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WELCOME
Welcome to the Arielholics mailing list, the only mailing list
entirely
devoted to Ariel, Disney's Little Mermaid!
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WHAT IS AN ARIELHOLIC?
The term "Arielholic" developed on the Usenet newsgroup
rec.arts.disney
in 1993. It was first used by Steve Liu in a post titled,
"Are you an
Arielholic?" The Arielholics mailing list is
unaffiliated with the
Arielholics Anonymous Home Page maintained by Steve Liu.
However, his
original aritcle is available for viewing at
http://www.radix.net/~koalatek/tlm.html
.
An Arielholic is someone who has what others might call an
unnatural
love for Ariel. An Arielholic is someone who can spot the
likeness of
Ariel at fifty paces. An Arielholic is someone who sees
Ariel as more
than a mere cartoon character, more than a mere mermaid, more
than a
mere sexy redhead. To an Arielholic, Ariel is the
personification of
all that is good in the world. To others, an Arielholic is
a loony. To
an Arielholic, the others may be right, but it doesn't matter,
and
besides, they *could* be wrong...
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CHARTER
Anything to do with Ariel, mermaid princess of Atlantica from
Disney's film _The Little Mermaid_ or any spinoffs thereof.
For example: Ariel merchandise (cheap and expensive), TV series,
comics, fan fiction.
This list is unmoderated and may be mailed to by anyone, even
non-members. As such this charter is voluntary, but
repeated abuse of
it could cause you to be removed from the list.
For discussion of mermaids in general, a more suitable mailing
list is
maintained by Neil Collins <[email protected]>.
For
discussion of Disney in general, see the rec.arts.disney.* Usenet
hierarchy.
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ETIQUETTE
Arielholics tend to be maturely behaved people of all ages.
Members
usually carry on discussions and even arguments in a similarly
civil
fashion. Good imaginations are common and welcome here.
Please
remember when posting, though, to keep things decent for list
members of
all ages. (And trying to keep things more or less on-topic
is also
appreciated.)
Also remember that there are list members not only of many
different
ages, but also of different nationalities. People on the
list have
varying degrees of experience with the English language, so
please be
tolerant of grammar or spelling that is less than perfect.
If
necessary, simply ask for the person to re-state or clarify
something
you don't understand, but please don't attack the person.
Spam and chain letters are NOT welcome on this list in any form.
That's
it, pure and simple. They're rude and annoying, and they
waste time,
disk/account space, and bandwidth.
Please do not post large articles, especially binaries, to the
list.
This means no pictures, sounds, movies, programs, MIME
attachments,
"paper clip" attachments, other attachments, indeed
anything but text.
This can fill subscribers' mail spools and cause much damage to
mail
transfer machines. Also, many people still pay for service
based on
number and size of emails and/or have slow modems. If you
have a binary
article or a large piece of fan fiction, post to the list asking
for
people who want it to mail you and ask for it privately.
Please also do not do anything illegal on this mailing list.
This
includes using it as a base for video piracy.
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