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Alt.fan.blakes-7
| Newsgroup | |
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| Name: | alt.fan.blakes-7 |
| Date(s): | early August 1999-present |
| Moderator: | |
| Type: | |
| Fandom: | Blake's 7 |
| URL: | Alt.fan.blakes-7 |
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Alt.fan.blakes-7 is a Blake's 7 Usenet group.
From a fan on August 6, 1999:
I'm stunned, after idly typing in Blake for months and finding only poetry, there's finally a reachable newsgroup. [1]
A year later, a fan wrote:
I'm new to the list, which doesnt seem fantsically active.
- Welcome aboard. You're right; it's not the hottest newsgroup on the planet. I've been thinking of putting together an FAQ with a few links and things, and maybe generating a bit of publicity for the group by getting it mentioned on fan pages and so on... [2]
A year after that, a FAQ was proposed by Kevin McCully (kevs) :
The current embyonic FAQ can be viewed at FAQ and resource guide for alt.fan.blakes-7 Version 2.2 1st of September, 2002 .
From the FAQ
What is the purpose of this newsgroup?
Alt.fan.blakes-7 is a forum for discussing the BBC television series, "Blakes Seven" (often known as "B7"), its characters, stories, cast, crew, writers and themes contained therein.
It is also a place to discuss Blakes 7 Fandom, such as conventions, club and group meetings, ‘zines etc.
Fan fiction, poetry, prose, filks or other creative writing are welcome, but please read Section 1, Question 5.
Basically, anything Blakes 7 related may be posted here.
[...]
Can I post sexually explicit "adult" fiction here?
Please don't.. This is a publicly accessible and archived newsgroup.
Whilst most of us are adults, there is no way of knowing the age of readers or their sensibilities. There are other places for adult material.
[...]
Are there any other Blakes 7 newsgroups?
alt.tv.blakes7 may still exist, but is not carried on many news servers.
References
- ^ Bloody hell, a B7 newsgroup
- ^ Hello (Sep 7, 2000)