trek-info@scam.Berkeley.EDU (Jim "The Big Dweeb" Griffith) (02/09/90)
[Note - because of a recently-posted unapproved article and because many sites have only just begun to propagate this newsgroup, I am reposting this. The unapproved article is being dealt with - ed.] Welcome to rec.arts.startrek.info! The purpose of this group is to provide an uncluttered resource of information pertaining to Star Trek. Rec.arts.startrek.info is a moderated newsgroup, which means that all articles must be submitted to the moderator for approval before they will be posted. Articles appearing in this newsgroup generally fall into one of five categories : 1) Official press releases and episode credits (generally posted by Mike "Vidiot" Brown) 2) Convention reports - summaries of Q&A sessions with guest speakers or Richard Arnold and news of upcoming conventions. 3) Star Trek offers from one-time or otherwise unusual sources (including, for example, the Citibank Star Trek Visa and the Star Trek V Marshmallow Dispenser, but not including ads from companies such as Lincoln Enterprises). 4) Factual articles from newspapers, magazines, or other forms of media (as compared to articles expressing opinions, such as movie reviews). 5) First- or second-hand information, such as reliable information on upcoming episodes or movies, "I just heard this from Mike Okuda", etc. The key word here is "reliable"... These are very loose guidelines - if I think a submission contains relatively accurate, potentially interesting information, I will accept it. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS : The first and most important guideline is accurate attribution. If you submit a transcript of a printed article, I expect the source to be fully identified before I will accept it. I expect newspaper article submissions to include the newspaper, date, article title, and page number. There are several reasons for this. It helps me ensure reasonably accurate and reliable information. It gives due credit to those responsible for the information. Finally, in the case of printed information, I will generally have to call the source and obtain permission to reprint the article, and I need as much information about the article as possible. The second guideline is that you restrict personal comments to a minimum when submitting information. Corrections and refutation of rumors is welcome. Personal reactions to convention speakers are welcome, provided that you are providing actual news while commenting. Comments like "I'm posting this article even though I think this guy is an idiot" are not welcome. If you post an article with personal comments that I feel will be inflammatory, I will reject it and request that you resubmit the article with a more neutral tone. Send your submissions to "trek-info@scam.berkeley.edu" or "...!ucbvax!scam!trek-info". Mail addresses permitting, I will reply, yes or no, to all submissions. All articles appearing in this newsgroup will be archived and made available via anonymous ftp to scam.berkeley.edu, once there are enough articles to warrant archiving. If you have comments, criticisms, suggestions, requests for archive information, etc., send mail to "trek-info-request@scam.berkeley.edu" or ...!ucbvax!scam!trek-info-request". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by Jim Griffith - the official scapegoat of rec.arts.startrek.info E-mail submissions to trek-info@scam.berkeley.edu or ...!ucbvax!scam!trek-info