From group-admin@isc.org Tue May 5 07:45:11 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <894378603.2542@isc.org> Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 14:30:03 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNU8ibMJdOtO4janBAQE6wQQAl3OTX+fz4TlHkSzIrn/1am42uMuI4ztI wlYX8YCFGxqit5H5iUAsnAvmbnvEjt1YgVSAushOWcpm85+4rVxnk8FnIVwu9u44 uFnwLT+z92QOn4a2Q15Lpl0e9FwxiflwcAhFwkvxfjY61FfjiP12Fy869/SAylZg hdTnswqjy80= =uC4u Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:19467 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Tue May 5 13:45:10 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <894400202.3818@isc.org> Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 20:30:03 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNU92y8JdOtO4janBAQHr2wQAgftFQIvs/98ep9urmZv+m2LY7owwh+Vx ix7UVz6EcDlgmOAgCCbrx2ifFRKk9os8vls4/dspQnH7RAEzoR4z8CRyMj8lW5YX hYLrlAkv6zufB70Al2GW5dKZZJ9UWQUMY+9JVVURBQl84hGwhE/RM8GX8Y45xvql u3m734TeKe8= =ZnWs Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:19477 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Wed May 6 07:45:12 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <894465003.8292@isc.org> Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 14:30:03 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNVBz68JdOtO4janBAQHlsgP/bXa82Ih3BxZQ9xN5t7pR+IalfV/T6poE J7ftbvffjmAVymh+DKcmDcGwiKT+9WcYprnoWBU9lB5n1MeH0xxu2e3IWKnZMYTr rcHIiaKekNystkgKcNzKfnJhJMNUENJulQ3dFkaajVbyDOvhS+hzdjrr2BjCyO4u +EBttpb3t74= =Z6h4 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:19490 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Tue May 12 07:45:08 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <894983403.15693@isc.org> Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 14:30:03 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNVhc68JdOtO4janBAQG0tQP/XcvPORtzNyFVpQDg/hEzv6JiQMgkXrO+ Cv4ZuMK6VFDgMrj90FoVzWcvKBSA2UbllWNQtiwUSisBPraNC9PRnWUr2Q8KS48h EZlaUkHztdzFPu4WqfdOvtd/9jk38HYc3cpfo6f7zmazCai584gMADtLu8AinI/i Z0aclk13mko= =bFWZ Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:19718 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Sun Jun 7 19:15:42 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <897057001.3968@isc.org> Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 14:30:01 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNXgA6cJdOtO4janBAQEnUQQAj3w+Y12qqkPbQBbLu0AoulCCumilD4fE svdbV35VF2zT2m1gDAjnTEWjpA6P/PPu9vigLu0P9oRQYuvU/tmPDTkVI2n8vxme rif2OPmo6i0Zd0NXjZL8RNW7a+yzQW1gJqPtNlGr63tFTVlMFZTmqywknjkSwac+ 9mBeofDOpF0= =Bk3m Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:20870 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. 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From tale@uunet.uu.net Sat Aug 29 05:31:18 1998 From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <16EPU3HWE.vaUZOm@uunet.uu.net> Organization: The Cabal Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 21:13:56 GMT X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.wli.net!howland.erols.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 20 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:25212 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 51:41 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 05:49:30 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <1uqMXttOL.GHeF@isc.org> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 07:21:53 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender rXc4l7h6dWH_9PjRXcV8ORxkTdA5N8Kgq5gxAKl33K0sVPwqlcMirnd7wIEY9bt7 0sg7t76ySlS3kIEYLI7rYuPbaneYyGaker1eLgN12CEiiSrMCE1syT1JiJLT9tNE kcxyCm8jIX1N3K4u1EyLhsmldtVU7UHu8Jb4r7PBBCKZYeM02s9QQlRySUIkcnmc dnpANcRYFkY= =VNHs X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in1.uu.net!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 9 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:25707 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 97:48 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 09:59:22 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in1.uu.net!nntprelay.mathworks.com!newsfeed1.swip.net!swipnet!masternews.telia.net!newspost.telia.com!stena.com!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 03:01:33 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender c4bjfn_TAF8AcpQQahLG91fJtPEyHQl_6fFS4J8FU4AzKl3j1oIg0Ew1kilkhd_V Ko5xsRYqpF0BtXNhE7Z8V7Om94jWmqPf8dTsJae049xT3VXx6Ja0grvclMLUoZft xvL3guFs7NlyLo54VJdWSkHainV78x2WvxE2YVd6pd33xZsQod6jBdd_HRCJgoMG FSLbKQ6zl_u= =kx6Z X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:30618 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 344:13 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 10:48:10 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 22:35:24 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender Cr0_L7jxoD23pqX5XGBIk65RF8T1ajFHVcyXVLGZroEpBi0ZsSUKC3grJyGeVhnk zojOOvNDLIw8gep3abffT_ylswXvm1RM7KEvOwW0URHfIIfsK4E7C9lPpNccRvVD ybTEwythMVSIIACiWbb8feaFtb07ljLWzn0JI3ghzPN49ZIkUo9L3ERm1fijz3VV GEDGu9ldkdz= =WZa6 X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in1.uu.net!nntprelay.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!206.229.87.25!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 9 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:31524 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 112:36 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From tale@uunet.uu.net Sat Aug 29 14:59:18 1998 From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:12:32 GMT X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in1.uu.net!nntp.giganews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 21 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:35978 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 261:38 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, meow, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may be optionally discussed in news.groups. Please be sure that your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl is configured correctly: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in \${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:alt.*|biz.*|comp.*|earth.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|meaw.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*|us.*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 17:21:22 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:23:46 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender Q40qu8Jhx9mfGIbHcRbdbWYRDwoCo8PGxdl5mElEADfYnuydkfKkV5AV6IXW6rB0 JYDM2Z8OLUXetgo21VpMud9wBWgIRfGCIfBnDjJSWFzv2TyCcjOy4lONQ9ZRouwm JPzpXC7abQpUqwn5Vrv5NudoCj7bGva6pJqaCpyo7w7hlPmtrHoaVtd2ZFY_W1Dc Qm9MEakbxeC= =mGj8 X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:37974 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 311:18 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 18:20:43 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:59:49 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender nH0HqZ6gyxZoCgjSeZ3hg_HRJgX0d4TVVTpMz22fLEw4NZD1HCDQIW5Z7ZChBvTX NwcESbrVx1ldtWVlAkHS8VHTQiTwktqvBs6EfaFk8RUCKm6pwXYX5VmRYECgeq_V NxuJQ0RgWJHYVKtNbE1W83MECu8qdZI_C5uSXNHtDingRUj8UzmagznkZSBjIafU Pmg_22W4pF4= =9e1r X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!206.229.87.25!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:39475 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 300:57 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 18:26:14 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 20:13:47 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender DdIh8WwsDAAEmPpvyz4KeCiAOea49wHuLlNQ2TvFtl_cr8j5jEz6NnV5QJ4c0OdH s3668hRPhD0UmLuZEyr3nXAiFfXIPZH0GQkE9e7a3Wnlgr1uF8p4A9QgJ3eU7wxb Q9kPpdcwj8to6Kkf2AbJ24AczFiqHrcIDY9y9ViKHnV7CP42fad6U5cQ1SW1AEwH S82NbiBe88I= =WhS7 X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.concentric.net!howland.erols.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:39621 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 58:52 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 19:23:17 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 03:58:41 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender ncbJemXsSogGa6hWaZBf1oR1C_DJfgwEqAjZajHtOpBrOAyo0xqMCSih15Hrb0KA bfE0_2R8jqF1ihYnIkJB5aafk1Q7wpS_lOThjdpRMhp5k5SxVJwVBKrWQ772aXQJ Shgs8rrepsLHSRvVNiNVKurplPE_ibrI1_Ls_PHZao35iRnjH04exr3kzWMX7_82 WMWyA3UjSaP= =G1wm X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:41095 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 207:27 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 19:38:56 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer-europe.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!newsfeed1.swip.net!swipnet!masternews.telia.net!newspost.telia.com!stena.com!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:48:28 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender CIofJM4wbKxturLZjoHuFdf6XXA0wLdC4QeiydGJK5eyAQjMzJ5W8jpFJMnQCrW0 c1fdxvXzmVENYo7RSMhTNBKxaPRmfvfZvLicGxFbA1v59pyGwGCgRybI4w1jUuFu PRTLDBtuaxGTHm6AzNof62xz_HPD9DHwNlCN58Tk3FBIj7vxUMK9e_rCS3Gw5qsI ZxE91G8PB6q= =u3wG X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:41501 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 284:48 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 19:46:21 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 05:24:52 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender pKhaH_SHxPK3w1bndGLnx7yFdTBtdNoVNrQRSNVtPZfJzTxcEUdrdBZ2nzJNUcfr gJiWgIGrJpmuOCo5vF6SnSHD1PImnw_g18cYXlEFIxjYWo6X2XgYpuoR_GVBqMGo us0sw71hXS6u0q4pNem6GMipzfrmevrMjS0KDOODlqF61mgmCvCP3bIsWspm3khP oM8TUwRyCAh= =wK2E X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:41694 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 160:22 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 20:13:56 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:39:22 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender zgPoMwO9L6Eawc61Jmlht94vGVU0yprd1qILth0QWqR8svYCxniLpeswTCkk_ISa ThuCM2oaTcgiRYr2ashis4DCiR_7Ev_LEfHg7p7i6FuySVMZOtbYdZFQBw9D6w2b aPdFrT_1z7dHQX0CQDK6vcxiXH9NQc1a0SZLFHHaemPegLjULomgFjOBdBGhMKul YDnyUTDQqbm= =y2yE X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:42399 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 226:45 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 26 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 20:33:36 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:39:44 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender JnmWB3k7snSQJ6RmTp5WvMwp0J2aeBnXe2ex2cE4feHshtzJqu0HC96ssLTi9ruY mQ1UHDjxDkyPeUKC4RgWA52YsPEfAY7rktflsnf84nV5YXzVkMXX6UdHaBjlb43p mkThygbk0MtBV20ZpbCh9uS_AE92dV3mXeIhp3NwqM29KrWcdONvAJ5SrdDdcfpK YahhMP0hl6D= =JGNP X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:42895 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 172:34 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 20:50:29 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-nyc.telia.net!masternews.telia.net!newspost.telia.com!stena.com!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 02:54:53 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender 1kQqqvBc5Wn4Z24QluUUZcNa6g9Yf3s9SGASaUuzSt4T9HFfY47NbMYmgjLtCVnm MXeLeCWomcp0_tB45iqCumravuJcHJjmAWgzLNt17251MtnnhiEKqUWE6GrfUXs2 avhDXBw47Me4S2238WcEFTNEs2uyUXno86jC_w4_o5WaMLAvrGHgsQvNlUNwCsFQ E3oBav2999M= =dPnn X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:43306 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 176:29 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From tale@uunet.uu.net Sun Aug 30 03:28:51 1998 From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: Organization: The Cabal Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:34:32 GMT X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 20 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:51888 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 239:25 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, meow, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may be optionally discussed in news.groups. Please be sure that your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl is configured correctly: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in \${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:alt.*|biz.*|comp.*|earth.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|meaw.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*|us.*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Aug 30 03:40:39 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:49:58 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender NJOcVeVnZd5PTnZnFE0j4IZjzoaBqvLLHrPhu1iLcZtvGM1hLOaaOWZa1SX0oNQk S7Ot_vLqlm19NpJGC7GCawFYWs5ILqGjqT3rhdzuH6WjTcj9SQe7dWdteXjf9Jsv RU6TyYANZKBP_yq1pcfAl66T9bPF37dapDPR_QIHWCILO51Gy54b82YKcqMlCcn1 fUhOaPiQWRd= =EquR X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!news1.digital.com!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:52182 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 190:12 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Aug 30 03:58:05 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 02:33:56 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender vtaX5mZ6m0k27mX6KQCn8ptypxcsRlZQWhrZ2s_MtzqrkuOMxvrXHfrOYkDJw3kn 1LufXmORvX6D9tpbJcdlAxVYzech09Pz6TDVlrfWRliB_p4VBS0MJfKVYJq2F0lw TpWVnHFRjRz3xw3yanAw25RzSXEjeyTq6Yn5OiDIYcsGaVu9eid97MFjpyPnnJMW 4juIzykXOT4= =xZCK X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:52594 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 97:22 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Aug 30 04:45:28 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:16:29 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender tdtxNpBQeKy74iI8eOfJUtVoQHsFHWS1n0Tdvwdn_2zp_p3RcWKjojvRpOURjTW2 _MFsTnjj_MH1o9zU3AeyeQdCZYOIsttJ50QuGFOjxRGsTVkTFOeNtgIjSjzQKcIP ySs1nCfb4pwsvpfYVAA3Rt2W9VROFHDw9sYMin29OLi2Lu11ZLg4H83LyntRp251 LK35ID3CJBt= =9db0 X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:53640 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 67:15 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Aug 30 22:16:25 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 17:17:04 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender l6AZnbRBgmFbktMmlSrXqAOGe2V0RyptIgJZbSFiLRRGdVh5nviflTowhliByrFG rerY_rKAO1XnUCYmexaYbC2OXeyT4NZDX1K6yyHl7AOAZ2R77zj5zDyP9dJ8fJsb rS5gSMGCEv5uwyPBJwXQIKlbVPwQewlbF1A2Iv4oQe13PmqEIkYCOvDPL2xSBD0N Etoze2he5aJ= =Iuz9 X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!news1.digital.com!decwrl!nntp2.crl.com!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!nntp-out.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:54709 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 58:52 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Mon Aug 31 12:10:43 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <904590104.24783@isc.org> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 19:01:44 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNerzGMJdOtO4janBAQHh2AP+LWvAO4BZHtxUy+TR3T3jr7DLMp6kB7SD f+WQtNyLwSuwI9ll2rjP23NtAu1E957evggvDbD8Y7LptBs9folDxtBW6SHr/ZD0 i/cFSh/sm/01qMslFTP8ZXxpxAUrbMt0lEQfD0YRv+C3NlqZXVDy/fUN9xxwZ4rk 2727LU9rSyA= =hUbA Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:54903 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Mon Aug 31 18:22:17 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <904612536.715@isc.org> Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 01:15:36 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNetKucJdOtO4janBAQH7pQQAhUGmgBbOOAwq6q8kuiJcT5UOXPMluBe4 aVukZ+t+j4OzuyjcWAla7XbBaz2mpKDGGs5DHH6KMoF5Ce1eRgPyihavh37jCTaM 0pLu53nQQQ+QUy8zbDNL9sT/5fkw0DC7BhLc8xKZf1w/mgPw4qfWuYAfwLP8HP5H K3wb/DDAO8Y= =foYY Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:55213 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will