alt.startrek.creative.all-ages

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Newsgroup
Name: alt.startrek.creative.all-ages, ASCA
Date(s): May 1997 to present
Moderator: Stephen Ratliff
Type: usenet
Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise
URL: ASCA / Trekiverse
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Alt.Startrek.Creative.All-Ages is a usenet group created for the purpose of posting fiction suitable for children and young teens set in the Star Trek universe. The group does not accept slash, R, or NC-17 fiction.

History

This group was announced May 15, 1997, see Call for discussion re: alt.startrek.creative.pg-13 for many comments.

Also see Alt.startrek.creative Slash Wars.

The FAQ

This FAQ is version 2.02, and was last updated 06/09/2000

This is a complete Revision of the ASCA FAQ.

I) A Statement of Purpose

alt.startrek.all-ages (ASCA) is for the posting of Star Trek Fan Works that would be considered appropriate for the reading of teenagers. This is not a group for just stories written for children. The material will be geared towards and be suitable for adults so we do recommend parental guidance.

II) Moderation Guidelines

The Basic rules for moderation of ASCA, are 5 simple rules. We'll try to explain each of them.

A) All posts will either be Star Trek Stories, Responses to them, or material related to those stories or responses (such as Archive announcements, Author information, FAQs, etc)

B) All posts will be rated [PG-13] or less.

C) There will be no extreme violence, graphic sex, or presentation of concepts or relationships that parents may feel is inappropriate for children. Examples of this include: bdsm, drug use, and slash.

Note on Slash: Due to the controversy of homosexual relationships, we do not permit such relationships on ASCA. However, we do make judgement calls as to if a story does actually contain such a relationship. The moderators have recently seen some pieces labeled as slash on ASC, that were actual friendship pieces, not slash, and as such would be permitted.

Note on Pairings: ASCA, for much the same reason as slash, also will reject stories showing: doctor/patient sexual relationship, superior/subordinate sexual relationship, and pairings indicating marital infidelity.

D) Stories require the approval of Two out of Three Moderators. Responses and Announcements only require the approval of one moderator.

E) Since the moderators are trusted to judge properly the suitablity [sic] for posts, it is assumed by the other moderators that they know a proper post when they see one, so all stories submitted by moderators will not require approval by other moderators.

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Moderation is being done by three unpaid volunteers. If two of three moderators voting moderators decide your story fits our guidelines, it will be posted. Currently ASCA employs 5 moderators but only 3 will vote on each work.

Since we moderators are not perfect, an appeal process has been set up to allow you to appeal the moderators decisions if you disagree with them. See the separate FAQ on appealing for details. We also remind you that you are free to post your disputed story on alt.startrek.creative during the appeal process.

Current Staff

Former Staff

Former and past members of ASCA.

Moderators

FAQ Maintainer

Some Fan Comments During the Planning Stage

These comments are all from Call for discussion re: alt.startrek.creative.pg-13 (May 15, 1997). See that page for MANY MORE comments.

The Topic -- "What is Canon, and Should Non-Explicit Same-Sex Stories Be Included?"

There will be no NC-17 stories of any kind on the new group. Neither hetero nor homosexual. Non-explicit stories about homosexual characters will be fine, but the sexuality of established characters will be as in canon. [3]

I think it would be useful to clarify the *purpose* of this proposed new group. Is it strictly so that the squeamish don't have to even see headers for R & NC-17 stories? Or is it an attempt to promote writing of fanfiction that would be suitable for children to read or have read to them? If the former, then I don't really see the point - I've never had any trouble using the headers to identify stuff I didn't want to retrieve or read. If the latter, then the question is whether there are writers who would like to write and post more family-oriented fare, but who have been put off by the proliferation of adult stories. Is that the case? I'm curious because, while I like having the full spectrum available to me, I would love to have a source of Star Trek stories that would suitable for sharing with my children. As has been pointed out by others previously, even a G rating is no guarantee that the material will be suitable for, or of any interest to, children. While I bet I'm not the only one who would be grateful for some children's stories, I would question whether there's enough interest to keep an entirely separate ng viable. Are there possible alternatives to consider? - such as a separate website (or a corner of the current archive) where "family-friendly" stories could be archived (whether they were first posted here or not)? [4]

Related Usenet Communities

References

  1. ^ "Shannara, here. I created this group about a year ago and since that time, my interests have grown away from Star Trek (after 32 years) and into the X-Files. I have become involved in that online fandom and don't have the time or the heart to devote to ASCA anymore. George Morgan remains as a moderator and our other moderator besides me, Jenny Funnell, can no longer access the group." -- Moderators needed (October 8, 1998)
  2. ^ George D. Morgan (age 35) died Feb. 4, 1999.
  3. ^ comment by Shannara
  4. ^ comment by Marlissa Campbell

External links


Related Links
People Alara R, George Morgan, Jemima Pereira, Natalie K. Bjorklund, Stephen Ratliff,
Places ASC, ASCEM, Star Trek, Trekiverse
Things The Mannerly Art of Critique - Peg Robinson, The Mannerly Art of Disagreement - Macedon
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