From: Tim.Nelson@Canada.NCR.CA
Newsgroups: rec.humor,rec.humor.d
Subject: Interim Canonical List of LISTS
Date: 12 Jan 93 21:06:19 GMT
Expires: 2 Feb 93 00:00:00 GMT
Reply-To: Tim.Nelson@Canada.NCR.CA
Organization: NCR Canada Ltd. Mississauga, Ontario

Canonical Lists of LISTS
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29 Dec 1992 - Original RFI to build this list posted in rec.humor.d
05 Jan 1993 - Admin, announcement and initial list
12 Jan 1993 - lots of changes so here is a quick distribution

Mini Table of Contents
1) Announcement
2) Big Note for Everyone
3) List Maintainer Responsibilities
4) FTP server
5) PS and PPS
5) THE LIST

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ANNOUNCEMENT
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Quite a while ago (on the order of years), I saw a "Canonical List of LISTS"
which was a pointer to different list maintainers of related jokes from
rec.humor*.

Since I have not seen it for quite some time, I thought that I would start
one up again.

I would appreciate it if anyone out there who is a list maintainer
please let me know, so that I can continue to build a list of lists.

The idea will be to have only one person putting together all related jokes
and thus avoid some of the confusion which builds here every year, especially
when school is back in January and September.

Maybe we can also use this list to cut down on the number of people who
continually post messages asking for a list to be sent to them.  Instead
they can just check my list, then watch for the appropriate interval or
post a request into rec.humor.d.

Please let me know who you are, so that I can get this list posted in the
first week of each month.

Thanks to those of you who continue to volunteer to be list maintainers.

The list has the following format:
List Name         Email Address Of Maintainer      Posting Frequency

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LIST MAINTAINER RESPONSIBILITIES
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A maintainer of a list should be willing to update the list on a regular
basis with items which are relevant to the list, and are posted into the
newsgroup rec.humor or rec.humor.funny, or sent via email to the maintainer.
For this reason, you may want to set up a filter to filter out all items
related to your list, and put them into a related mailbox.

Please also watch rec.humor.d for requests for the list to be posted.

It would also be preferred if the maintainer can post the list on a regular
basis, perhaps monthly or bi-monthly, perhaps using cron or a similar
automated posting facility, and perhaps "inews -h".

Please set up the "Subject:" line as:
  Canonical List of ...
that way everyone knows that it is a list, associated with this list.

As we are trying to keep the ftp server up to date, please send a Cc
(carbon copy) to:
   dw3x+lists@andrew.cmu.edu

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BIG NOTE FOR EVERYONE
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Please do not send email to the list maintainer asking for a copy to be
mailed to you.  Instead, just watch rec.humor, or post into rec.humor.d
requesting that the list be posted.  That includes this list.  All requests
will go into /dev/null.  This list will be posted into rec.humor and
rec.humor.d every month.

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FTP SERVER
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There is an ftp server being set up.   It is a DOS based system, so please
use "dir" to get a listing, not "ls".

The ftp addresses are:
   pc10868.pc.cc.cmu.edu, or
   128.2.95.103
Login: anonymous

A directory listing "index" with the filenames and a short description of
all lists is available.  The files are in the /dougism directory.
It is currently approximately 180 lines long.

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PS.  If you think that this list and announcement could be formatted in
     a better manner please let me know.  This is after all my first attempt
     and I am willing to listen to anyone out there.
PPS. I will pick up some lists that no one else wants to handle, at my
     preference and availability.
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List Name         Email Address Of Holder       Posting Frequency
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List of LISTS                Tim.Nelson@Canada.NCR.CA      bi-weekly for now
Answering Machine            ajs@hpfcajs.fc.hp.com         monthly
Blond/Sorority               paul@hpwrc03.mayfield.hp.com  irregular
Confuciusisms                robertsa@unix2.tcd.ie         irregular
Cow Guide                    someone out there             irregular
Dead Baby                    Tim.Nelson@Canada.NCR.CA      monthly
Do It                        Tim.Nelson@Canada.NCR.CA      monthly
Elephant                     Tim.Nelson@Canada.NCR.CA      monthly
Fulldeckisms                 dag@col.hp.com                quarterly
Laws (Murphy's, etc.)        dag@col.hp.com                quarterly
Manpages                     dws@ssec.wisc.edu             irregular
Mnemonics                    dag@col.hp.com                quarterly
Mommy Mommy                  Tim.Nelson@Canada.NCR.CA      monthly
Old * Never Die              Tim.Nelson@Canada.NCR.CA      monthly
Opcodes                      dws@ssec.wisc.edu             irregular
Purity Test                  someone out there             irregular
Smileys                      dws@ssec.wisc.edu             irregular
Xmas                         someone out there             irregular

*** Lists needing maintainers:
Frayed Knot                  volunteer needed
Hacker Tests                 volunteer needed          
I Love To...                 volunteer needed
Light Bulb                   volunteer needed
Normisms                     volunteer needed
To Do                        volunteer needed
Why "X" is better than Men   volunteer needed
Why "X" is better than Women volunteer needed

* someone out there = a maintainer does exist, I just don't know who it is
  irregular         = just that, the maintainer is not posting regularly
  volunteer needed  = there is a list or could be, but it needs someone to
                      control it

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