the proposed changes.
Stacey Capps
Stacey Capps
> FYI: The man who originally said this (the first time I heard it anyway), is
> Danish comedian Peter Larsen...
Thanks. I'll amend that proposed change:
Motto:
We are still confused, but at a higher level.
-- Danish comedian Peter Larsen
Stacey
Lasse
Stacey Capps <sta...@dimensional.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.136298cad...@news.dimensional.com...
> ***
>
> This is another proposed addition. The following would be listed in
> between the Charter and the Rules section of the current FAQ.
>
> Motto:
> We are still confused, but at a higher level.
FYI: The man who originally said this (the first time I heard it anyway), is
Danish comedian Peter Larsen...
--
Lasse
- <this space for rent>
Gail Futoran
[snip]
> ***
>
> This is an addition to our FAQ. The following would appear at the bottom
> of the FAQ. It would appear in fine print on the HTML version of the FAQ.
>
> * Posters to ATX-SM must exhibit at least one diarrhea of the mouth event
> to be considered regular.
By Ares that was meant as a JOKE! ROTFL! But if the
other *regular* members vote to keep it in, who am I . . .
> ***
>
> This is another proposed addition. The following would be listed in
> between the Charter and the Rules section of the current FAQ.
>
> Motto:
> We are still confused, but at a higher level.
That was not a joke. Excellent choice. ::snicker::
[snip]
The rest I'll vote on (as well as the above) at the appropriate
time. You'll remind us?
I can't think of any changes to suggest other than the ones
you've already listed.
Gail
Proud and Regular Member of ATX-SM
kungm...@mindspring.com
<fut...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
><Stacey Capps <sta...@dimensional.com> wrote
><[snip]
><> ***
><>
><> This is an addition to our FAQ. The following would appear at the bottom
><> of the FAQ. It would appear in fine print on the HTML version of the FAQ.
><>
><> * Posters to ATX-SM must exhibit at least one diarrhea of the mouth event
><> to be considered regular.
><
><By Ares that was meant as a JOKE! ROTFL! But if the
><other *regular* members vote to keep it in, who am I . . .
><
SNIP
I don't know, but I am not fond of the above. Sometimes what we do is
ADA but referring to it as "diarrhea of the mouth" is coarse and
belitteling it seems to me.
Just my two dinars.
--
LaoWombat
Lao Ma Lives!
m (\/) m
Stacey Capps
>
> I don't know, but I am not fond of the above. Sometimes what we do is
> ADA but referring to it as "diarrhea of the mouth" is coarse and
> belitteling it seems to me.
>
> Just my two dinars.
True. It was a thought. But the change can always be voted down.
And to answer Gail, yes I will remind everyone of when to vote.
Stacey
Paul Hilling
> This is an addition to our FAQ. The following would appear at the bottom
> of the FAQ. It would appear in fine print on the HTML version of the FAQ.
>
> * Posters to ATX-SM must exhibit at least one diarrhea of the mouth event
> to be considered regular.
Er, diarrhea, and regular?!? :)
>That concludes the proposed changes.
No problems here.
--
Paul Hilling
New to ATX? Read the FAQ @ http://www.bigfoot.com/~p.hilling/atx-faq.htm
[Paul's Gabby Grotto http://www.bigfoot.com/~p.hilling/xena.htm]
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however several billion electrons were abused to ensure its safe delivery.
Aaron Davies
> Q: Does Xena do porn?
> A: Several people have asked the group this. Since pornography in the
> modern sense didn't exist in Xena's time, she didn't "do porn." Nor
> does the modern-day actress who plays Xena, Lucy Lawless, do porn.
> However, if you would like to imagine Xena doing porn, go right
> ahead. That's your prerogative.
One small point: the FAQ needs to be in standard ASCII. The quoted
paragraph contains several examples of curly apostrophes, which don't
travel well over the net.
Cleanthes
Well, we could be genteel and call it logorrhea, which is, of course,
diarrhea of words.
I won't go into the meaning of amenorrhea, dysmenprrhea, leukorrhea,
pyorrhea, seborrhea or steatorrhea.
You've all heard about gonorrhea, I dare say.
Galactorrhea, though, is a problem that Lucy may be having, what with breast
feeding Julius. It's to milk what logorrhea is to words...
BTW, gonorrhea refers in the same way to excessive loss of semen. Ewwww,,,,,
ick...
The word "Diarrhea", though, was coined by Hippocrates himself, and HE
appeared on Xena.
Cleanthes (GGGHD) .-- Behold that great Plotinus swim,
Buffeted by such seas;
Bland Rhadamanthus beckons him,
But the Golden Race looks dim,
Salt blood blocks his eyes. WB Yeats
Marcus Seeck
sta...@dimensional.com (Stacey Capps) wrote:
> What follows is a list of proposed changes to the Frequently Asked
> Questions file for this newsgroup, alt.tv.xena-subtext.misc. Please
>
> * Posters to ATX-SM must exhibit at least one diarrhea of the mouth
> event to be considered regular.
Do we really need a "regular" status for ATX-SM? Not that I consider
myself a regular to ATX-SM, so I don't mind that I don't qualify. But
IMHO it rather sounds like the "Clique" that *someone* (not naming any
names here, but I think most of us know who I am talking about) has
invented over at ATX.
> ***
> Motto:
> We are still confused, but at a higher level.
I like that. :-))
Marcus.
--
People don't live on planets. It may be the place where their
body eats it's tea, but people _live_ on worlds of their own,
which orbit very handily around the center of their heads.
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Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
Fiery Firechild
In article <8df4a3$k3a$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
Marcus Seeck <mse...@t-online.de> wrote:
<Snip>
> > * Posters to ATX-SM must exhibit at least one diarrhea of the mouth
> > event to be considered regular.
>
> Do we really need a "regular" status for ATX-SM? Not that I consider
> myself a regular to ATX-SM, so I don't mind that I don't qualify.
Exactly my thoughts. I'm mostly lurking around here. And what are the
perks of the regular status? First shots at newbies? ;)
> IMHO it rather sounds like the "Clique" that *someone* (not naming any
> names here, but I think most of us know who I am talking about) has
> invented over at ATX.
Well, what about a paragraph like "No trespassing for [Godwin] here!"?
:) Not that HE would mind, but... :-) Ta!
> > ***
> > Motto:
> > We are still confused, but at a higher level.
>
> I like that. :-))
Although the "higher level" sounds a bit assumptous, heh?
Firechild.
Gail Futoran
news:20000416234444...@ng-fw1.aol.com...
> >
> >Doug wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't know, but I am not fond of the above. Sometimes what we do is
> >> ADA but referring to it as "diarrhea of the mouth" is coarse and
> >> belitteling it seems to me.
> >>
> >> Just my two dinars.
> >
> >True. It was a thought. But the change can always be voted down.
> >
> >And to answer Gail, yes I will remind everyone of when to vote.
> >
> >Stacey
>
> Well, we could be genteel and call it logorrhea, which is, of course,
> diarrhea of words.
I concur with that modification. I originally used the
word "diarrhea" (despite having approximately the same
reaction Doug does) because one of my cats has been
having that problem for about four months[1], so the word
was salient to me. Also it was the absurd contest time
and I was primed for absurdity. Another thing I like
about logorrhea is that most people probably aren't
familiar with it, so it is delightfully obscure and will send
people (me!) off to their dictionaries, always a useful
side-benefit of reading ATX-SM.
> I won't go into the meaning of amenorrhea, dysmenprrhea, leukorrhea,
> pyorrhea, seborrhea or steatorrhea.
Awwww... :)
> You've all heard about gonorrhea, I dare say.
>
> Galactorrhea, though, is a problem that Lucy may be having, what with
breast
> feeding Julius. It's to milk what logorrhea is to words...
Is that why she's looking so thin? Actually I think she looks
great. I don't know when late night shows are actually
filmed (late night? early morning? middle of the day?) but
she didn't look like she was about to fall asleep during her
appearances.
> BTW, gonorrhea refers in the same way to excessive loss of semen.
Ewwww,,,,,
> ick...
> The word "Diarrhea", though, was coined by Hippocrates himself, and HE
> appeared on Xena.
Those ancient Greeks were fascinated by bodily fluids,
weren't they? "Them Bones Them Bones" probably would
have been their fav S5 ep to date. <eg>
> Cleanthes (GGGHD) .-- Behold that great Plotinus swim,
> Buffeted by such seas;
> Bland Rhadamanthus beckons him,
> But the Golden Race looks dim,
> Salt blood blocks his eyes. WB Yeats
Gail
[1] I think I have finally found a brand of food that is
working for her, or at least the diarrhea isn't as bad or
frequent. And she's an adult - 15 years old - not a kitten.
Stacey Capps
> One small point: the FAQ needs to be in standard ASCII. The quoted
> paragraph contains several examples of curly apostrophes, which don't
> travel well over the net.
I wasn't aware of the problem. But now that you mention it, I will go
ahead and format out the curly apostrophes for the next version.
Stacey
Stacey Capps
> Well, we could be genteel and call it logorrhea, which is, of course,
> diarrhea of words.
I agree. It's a clear improvement that doesn't change the meaning of the
original. However, I absolutely refuse to discuss the other -rrheas.
Ick. :-)
Stacey
Stacey Capps
> > Do we really need a "regular" status for ATX-SM? Not that I consider
> > myself a regular to ATX-SM, so I don't mind that I don't qualify.
Firechild continued:
> Exactly my thoughts. I'm mostly lurking around here. And what are the
> perks of the regular status? First shots at newbies? ;)
A little virtual Rocky Horror traditiona, anyone?
Heh.
This is a very good point to make, though. It's quite possible that we're
elitist enough over here without codifying it into the FAQ.
Stacey
Gail Futoran
Oh, I dunno, now that Cleanthes has cleaned up the language
a bit, I think it's a great pun. After all, even a newbie can
post one long, drawn-out post and be considered "regular"
first thing!
And we're not "elitist"; we're merely confused at a higher
level (not to use the new ATX-SM motto or anything...[1]).
Gail
[1] Even if it's not officially voted in, I suspect it's here
to stay.
Sekhmet
>> of the FAQ. It would appear in fine print on the HTML version of the FAQ.
>>
>>event to be considered regular.
>
>other *regular* members vote to keep it in, who am I . . .
I am concerned that regular lurkers such as myself (who, while silent for the
most part, read a.t.x-sm religiously) may feel excluded from newsgroup
membership by the above requirement, due to shyness or congenital inability to
produce a properly impressive diarrhea of the mouth event (or, in some cases, a
congenital inability to come up with an interesting subject to ramble on about
until after those of better wit and/or quicker pen have already thouroughly
explored said subject).
Can the definition of membership be amended to include a subclause stating that
lurkers may be excluded from the diarrhea requirement provided they
periodically remind the diarrheal regulars of their presence?
<g>
--Sekhmet
Gail Futoran
news:20000424202409...@ng-fu1.aol.com...
LOL! Hey, Sekhmet, you want to take on the fun chore of
writing a parody of the ATXSM FAQ for Swish! ? I think
you've demonstrated a certain amount of talent in that area. :)
Gail
--
Xena: "I'm in complete control of my mood swings."
Gabrielle: "Not tonight, 'cause *I'm* in control."
Sekhmet
>LOL! Hey, Sekhmet, you want to take on the fun chore of
>writing a parody of the ATXSM FAQ for Swish! ? I think
>you've demonstrated a certain amount of talent in that area. :)
Well, I can't quite equal Cleanthes' sublime mastery of obfuscatory vocabulary
(who could dare compete? <g>), but I'm pretty good with unnecessarily complex
sentence structure, so why not?
::whispering:: but you need to sneak me a copy of the _real_ FAQ to work from;
I don't think I have a copy and can't remember the URL.
--Sekhmet (honored to be suggested for such an important assignment <g>)
Gail Futoran
Oh, goody, I'm so pleased you're willing to do this!
Many thanks. I'll send you a copy of the FAQ. It's quite short.
Gail
LtPaws
>What follows is a list of proposed changes to the Frequently Asked
>Questions file for this newsgroup, alt.tv.xena-subtext.misc.
>* Posters to ATX-SM must exhibit at least one diarrhea of the mouth event
>to be considered regular.
Ummmmm..................Yuck!!
-Dawn (GGGHD Trench Sub-Commander in charge of trench assignments)
"What 'The Staff' wants......"
Abandoned Official (tor)Mentee of SherrieB
ATX Clique Member, card #9,229
http://hometown.aol.com/ltpaws/index.html
LtPaws
>I am concerned that regular lurkers such as myself (who, while silent for the
>most part, read a.t.x-sm religiously) may feel excluded from newsgroup
>membership by the above requirement, due to shyness or congenital inability
>to
>produce a properly impressive diarrhea of the mouth event (or, in some cases,
>a
>congenital inability to come up with an interesting subject to ramble on
>about
>until after those of better wit and/or quicker pen have already thouroughly
>explored said subject).
>Can the definition of membership be amended to include a subclause stating
>that
>lurkers may be excluded from the diarrhea requirement provided they
>periodically remind the diarrheal regulars of their presence?
Um....Sek??? Do you write this stuff yourself or do your cats write it for
you??? :::ducks fireball from Florida:::
LtPaws
>Do we really need a "regular" status for ATX-SM? Not that I consider
>myself a regular to ATX-SM, so I don't mind that I don't qualify. But
>IMHO it rather sounds like the "Clique" that *someone* (not naming any
>names here, but I think most of us know who I am talking about) has
>invented over at ATX.
Shush Marcus!!! It's all part of a diabolical plan to take over the
Xenaverse!!!
Sekhmet
>From: sekhm...@aol.com (Sekhmet)
>
>>I am concerned that regular lurkers such as myself (who, while silent for
>>the most part, read a.t.x-sm religiously) may feel excluded from
>>newsgroup membership by the above requirement, due to shyness or
>>congenital inability to produce a properly impressive diarrhea of the
>>mouth event (or, in some cases, a congenital inability to come up with an
>>interesting subject to ramble on about until after those of better wit
>>and/or quicker pen have already thouroughly explored said subject).
>>Can the definition of membership be amended to include a subclause
>>stating that lurkers may be excluded from the diarrhea requirement
>>provided they periodically remind the diarrheal regulars of their
>>presence?
>
>
>Um....Sek??? Do you write this stuff yourself or do your cats write it for
>you??? :::ducks fireball from Florida:::
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