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making a fool of yourself or raising the ire of the list owner and everyone
else on the list. It also includes very important etiquette tips. You need to
read it *ALL* -- list members here are generally a kind, patient bunch, but the
one thing that tends to make them lose that patience is people making the same
mistakes they've seen too many times to count. Ignorance of anything described
in this file is not an excuse, whether you're new to the list or not, so expect
to get flamed for ignoring any details. The simple solution is to READ THIS
ENTIRE MESSAGE. *SAVE* this message somewhere so you can refer to it again.
*PRINT* it out. *DON'T DELETE* it. THIS MEANS YOU!!
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WELCOME
Welcome to the Arielholics mailing list, the first (and only?) mailing list
entirely devoted to Ariel, Disney's Little Mermaid!
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WHAT IS AN ARIELHOLIC?
The term "Arielholic" developed on the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.disney in
1993. It was first used by Steve Liu in a post titled, "Are you an
Arielholic?" The Arielholics mailing list is unaffiliated with the Arielholics
Anonymous Home Page maintained by Steve Liu. However, his original aritcle is
available for viewing at
http://www.access.digex.net/~admiral/arielholic.html .
An Arielholic is someone who has what others might call an unnatural love for
Ariel. An Arielholic is someone who can spot the likeness of Ariel at fifty
paces. An Arielholic is someone who sees Ariel as more than a mere cartoon
character, more than a mere mermaid, more than a mere sexy redhead. To an
Arielholic, Ariel is the personification of all that is good in the world. To
others, an Arielholic is a loony. To an Arielholic, the others may be right,
but it doesn't matter, and besides, they *could* be wrong...
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CHARTER
Anything to do with Ariel, mermaid princess of Atlantica from Disney's film
_The Little Mermaid_ or any spinoffs thereof. For example: Ariel merchandise
(cheap and expensive), TV series, comics, fan fiction.
This list is unmoderated and may be mailed to by anyone, even non-members. As
such this charter is voluntary, but repeated abuse of it could cause you to be
removed from the list.
For discussion of mermaids in general, a more suitable mailing list is
maintained by Neil Collins <marina.mermaid@colorado.edu>.
For discussion of
Disney in general, see the rec.arts.disney.* Usenet hierarchy.
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MEMBERSHIP -- THIS IS THE PART ABOUT (UN)SUBSCRIBING!
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ETIQUETTE
This section is fairly long, but PLEASE READ ALL OF IT! The reason it is so
long is because we've had repeated problems with every single thing mentioned
in the past, and we really don't need any more of it.
Arielholics tend to be maturely behaved people of all ages. Members usually
carry on discussions and even arguments in a civil fashion. Good imaginations
are common and welcome here. Please remember when posting, though, to keep
things decent for list members of all ages. (And trying to keep things more or
less on-topic is also appreciated.)
Also remember that there are list members not only of many different ages, but
also of different nationalities. People on the list have varying degrees of
experience with the English language, so please be tolerant of grammar or
spelling that is less than perfect. If necessary, simply ask for the person to
re-state or clarify something you don't understand, but please don't attack the
person.
SPAM and CHAIN LETTERS are NOT welcome on this list IN ANY FORM. That's "the
rule", pure and simple. They're rude and annoying; and they waste time,
disk/account space, and bandwidth.
THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: email tracking program forwards with
promises of $1000 rewards from Bill Gates, Walt Disney, Jr. (who doesn't
even exist), AOL, Netscape, or anyone else; promises of free tickets to
Disneyland/World; warnings of kidney thieves; promises/threats of good/bad
luck for sending a heartfelt "true story" to forty people; requests for
email greetings for a dying cancer patient; or virus warnings, real or not.
The VAST majority of such emails are blatant hoaxes, and since we're all on
the 'net, we already get more than enough of them (and we all have other
much more reliable sources for finding out about viruses). DO NOT turn the
Arielholics list into another source of this spam, under ANY circumstances!
If it has nothing to do with Ariel (or at least a tangent of a relevant
discussion), we don't want to hear it. Really!
It is also strongly suggested that you re-think before forwarding such
things to anyone else, either. If it sounds too good to be true, IT IS.
If you wouldn't believe some stranger coming up and offering you something
that is offered in the email, why would you believe someone you can't
even see? Good rule of thumb: Anything with any "Forwarded" headers has
already gone too far. Oh, and anybody who says they "checked with their
uncle who works for Microsoft and it's true!" is lying.
Please do not post large articles, especially binaries, to the list. This
means no pictures, sounds, movies, programs, MIME attachments, "paper clip"
attachments, other attachments, or anything but text. This can fill
subscribers' mail spools and cause much damage to mail transfer machines.
Also, many people still pay for service based on number and size of emails
and/or have slow modems. If you have a binary article or a large piece of fan
fiction, post to the list asking for people who want it to mail you and ask for
it privately. (And it would be nice for many of us if you'd turn off the HTML
(or "rich text") conversion in your mail program so you just send plain text.)
Please also do not do anything illegal on this mailing list. This includes
using it as a base for video piracy.
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POSTING
The mailing list address is
arielholics@iastate.edu . That is, to send a
message to the list, send mail to that address. It will automatically be
forwarded to all other members.
The Reply-To: header is unchanged. Replying to a message sends mail only to
the originator of the message. To send a followup to the mailing list you will
have to change the To: header to
arielholics@iastate.edu .
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