META: rec.arts.comics.creative Frequently Asked Questions

[candycanearter07]

On 1/1/24 02:01, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Subject: 5.  List of Current Tags
> 
> When choosing a tag to put at the beginning of your post, this list should
> be a canonical reference.  If you see a need for a new tag, send mail to
> the FAQ maintainer so that it can be added.
> 
> First, the general tags:
> 
> ADMIN       Administrative matters affecting everyone on RACC.
> 
> FAQ         FAQs of note for the entire RAC* hierarchy.  These will tend
>              to be crossposted here.
> 
> META        Discussion about the newsgroup itself.  This includes
> or CHAT     everything from general discussion of on-line fiction and RACC
>              in particular to recommendations on how long posts should be.
> 
> PRECOG      Announcements of upcoming series, planned stories, and the
> or PROMO    like.
> 
> WWW         Announcement of a web page related to RACC or a free strip.
> 
> Now, all of the writing imprints.  Note that new ones of these pop up all
> the time.  Entries marked with (*) are in danger of being retired due to
> lack of activity.  If you have any changes, please mail eagle at eyrie.org.
> 
> 8FOLD       A closed universe that encompasses serious superheroes, comedy,
>              memoir, and just about anything else: high-quality fiction of
>              any stripe is welcome.
> 
> ACRAPHOBE   Mature stories that may or may not fit into other universes'
> or ACRA     continuity.  Using this flag in conjunction with another is
>              not unheard of.  (For example, Scav's _501 Blues_ is
>              LNH/ACRAPHOBE.)  Think a meta-Vertigo.
> 
> ASH         Academy of Super-Heroes.  Dave Van Domelen's RPG-based future-
>              history stories.  See <https://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/ASH>.
> 
> ELSEWHIRLS  LNH stories that do not fit into LNH continuity.  Think DC's
> or EW       Elseworlds.
> 
> HCC         The High Concept Challenge, a continuous series of writing
>              contests.  Each round, the winner, chosen by reader vote, gets
>              to pick the next round's concept.
> 
> LNH         Legion of Net.Heroes, "The Friendliest Shared Universe
>              Going!(TM)"  A mostly parody universe, though it does have its
>              serious side.
> 
> LNH20       On the LNH's 20th anniversary, a group of writers took it upon
>              themselves to create a new world, based in everything they
>              loved about the LNH, in the best spirit of comic book reboots!
>              LNH20 is just as friendly as the original, but easier to get
>              into!  Hop right in, the adventure's fine!
> 
> LNHY        An Imprint involving an alternate LNH universe called
>              Looniverse Y.  The big difference between this and the Classic
>              LNH is that writers are allowed to have only one character of
>              theirs in this Looniverse's LNH.
> 
> RACCCafe    A continuity-free outpust where RACC characters can unwind
>              after a hard day of being mangled by their writers.  Anything
>              can happen, as long as it's funny, and there are no
>              consequences!
> 
> SG          Superguy.  From Space Moose to the Bomb.  Comedy superhero
>              writing with a far different background than LNH.  Note that
>              only a small slice of Superguy stuff appears here; to see the
>              rest, go to <https://lists.eyrie.org/mailman/listinfo/superguy>.
> 
> STARFALL    Lightly serious and seriously light superheroics, and better
>              because of it.  ;)
> 
> NTB         Net.Trenchcoat.Brigade.  A bunch of Vertigo-like characters
>              that own stock in London Fog.  Not tremendously active, but
>              they do have a considerable history.  Implied Acraphobe.
> 
> OMEGA       A serious psi-based shared super-world and once upon a time
>              RACC's third largest universe, now inactive.  Created by the
>              legendary Matt Rossi.
> 
> OSD         The Order of Saint Doomas.  Items relating to RACC's anti-spam
>              cult.  (See Section 3 above.)  No posts have been seen from
>              this imprint in quite some time, but that doesn't mean they're
>              gone....
> 
> SW10        SW stands for Superhuman World.  10 is an annual tag.  The
>              comic has proceeded to 2011, but the tag has frozen at 2010
>              because that's when the series really interacted with RACC.
>              Scott Eiler has written the story of this universe since
>              before 1991, but 1991 is when the modern heroes of this series
>              start.  His sources include adolescent male power fantasy,
>              superhero role-playing, comic-book satire, and dreams.  See
>              <http://www.eilertech.com/stories/>.
> 
> MISC        Stories not in the above categories or in their own universes
>              (authors are encouraged to make up their own headers as well).
>              To limit the number of imprints, and to keep this FAQ to
>              reasonable lengths, let's adopt this convention: One-shot
>              stories or series should use the MISC flag.  Series that set
>              up shared universes should create their own, new imprint.
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Subject: 6.  People to Ask for Help
> 
> The major header contacts are listed below, who will be glad to answer
> email question.  Also keep your eyes peeled for FAQs specific to
> particular imprints.  The FAQs are also often in the archive in a
> directory named "FAQs" under the imprint directory.
> 
>    Imprint        Contact                Email
>    ------------   --------------------   ---------------------------------
>    8FOLD          Jamie Rosen            jamie.rosen at sunlife.com
>    8FOLD          Tom Russell            joltcity at gmail.com
> + ASH            Dave Van Domelen       dvandom at eyrie.org
> + LNH            Andrew Perron          pwerdna at gmail.com
>    LNH20          Andrew Perron          pwerdna at gmail.com
> + LNHY           Arthur Spitzer         arspitzer at earthlink.net
> + NTB            Arthur Spitzer         arspitzer at earthlink.net
> + RACChallenge   Sean MacDonald         mcdonald at vorteb.math.uab.edu
> + StarFall       Ted Brock              phantom_belcher at yahoo.com
> + Superguy       Eric Burns             eaburns at annotations.com
>    SW10           Scott Eiler            seiler at eilertech.com
> 
>    The Archive    Russ Allbery           eagle at eyrie.org
>    Moderation     RACC Moderation Team   racc-request at eyrie.org
> 
> + indicates separate FAQs are available for these imprints.
> 
> If you need to contact the moderator directly, the contact information is:
> 
>      Russ Allbery <eagle at eyrie.org>
> 
> If none of the above people help, or your questions are too general or
> specific, just email anyone you see posting here that seems to know what
> they're doing.  (WARNING: This is rarely the case.)

Random question is the list of tags comprehensive?
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