From rjung@netcom.com Fri Dec 20 12:03:13 1996 Control: newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Newsgroups: alt.toys.transformers,alt.config Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!205.252.116.190!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!rjung From: rjung@netcom.com (Robert A. Jung) Subject: cmsg newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Message-ID: Followup-To: alt.toys.transformers Organization: Southern California Lynx Enthusiasts Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 16:41:41 GMT Approved: rjung@netcom.com Lines: 106 Sender: rjung@netcom2.netcom.com Xref: uunet control.newgroup:20062 This message is a newgroup control message for the creation of alt.toys.transformers.marketplace. The group was first proposed in alt.config around 12/5/1996, and a discussion of the proposal has garnered sizable support from the readers of alt.toys.transformers This newgroup message was written by Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com), with assistance and support from Joshua Kramer (jkramer1@swarthmore.edu). Please send comments or questions to rjung@netcom.com. Newgroup information follows-- For your newsgroups file: alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Buy/sell/trade/ads for Transformers toys Charter: ======== alt.toys.transformers.marketplace is for the advertisement and discussion of auctions, sales, want-ads, trades, and other exchanges regarding toys and merchandise pertaining to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's line of TRANSFORMERS-related toys (Transformers, Beast Wars, Machine Wars, etc.). Demonstration of interest: ========================== Currently, there is one single group for the discussion of matters related to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's TRANSFORMERS toy line (and related mythologies), alt.toys.transformers. It is the opinion of many participants and readers of the group that the level of articles related to sales and trades is reaching peak levels, where they comprise as much as 35% of the posts in the group. Some of these messages can be quite long (over 200 lines), and the propagation of "sales update" messages merely compound the problem. This is especially difficult for users of batch newsreaders and users with time limits. To make the discussions in the main group more managable, then, it is proposed that an alt.toys.transformers.marketplace group be created, to separate the trade-related articles from the others. This will allow people who do not wish to read about trades to omit them easily, and will also help alleviate the bandwidth situation. If alt.toys.transformers.marketplace reaches the same propagation depth as the parent group, alt.toys.transformers, then it should enable those people who do want to read and participate in sales/trades to continue to do so, without any disrpution. A list of supporters (as of 12/19/96) follows: 1. Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com) 2. Norman G. Sippel (ngsippel@infinet.com) 3. Neale Davidson (nealed@erols.com) 4. Jessica Bamford (redice@mindspring.com) 5. Darren Murphy (dn202@freenet.carleton.ca) 6. Ben Howard/Drogn (merryhwd@sover.net) 7. Flashback {tiffany@uit.net or Strafe@juno.com} 8. Joel Kuester (sir-real@execpc.com) 9. Cable (jhurst@norfolk.infi.net) 10. Misha Chitharanjan (invg081@ibm.net) 11. Richard Batson/Devastator (aquijada@epix.net) 12. Patricia Wright/Vulcana 13. Burt Ward (Beavis@cris.com) 14. Phil Poole (poole@ncifcrf.gov) 15. Andrew Crane (SpineyS@aol.com) 16. Optimus^1 (no e-mail) 17. Ryan Ottley (ad492@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca) 18. Kyle Williamson (quad@tiac.net) 19. Diana Calder 20. Ivy Bonnlein (bohnlein@acmelabs.uhc.asu.edu) 21. Robert Edward Powers (repowers@artsci.wustl.edu) 22. Quang Lai 23. C.J. Stankiewicz (cjs69930@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu) 24. RatTrap (rattrap@nebula.ispace.com) 25. drb96x@aol.com 26. Astracius (u01dlw@abdn.ac.uk) 27. Sanjay Rana (rana05@wharton.upenn.edu) 28. Jon Hartman (jhartman@noblecan.org) 29. Sean Shannon (Ashan1122@aol.com) 30. Agent 43 (agent43@macatawa.org) 31. Daniel J Stevans (dstevans@csugrad.cs.vt.edu) 32. pyynk@aol.com 33. Sean Holshu (spawn@cannet.com) 34. Steve R. Stonebraker (bc872@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) 35. Suzanne Ferree (sferree@s-cwis.unomaha.edu) 36. Dave Dash (cyclonus@ftmax.com) 37. Peter Rofner (profner@mulberry.com) 38. HooksX (hooksx@aol.com) 39. Iggy Drougge (optimus@canit.se) 40. Penny/megatron (megatron@ma.ultranet.com) 41. Anthony Evans (Anthony.Evans@cdc.com) 42. Chris Wolfe(chris_wolfe@nt.com) 43. Ben Yee (yeebe@is2.nyu.edu) 44. Dave Edwards (Zobovor002@aol.com) 45. Raksha (jkink@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu) 46. Anton Max (madmax+@CMU.EDU) 47. Gary Williams (graywolf@pcpros.net) 48. D.T./Napalm Rabbit (dtnguyen@force.stwing.upenn.edu) 49. Erin Sperry/evilerin (erin@bitstream.net) 50. Kurfter (rscherl@worldnet.att.net) 51. SilverWolf (neko@netzone.com) 52. Joshua Benson (jbenson@aol.com) 53. Saudade (phoenix@caribe.net) --R.J. B-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I write because I am personally amused by what I do, and if other people are amused by it, then it's fine. If they're not, then that's also fine." Send mail to rjung@netcom.com --Frank Zappa From rjung@netcom.com Mon Dec 23 14:27:31 1996 Control: newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Newsgroups: alt.config Path: uunet!in3.uu.net!169.132.11.200!news.idt.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!netcom.com!rjung From: rjung@netcom.com (Robert A. Jung) Subject: cmsg newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Message-ID: Organization: Southern California Lynx Enthusiasts Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 19:16:15 GMT Approved: rjung@netcom.com Lines: 109 Sender: rjung@netcom17.netcom.com Xref: uunet control.newgroup:20241 This message is a newgroup control message for the creation of alt.toys.transformers.marketplace. The group was first proposed in alt.config around 12/5/1996(?), and a discussion of the proposal has garnered sizable support from the readers of alt.toys.transformers This newgroup message was written by Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com), with assistance and support from Joshua Kramer (jkramer1@swarthmore.edu). Please send comments or questions to rjung@netcom.com. Newgroup information follows-- For your newsgroups file: alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Buy/sell/trade/ads for Transformers toys Charter: ======== alt.toys.transformers.marketplace is for the advertisement and discussion of auctions, sales, want-ads, trades, and other exchanges regarding toys and merchandise pertaining to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's line of TRANSFORMERS-related toys (Transformers, Beast Wars, Machine Wars, etc.). Demonstration of interest: ========================== Currently, there is one single group for the discussion of matters related to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's TRANSFORMERS toy line (and related mythologies), alt.toys.transformers. It is the opinion of many participants and readers of the group that the level of articles related to sales and trades is reaching peak levels, where they comprise as much as 35% of the posts in the group. Some of these messages can be quite long (over 200 lines), and the propagation of "sales update" messages merely compound the problem. This is especially difficult for users of batch newsreaders and users with time limits. To make the discussions in the main group more managable, then, it is proposed that an alt.toys.transformers.marketplace group be created, to separate the trade-related articles from the others. This will allow people who do not wish to read about trades to omit them easily, and will also help alleviate the bandwidth situation. If alt.toys.transformers.marketplace reaches the same propagation depth as the parent group, alt.toys.transformers, then it should enable those people who do want to read and participate in sales/trades to continue to do so, without any disrpution. A list of supporters (as of 12/23/96) follows: 1. Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com) 2. Norman G. Sippel (ngsippel@infinet.com) 3. Neale Davidson (nealed@erols.com) 4. Jessica Bamford (redice@mindspring.com) 5. Darren Murphy (dn202@freenet.carleton.ca) 6. Ben Howard/Drogn (merryhwd@sover.net) 7. Flashback {tiffany@uit.net or Strafe@juno.com} 8. Joel Kuester (sir-real@execpc.com) 9. Cable (jhurst@norfolk.infi.net) 10. Misha Chitharanjan (invg081@ibm.net) 11. Richard Batson/Devastator (aquijada@epix.net) 12. Patricia Wright/Vulcana 13. Burt Ward (Beavis@cris.com) 14. Phil Poole (poole@ncifcrf.gov) 15. Andrew Crane (SpineyS@aol.com) 16. Optimus^1 (no e-mail) 17. Ryan Ottley (ad492@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca) 18. Kyle Williamson (quad@tiac.net) 19. Diana Calder 20. Ivy Bonnlein (bohnlein@acmelabs.uhc.asu.edu) 21. Robert Edward Powers (repowers@artsci.wustl.edu) 22. Quang Lai 23. C.J. Stankiewicz (cjs69930@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu) 24. RatTrap (rattrap@nebula.ispace.com) 25. drb96x@aol.com 26. Astracius (u01dlw@abdn.ac.uk) 27. Sanjay Rana (rana05@wharton.upenn.edu) 28. Jon Hartman (jhartman@noblecan.org) 29. Sean Shannon (Ashan1122@aol.com) 30. Agent 43 (agent43@macatawa.org) 31. Daniel J Stevans (dstevans@csugrad.cs.vt.edu) 32. pyynk@aol.com 33. Sean Holshu (spawn@cannet.com) 34. Steve R. Stonebraker (bc872@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) 35. Suzanne Ferree (sferree@s-cwis.unomaha.edu) 36. Dave Dash (cyclonus@ftmax.com) 37. Peter Rofner (profner@mulberry.com) 38. HooksX (hooksx@aol.com) 39. Iggy Drougge (optimus@canit.se) 40. Penny/megatron (megatron@ma.ultranet.com) 41. Anthony Evans (Anthony.Evans@cdc.com) 42. Chris Wolfe(chris_wolfe@nt.com) 43. Ben Yee (yeebe@is2.nyu.edu) 44. Dave Edwards (Zobovor002@aol.com) 45. Raksha (jkink@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu) 46. Anton Max (madmax+@CMU.EDU) 47. Gary Williams (graywolf@pcpros.net) 48. D.T./Napalm Rabbit (dtnguyen@force.stwing.upenn.edu) 49. Erin Sperry/evilerin (erin@bitstream.net) 50. Kurfter (rscherl@worldnet.att.net) 51. SilverWolf (neko@netzone.com) 52. Joshua Benson (jbenson@aol.com) 53. Saudade (phoenix@caribe.net) 54. Chris White (pointblank@geocities.com) 55. Evan Jacobson (gyumaoh@aol.com) 56. Adam Durham (cerebros@mindspring.com) --R.J. B-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I write because I am personally amused by what I do, and if other people are amused by it, then it's fine. If they're not, then that's also fine." Send mail to rjung@netcom.com --Frank Zappa From rjung@netcom.com Mon Dec 30 20:57:18 1996 Control: newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.toys.transformers Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!206.142.240.55!cwix!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!rjung From: rjung@netcom.com (Robert A. Jung) Subject: cmsg newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Message-ID: Organization: Southern California Lynx Enthusiasts Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 01:35:51 GMT Approved: rjung@netcom.com Lines: 112 Sender: rjung@netcom2.netcom.com Xref: uunet control.newgroup:20506 [****************************************************************************] [* *] [* The following is a booster message. Please add *] [* alt.toys.transformers.marketplace to your list of Usenet newsgroups if *] [* you have not already done so. Thank you. *] [* -- Robert Jung (rjung@netcom.com) *] [* *] [****************************************************************************] This message is a newgroup control message for the creation of alt.toys.transformers.marketplace. The group was first proposed in alt.config around 12/5/1996(?), and a discussion of the proposal has garnered sizable support from the readers of alt.toys.transformers This newgroup message was written by Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com), with assistance and support from Joshua Kramer (jkramer1@swarthmore.edu). Please send comments or questions to rjung@netcom.com. Newgroup information follows-- For your newsgroups file: alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Buy/sell/trade/ads for Transformers toys Charter: ======== alt.toys.transformers.marketplace is for the advertisement and discussion of auctions, sales, want-ads, trades, and other exchanges regarding toys and merchandise pertaining to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's line of TRANSFORMERS-related toys (Transformers, Beast Wars, Machine Wars, etc.). Demonstration of interest: ========================== Currently, there is one single group for the discussion of matters related to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's TRANSFORMERS toy line (and related mythologies), alt.toys.transformers. It is the opinion of many participants and readers of the group that the level of articles related to sales and trades is reaching peak levels, where they comprise as much as 35% of the posts in the group. Some of these messages can be quite long (over 200 lines), and the propagation of "sales update" messages merely compound the problem. This is especially difficult for users of batch newsreaders and users with time limits. To make the discussions in the main group more managable, then, it is proposed that an alt.toys.transformers.marketplace group be created, to separate the trade-related articles from the others. This will allow people who do not wish to read about trades to omit them easily, and will also help alleviate the bandwidth situation. If alt.toys.transformers.marketplace reaches the same propagation depth as the parent group, alt.toys.transformers, then it should enable those people who do want to read and participate in sales/trades to continue to do so, without any disrpution. A list of supporters (as of 12/23/96) follows: 1. Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com) 2. Norman G. Sippel (ngsippel@infinet.com) 3. Neale Davidson (nealed@erols.com) 4. Jessica Bamford (redice@mindspring.com) 5. Darren Murphy (dn202@freenet.carleton.ca) 6. Ben Howard/Drogn (merryhwd@sover.net) 7. Flashback {tiffany@uit.net or Strafe@juno.com} 8. Joel Kuester (sir-real@execpc.com) 9. Cable (jhurst@norfolk.infi.net) 10. Misha Chitharanjan (invg081@ibm.net) 11. Richard Batson/Devastator (aquijada@epix.net) 12. Patricia Wright/Vulcana 13. Burt Ward (Beavis@cris.com) 14. Phil Poole (poole@ncifcrf.gov) 15. Andrew Crane (SpineyS@aol.com) 16. Optimus^1 (no e-mail) 17. Ryan Ottley (ad492@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca) 18. Kyle Williamson (quad@tiac.net) 19. Diana Calder 20. Ivy Bonnlein (bohnlein@acmelabs.uhc.asu.edu) 21. Robert Edward Powers (repowers@artsci.wustl.edu) 22. Quang Lai 23. C.J. Stankiewicz (cjs69930@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu) 24. RatTrap (rattrap@nebula.ispace.com) 25. drb96x@aol.com 26. Astracius (u01dlw@abdn.ac.uk) 27. Sanjay Rana (rana05@wharton.upenn.edu) 28. Jon Hartman (jhartman@noblecan.org) 29. Sean Shannon (Ashan1122@aol.com) 30. Agent 43 (agent43@macatawa.org) 31. Daniel J Stevans (dstevans@csugrad.cs.vt.edu) 32. pyynk@aol.com 33. Sean Holshu (spawn@cannet.com) 34. Steve R. Stonebraker (bc872@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) 35. Suzanne Ferree (sferree@s-cwis.unomaha.edu) 36. Dave Dash (cyclonus@ftmax.com) 37. Peter Rofner (profner@mulberry.com) 38. HooksX (hooksx@aol.com) 39. Iggy Drougge (optimus@canit.se) 40. Penny/megatron (megatron@ma.ultranet.com) 41. Anthony Evans (Anthony.Evans@cdc.com) 42. Chris Wolfe(chris_wolfe@nt.com) 43. Ben Yee (yeebe@is2.nyu.edu) 44. Dave Edwards (Zobovor002@aol.com) 45. Raksha (jkink@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu) 46. Anton Max (madmax+@CMU.EDU) 47. Gary Williams (graywolf@pcpros.net) 48. D.T./Napalm Rabbit (dtnguyen@force.stwing.upenn.edu) 49. Erin Sperry/evilerin (erin@bitstream.net) 50. Kurfter (rscherl@worldnet.att.net) 51. SilverWolf (neko@netzone.com) 52. Joshua Benson (jbenson@aol.com) 53. Saudade (phoenix@caribe.net) 54. Chris White (pointblank@geocities.com) 55. Evan Jacobson (gyumaoh@aol.com) 56. Adam Durham (cerebros@mindspring.com) From rjung@netcom.com Fri Jan 24 11:48:13 1997 Control: newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Newsgroups: alt.config Path: uunet!in3.uu.net!206.229.87.25!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!rjung From: rjung@netcom.com (Robert A. Jung) Subject: cmsg newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace (BOOSTER) Message-ID: Organization: Southern California Lynx Enthusiasts Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 16:29:53 GMT Approved: rjung@netcom.com Lines: 118 Sender: rjung@netcom16.netcom.com Xref: uunet control.newgroup:21778 (****************************************************************************) (* *) (* The following is a booster message for alt.toys.transformers.marketplace *) (* *) (* Please add this group to your news hierarchy. Thank you! B-) *) (* *) (****************************************************************************) This message is a newgroup control message for the creation of alt.toys.transformers.marketplace. The group was first proposed in alt.config on 12/5/1996, and a discussion of the proposal has garnered sizable support from the readers of alt.toys.transformers This newgroup message was written by Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com), with assistance and support from Joshua Kramer (jkramer1@swarthmore.edu). Please send comments or questions to rjung@netcom.com. Newgroup information follows-- For your newsgroups file: alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Buy/sell/trade/ads for Transformers toys Charter: ======== alt.toys.transformers.marketplace is for the advertisement and discussion of auctions, sales, want-ads, trades, and other exchanges regarding toys and merchandise pertaining to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's line of TRANSFORMERS-related toys (Transformers, Beast Wars, Machine Wars, etc.). Demonstration of interest: ========================== Currently, there is one single group for the discussion of matters related to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's TRANSFORMERS toy line (and related mythologies), alt.toys.transformers. It is the opinion of many participants and readers of the group that the level of articles related to sales and trades is reaching peak levels, where they comprise as much as 35% of the posts in the group. Some of these messages can be quite long (over 200 lines), and the propagation of "sales update" messages merely compound the problem. This is especially difficult for users of batch newsreaders and users with time limits. To make the discussions in the main group more managable, then, it is proposed that an alt.toys.transformers.marketplace group be created, to separate the trade-related articles from the others. This will allow people who do not wish to read about trades to omit them easily, and will also help alleviate the bandwidth situation. If alt.toys.transformers.marketplace reaches the same propagation depth as the parent group, alt.toys.transformers, then it should enable those people who do want to read and participate in sales/trades to continue to do so, without any disrpution. A list of supporters (as of 12/24/96) follows: 1. Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com) 2. Norman G. Sippel (ngsippel@infinet.com) 3. Neale Davidson (nealed@erols.com) 4. Jessica Bamford (redice@mindspring.com) 5. Darren Murphy (dn202@freenet.carleton.ca) 6. Ben Howard/Drogn (merryhwd@sover.net) 7. Flashback {tiffany@uit.net or Strafe@juno.com} 8. Joel Kuester (sir-real@execpc.com) 9. Cable (jhurst@norfolk.infi.net) 10. Misha Chitharanjan (invg081@ibm.net) 11. Richard Batson/Devastator (aquijada@epix.net) 12. Patricia Wright/Vulcana 13. Burt Ward (Beavis@cris.com) 14. Phil Poole (poole@ncifcrf.gov) 15. Andrew Crane (SpineyS@aol.com) 16. Optimus^1 (no e-mail) 17. Ryan Ottley (ad492@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca) 18. Kyle Williamson (quad@tiac.net) 19. Diana Calder 20. Ivy Bonnlein (bohnlein@acmelabs.uhc.asu.edu) 21. Robert Edward Powers (repowers@artsci.wustl.edu) 22. Quang Lai 23. C.J. Stankiewicz (cjs69930@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu) 24. RatTrap (rattrap@nebula.ispace.com) 25. drb96x@aol.com 26. Astracius (u01dlw@abdn.ac.uk) 27. Sanjay Rana (rana05@wharton.upenn.edu) 28. Jon Hartman (jhartman@noblecan.org) 29. Sean Shannon (Ashan1122@aol.com) 30. Agent 43 (agent43@macatawa.org) 31. Daniel J Stevans (dstevans@csugrad.cs.vt.edu) 32. pyynk@aol.com 33. Sean Holshu (spawn@cannet.com) 34. Steve R. Stonebraker (bc872@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) 35. Suzanne Ferree (sferree@s-cwis.unomaha.edu) 36. Dave Dash (cyclonus@ftmax.com) 37. Peter Rofner (profner@mulberry.com) 38. HooksX (hooksx@aol.com) 39. Iggy Drougge (optimus@canit.se) 40. Penny/megatron (megatron@ma.ultranet.com) 41. Anthony Evans (Anthony.Evans@cdc.com) 42. Chris Wolfe(chris_wolfe@nt.com) 43. Ben Yee (yeebe@is2.nyu.edu) 44. Dave Edwards (Zobovor002@aol.com) 45. Raksha (jkink@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu) 46. Anton Max (madmax+@CMU.EDU) 47. Gary Williams (graywolf@pcpros.net) 48. D.T./Napalm Rabbit (dtnguyen@force.stwing.upenn.edu) 49. Erin Sperry/evilerin (erin@bitstream.net) 50. Kurfter (rscherl@worldnet.att.net) 51. SilverWolf (neko@netzone.com) 52. Joshua Benson (jbenson@aol.com) 53. Saudade (phoenix@caribe.net) 54. Chris White (pointblank@geocities.com) 55. Evan Jacobson (gyumaoh@aol.com) 56. Adam Durham (cerebros@mindspring.com) --R.J. B-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I write because I am personally amused by what I do, and if other people are amused by it, then it's fine. If they're not, then that's also fine." Send mail to rjung@netcom.com --Frank Zappa From rjung@netcom.com Fri Mar 14 19:09:05 1997 Control: newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Newsgroups: alt.toys.transformers Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in2.uu.net!199.94.215.18!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!rjung From: rjung@netcom.com (Robert A. Jung) Subject: cmsg newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Message-ID: Organization: Southern California Lynx Enthusiasts Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 02:57:18 GMT Approved: rjung@netcom.com Lines: 108 Sender: rjung@netcom3.netcom.com Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:2552 ***************************************************************************** * * * THIS IS A BOOSTER MESSAGE. Please add alt.toys.transformers.marketplace * * to your site if you have not already done so. Thank you. * * * ***************************************************************************** This message is a newgroup control message for the creation of alt.toys.transformers.marketplace. The group was first proposed in alt.config on 12/5/1996, and a discussion of the proposal has garnered sizable support from the readers of alt.toys.transformers This newgroup message was written by Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com), with assistance and support from Joshua Kramer (jkramer1@swarthmore.edu). Please send comments or questions to rjung@netcom.com. Newgroup information follows-- For your newsgroups file: alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Buy/sell/trade/ads for Transformers toys Charter: ======== alt.toys.transformers.marketplace is for the advertisement and discussion of auctions, sales, want-ads, trades, and other exchanges regarding toys and merchandise pertaining to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's line of TRANSFORMERS-related toys (Transformers, Beast Wars, Machine Wars, etc.). Demonstration of interest: ========================== Currently, there is one single group for the discussion of matters related to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's TRANSFORMERS toy line (and related mythologies), alt.toys.transformers. It is the opinion of many participants and readers of the group that the level of articles related to sales and trades is reaching peak levels, where they comprise as much as 35% of the posts in the group. Some of these messages can be quite long (over 200 lines), and the propagation of "sales update" messages merely compound the problem. This is especially difficult for users of batch newsreaders and users with time limits. To make the discussions in the main group more managable, then, it is proposed that an alt.toys.transformers.marketplace group be created, to separate the trade-related articles from the others. This will allow people who do not wish to read about trades to omit them easily, and will also help alleviate the bandwidth situation. If alt.toys.transformers.marketplace reaches the same propagation depth as the parent group, alt.toys.transformers, then it should enable those people who do want to read and participate in sales/trades to continue to do so, without any disrpution. A list of supporters (as of 12/24/96) follows: 1. Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com) 2. Norman G. Sippel (ngsippel@infinet.com) 3. Neale Davidson (nealed@erols.com) 4. Jessica Bamford (redice@mindspring.com) 5. Darren Murphy (dn202@freenet.carleton.ca) 6. Ben Howard/Drogn (merryhwd@sover.net) 7. Flashback {tiffany@uit.net or Strafe@juno.com} 8. Joel Kuester (sir-real@execpc.com) 9. Cable (jhurst@norfolk.infi.net) 10. Misha Chitharanjan (invg081@ibm.net) 11. Richard Batson/Devastator (aquijada@epix.net) 12. Patricia Wright/Vulcana 13. Burt Ward (Beavis@cris.com) 14. Phil Poole (poole@ncifcrf.gov) 15. Andrew Crane (SpineyS@aol.com) 16. Optimus^1 (no e-mail) 17. Ryan Ottley (ad492@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca) 18. Kyle Williamson (quad@tiac.net) 19. Diana Calder 20. Ivy Bonnlein (bohnlein@acmelabs.uhc.asu.edu) 21. Robert Edward Powers (repowers@artsci.wustl.edu) 22. Quang Lai 23. C.J. Stankiewicz (cjs69930@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu) 24. RatTrap (rattrap@nebula.ispace.com) 25. drb96x@aol.com 26. Astracius (u01dlw@abdn.ac.uk) 27. Sanjay Rana (rana05@wharton.upenn.edu) 28. Jon Hartman (jhartman@noblecan.org) 29. Sean Shannon (Ashan1122@aol.com) 30. Agent 43 (agent43@macatawa.org) 31. Daniel J Stevans (dstevans@csugrad.cs.vt.edu) 32. pyynk@aol.com 33. Sean Holshu (spawn@cannet.com) 34. Steve R. Stonebreaker (bc872@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) 35. Suzanne Ferree (sferree@s-cwis.unomaha.edu) 36. Dave Dash (cyclonus@ftmax.com) 37. Peter Rofner (profner@mulberry.com) 38. HooksX (hooksx@aol.com) 39. Iggy Drougge (optimus@canit.se) 40. Penny/megatron (megatron@ma.ultranet.com) 41. Anthony Evans (Anthony.Evans@cdc.com) 42. Chris Wolfe(chris_wolfe@nt.com) 43. Ben Yee (yeebe@is2.nyu.edu) 44. Dave Edwards (Zobovor002@aol.com) 45. Raksha (jkink@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu) 46. Anton Max (madmax+@CMU.EDU) 47. Gary Williams (graywolf@pcpros.net) 48. D.T./Napalm Rabbit (dtnguyen@force.stwing.upenn.edu) 49. Erin Sperry/evilerin (erin@bitstream.net) 50. Kurfter (rscherl@worldnet.att.net) 51. SilverWolf (neko@netzone.com) 52. Joshua Benson (jbenson@aol.com) 53. Saudade (phoenix@caribe.net) 54. Chris White (pointblank@geocities.com) 55. Evan Jacobson (gyumaoh@aol.com) 56. Adam Durham (cerebros@mindspring.com) From rjung@netcom.com Sat Apr 19 00:29:04 1997 Control: newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Newsgroups: alt.toys.transformers,alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in3.uu.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ix.netcom.com!rjung From: rjung@netcom.com (Robert A. Jung) Subject: cmsg newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Message-ID: Organization: Southern California Lynx Enthusiasts Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 07:13:12 GMT Approved: rjung@netcom.com Lines: 120 Sender: rjung@netcom2.netcom.com Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:3924 ***************************************************************************** * * * The following is a NEWGROUP BOOSTER MESSAGE. * * * * Please add alt.toys.transformers.marketplace to your newsgroups file if * * you have not already done so. Thank you! * * * ***************************************************************************** This message is a newgroup control message for the creation of alt.toys.transformers.marketplace. The group was first proposed in alt.config on 12/5/1996, and a discussion of the proposal has garnered sizable support from the readers of alt.toys.transformers This newgroup message was written by Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com), with assistance and support from Joshua Kramer (jkramer1@swarthmore.edu). Please send comments or questions to rjung@netcom.com. Newgroup information follows-- For your newsgroups file: alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Buy/sell/trade/ads for Transformers toys Charter: ======== alt.toys.transformers.marketplace is for the advertisement and discussion of auctions, sales, want-ads, trades, and other exchanges regarding toys and merchandise pertaining to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's line of TRANSFORMERS-related toys (Transformers, Beast Wars, Machine Wars, etc.). Demonstration of interest: ========================== Currently, there is one single group for the discussion of matters related to Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's TRANSFORMERS toy line (and related mythologies), alt.toys.transformers. It is the opinion of many participants and readers of the group that the level of articles related to sales and trades is reaching peak levels, where they comprise as much as 35% of the posts in the group. Some of these messages can be quite long (over 200 lines), and the propagation of "sales update" messages merely compound the problem. This is especially difficult for users of batch newsreaders and users with time limits. To make the discussions in the main group more managable, then, it is proposed that an alt.toys.transformers.marketplace group be created, to separate the trade-related articles from the others. This will allow people who do not wish to read about trades to omit them easily, and will also help alleviate the bandwidth situation. If alt.toys.transformers.marketplace reaches the same propagation depth as the parent group, alt.toys.transformers, then it should enable those people who do want to read and participate in sales/trades to continue to do so, without any disrpution. A list of supporters (as of 12/24/96) follows: 1. Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com) 2. Norman G. Sippel (ngsippel@infinet.com) 3. Neale Davidson (nealed@erols.com) 4. Jessica Bamford (redice@mindspring.com) 5. Darren Murphy (dn202@freenet.carleton.ca) 6. Ben Howard/Drogn (merryhwd@sover.net) 7. Flashback {tiffany@uit.net or Strafe@juno.com} 8. Joel Kuester (sir-real@execpc.com) 9. Cable (jhurst@norfolk.infi.net) 10. Misha Chitharanjan (invg081@ibm.net) 11. Richard Batson/Devastator (aquijada@epix.net) 12. Patricia Wright/Vulcana 13. Burt Ward (Beavis@cris.com) 14. Phil Poole (poole@ncifcrf.gov) 15. Andrew Crane (SpineyS@aol.com) 16. Optimus^1 (no e-mail) 17. Ryan Ottley (ad492@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca) 18. Kyle Williamson (quad@tiac.net) 19. Diana Calder 20. Ivy Bonnlein (bohnlein@acmelabs.uhc.asu.edu) 21. Robert Edward Powers (repowers@artsci.wustl.edu) 22. Quang Lai 23. C.J. Stankiewicz (cjs69930@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu) 24. RatTrap (rattrap@nebula.ispace.com) 25. drb96x@aol.com 26. Astracius (u01dlw@abdn.ac.uk) 27. Sanjay Rana (rana05@wharton.upenn.edu) 28. Jon Hartman (jhartman@noblecan.org) 29. Sean Shannon (Ashan1122@aol.com) 30. Agent 43 (agent43@macatawa.org) 31. Daniel J Stevans (dstevans@csugrad.cs.vt.edu) 32. pyynk@aol.com 33. Sean Holshu (spawn@cannet.com) 34. Steve R. Stonebreaker (bc872@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) 35. Suzanne Ferree (sferree@s-cwis.unomaha.edu) 36. Dave Dash (cyclonus@ftmax.com) 37. Peter Rofner (profner@mulberry.com) 38. HooksX (hooksx@aol.com) 39. Iggy Drougge (optimus@canit.se) 40. Penny/megatron (megatron@ma.ultranet.com) 41. Anthony Evans (Anthony.Evans@cdc.com) 42. Chris Wolfe(chris_wolfe@nt.com) 43. Ben Yee (yeebe@is2.nyu.edu) 44. Dave Edwards (Zobovor002@aol.com) 45. Raksha (jkink@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu) 46. Anton Max (madmax+@CMU.EDU) 47. Gary Williams (graywolf@pcpros.net) 48. D.T./Napalm Rabbit (dtnguyen@force.stwing.upenn.edu) 49. Erin Sperry/evilerin (erin@bitstream.net) 50. Kurfter (rscherl@worldnet.att.net) 51. SilverWolf (neko@netzone.com) 52. Joshua Benson (jbenson@aol.com) 53. Saudade (phoenix@caribe.net) 54. Chris White (pointblank@geocities.com) 55. Evan Jacobson (gyumaoh@aol.com) 56. Adam Durham (cerebros@mindspring.com) --R.J. B-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I write because I am personally amused by what I do, and if other people are amused by it, then it's fine. If they're not, then that's also fine." Send mail to rjung@netcom.com --Frank Zappa ------- Visit Rob on the web! ------ http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/ ------- From rjung@netcom.com Mon Jan 5 23:08:05 1998 Control: newgroup alt.toys.transformers.marketplace Newsgroups: alt.toys.transformers,alt.config Path: news.isc.org!data.ramona.vix.com!news.misty.com!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!206.154.70.8!news.webspan.net!ix.netcom.com!rjung From: rjung@netcom.com (Robert A. Jung) Subject: cmsg newgroup alt.toys.transformers.fanfic Message-ID: Organization: Southern California Lynx Enthusiasts Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 07:03:03 GMT Approved: rjung@netcom.com Lines: 108 Sender: rjung@netcom18.netcom.com Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:14367 This message is a newgroup control message for the creation of alt.toys.transformers.fanfic. The group was first proposed in alt.toys.transformers on 10/1997, and a discussion of the proposal has garnered sizable support from the readers of alt.toys.transformers This newgroup message was written by Robert A. Jung (rjung@netcom.com), with assistance and support from Joshua Kramer (jkramer1@swarthmore.edu). Please send comments or questions to rjung@netcom.com or Jetfire333@aol.com Newgroup information follows-- For your newsgroups file: alt.toys.transformers.fanfic Transformers fan fiction stories Charter: ======== alt.toys.transformers fanfic is for the sharing, discussion, and critique of Transformers fan-fiction, that is, fan-written stories regarding the toys and characters of Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's TRANSFORMERS toy lines. Demonstration of interest: ========================== Currently, there is one newsgroup devoted to the general-purpose discussion of Hasbro/Kenner/Takara's TRANSFORMERS toy line (and related mythologies), alt.toys.transformers. It is the opinion of many participants and readers of the group that the high level of articles in that newsgroup (up to 200 messages a day) is not conductive to the sharing and discussion of fan-fiction ("fanfic") stories. Many feel that the high bandwidth makes it difficult to find stories to begin with, and to share comments and criticisms of the same. To provide a more hospitable environment for Transformers-related fanfic stories, it is proposed that an alt.toys.transformers.fanfic group be created. This will provide a "quieter" area for members to share their stories and to solicit feedback from them. If alt.toys.transformers.fanfic receives the same propagation as the parent group, then it should enable the readers who are seeking fanfic stories to do so easily. A list of supporters (as of 1/5/1998) is as follows: Jetfire333@aol.com Beast Warrior RatBat bwratbat@usa.net Brooks_Lewi@Bentley.EDU The Dark Avatar, Tristam mckay@ntl.sympatico.ca Matrixmail A.K.A. Skyfire965 mop-boy@geocities.com JHooksX@aol.com KUP2005@aol.com Atlarian@ix.netcom.com tonyfitz@worldnet.att.net thenixtr@acy.digex.net Grrrlgoyle derigel@ccnet.com Lprimus@aol.com rjung@netcom.com Joona I Palaste Disruptor CPDilloway@aol.com SmithRP@assiniboinec.mb.ca (Dalmatian) steven.acevedo@galaxy999.com (STEVEN ACEVEDO) scalybee@aol.com (SCALY BEE) pawright@srtb0411-b15.resnet.ubc.ca (Vulcana) wazzpin8or@AOL.COM (Wazzpin8or) tea22055@AOL.COM (TEA22055) hjohn27974@AOL.COM (HJohn27974) cbrogden@s054.aone.net.au (Charlotte Brogden) JayBeez--jbeasley@pomona.edu Bobbi Carothers carother@psych.rochester.edu Lifegiver (astevens@pacific.telebyte.com) D.O'C-- Skywarp214@aol.com Darzonique@aol.com enforcer@onaustralia.com.au HJohn27974@aol.com tallories@aol.com whiz2005@aol.com (Whiz2005) Jeroen.Zuiderwijk@caiw.nl (Jeroen Zuiderwijk) ajnin@Mlink.NET (Nancy Smythe) karlv@ne.uswest.net (Karl Volmer) breetai1@gte.net (Lord Breetai) mpotter@oconee.com (Rodimus Prime) jsblevins@erols.com (Blevins) therock@rica.net (The Rock) ev322@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Suzanne M. Ferree) lorax@pconline.com (Lorax) SevenElevenThirteen@juno.com overlorduk@aol.com (OverlordUK) EmarZero@aol.com shinn@geocities.com (shinn) andrew@cybertron.prestel.co.uk (Andrew Crane) Phoenix@siedi.spin.com.mx (Maria Jose Diaz Samano) alan12084@aol.com (ALaN12084) alybaek@mail.unixg.ubc.ca Thank you for your time and attention. If there are any questions about this request, please send them to either rjung@netcom.com or Jetfire333@aol.com --R.J. B-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I write because I am personally amused by what I do, and if other people are amused by it, then it's fine. If they're not, then that's also fine." Send mail to rjung@netcom.com --Frank Zappa ------- Visit Rob on the web! ------ http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/ -------