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- Subject: NEW: TREK-REVIEW-L for Star Trek reviews
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- TREK-REVIEW-L on LISTSERV@cornell.edu
- A mailing list for Star Trek reviews
-
- About the list:
- ---------------
-
- TREK-REVIEW-L exists as a noise-free forum for reviews of Star Trek
- material. This category includes but is not limited to television
- programs, feature films, novels and novelizations, comic books, games
- and parodies of Star Trek.
-
- THE list is not rooted in any specific generation of Trek. Original
- Series, Animated Series, Movie Era, Next Generation and Deep Space
- Nine materials are all valid.
-
- ONE way to perceive this list is as a kind of edited electronic
- fanzine. Where 'rec.arts.startrek.info' is a kind of Trek newspaper,
- containing only hard news and plot summaries, this mailing list exists
- for CRITICAL opinion features written by and for the electronic mail
- audience.
-
- IF a 'rec.arts.startrek.reviews' newsgroup is created in the future,
- this list will gateway into it.
-
- THERE are three categories of acceptable submission: review, rating,
- and comment.
-
- 'REVIEW' is defined as a CRITICAL essay about either a specific work
- or Star Trek in general. Posts of the form, 'I thought that TNG's
- latest episode, "Foo on Picard" was the awesomest episode ever' or,
- similarly, 'I thought that DSN's latest episode, "O'Brien Gets Drunk"
- sucked backwards' are not acceptable.
-
- 'RATING' is defined as a graded or numeric rating. If you wish to
- merely register your opinion without critical comment, then you may
- send such a rating to the list address. Ratings collected in this
- manner, as well as copied from reviews, will be posted periodically on
- a per-episode basis.
-
- 'COMMENT' is defined as a CRITICAL response to a review. This is not a
- discussion list; however, CRITICAL responses to reviews sent to the
- list address which the moderator believes to be of general interest
- will be bundled together and published in digest format as a 'letter
- column'.
-
- SUBMISSIONS should be sent to 'TREK-REVIEW-L@cornell.edu'. Accepted
- submissions are acknowledged by publication. Rejected submissions will
- be acknowledged by a return letter, explaining why the submission was
- rejected.
-
- What the list isn't for
- -----------------------
-
- The list is not a discussion list. Neither, however, is it intended to
- displace 'rec.arts.startrek.current' as another home for reviews.
- Rather, it is intended as an alternative access point to critical
- opinion about Star Trek for people who find
- 'rec.arts.startrek.current' overwhelming or cannot access it for some
- reason. It is expected that many of the reviews posted to the list
- will also find their way (assumedly at their author's hands) onto
- 'r.a.s.current'. That, therefore, is where discussion should take place.
-
- The list is not for press releases or plot summaries without
- commentary. That's why we have 'rec.arts.startrek.info' (thank you,
- Jim!)
-
- The list is not for the redistribution of commercially published
- reviews, with or without permission. It is for the posting of comments
- for and by members of the various electronic networks that make up or
- exchange mail with The Internet.
-
- The list is not intended as a replacement for proposals to create a
- 'rec.arts.startrek.reviews' newsgroup. Rather, it exists to fill the gap
- some feel such a group would also fill until efforts to create such a
- newsgroup are successful. Neither, however, will that newsgroup
- necessarily mean the end of this list.
-
- Joining the list
- ----------------
-
- TO subscribe to the list, send the following command IN MAIL to
- 'LISTSERV@cornell.edu' --
-
- SUBSCRIBE TREK-REVIEW-L Firstname Lastname
-
- FOR further information about the Cornell Listserv, send the command
-
- HELP
-
- to the LISTSERV address.
-
- PLEASE
-
- * DO NOT send subscribe requests directly to me unless you have
- first tried to subscribe through the automatic system and failed (and
- yes, I will know if that is the case, since I'm also the server
- manager and get copies of error messages).
-
- * DO NOT try to send to 'trek-review-l-request@cornell.edu', because
- there ain't no such animal.
-
- THE correct request address is 'LISTSERV@cornell.edu'.
-
- THE correct submission address is 'TREK-REVIEW-L@cornell.edu'.
-
-
- About the Cornell Listserv
- --------------------------
-
- The Cornell Listserv is based on Tasos Kotsikonas' Unix Listserver.
- Many commands are similar to those found on BITNET's Revised Listserv
- (by Eric Thomas(?)), but many are different. PLEASE use the HELP
- system to get information about any command you are unsure about.
-
- The Cornell Listserv expects to receive only commands in the body of a
- message. Many mail user programs (foolishly) reproduce what should be
- header information in the body of a message, confusing Listserv.
-
- In particular, QuickMail users should use a BLANK QM form when
- interacting with Listserv -- that is, a form with NO text
- pre-inscribed on it -- just a text box for the user to type in.
-
- If you experience difficulties and believe this is the cause, contact
- me.
-
- Finally...
- ----------
-
- This list is something of an experiment. I've been toying with the
- idea of an on-line fanzine of this sort for many years, and this
- seemed like the Right Time. Furthermore, if it can help to establish
- whether or not USENET needs another Star Trek newsgroup, it will have
- served a useful purpose. It may turn out that a mailing list is
- enough; it may show that there is so much interest in an reviews-only
- group that a newsgroup would be beneficial; or it may show that
- interest is small enough that even a mailing list is too much effort.
- Only time will tell. In the mean time, I hope that those interested
- will join the list, either to read, or to participate.
-
- Yours in service the dream,
- Uncle Mikey
- mss1@cornell.edu
-