34 History and purpose of alt.supermodels and this FAQ
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This article is from the Supermodels FAQ, by graham graham@shell.portal.com with numerous contributions by others.
34 History and purpose of alt.supermodels and this FAQ
alt.supermodels was created (at louie.udel.edu anyway) on 30 July 92,
by a newgroup control message from umalexa9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Edward W.
Alexander). The original purpose was discussion of supermodels.
Then someone realized that supermodels are known through their
pictures, so it is appropriate to discuss photographs here. That
led to posting pictures, so everyone could be talking about the same
thing. The end result seems to be FLAME WARS.
|From: brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley)
|Subject: Re: Where are all the gifs
|Date: Mon Mar 01 11:56:16 EST 1993
|
|We just got through a pretty long and hard discussion concerning this.
|Apparently alt.supermodels was NOT created with massive picture-posting
|in mind. Your post could possibly touch off another flame war.
|From: FallenAngel@not.in.heaven.com (Fallen Angel)
|Subject: Who is NOT a supermodel.
|Date: 20 Jul 1993 03:19:06 GMT
|Summary: This group is not alt.fan.bimbo.chick
|
|Some people should look at the name of this group before posting. It is
|near impossible to create an algorithm that will separate people (mostly
|women) into two cases, supermodel and not-supermodel, and have it work
|perfectly. We can state, with total certainty, that some people are NOT
|supermodels.
|
|Tanya Roberts is NOT a supermodel.
|Dana Plato is NOT a supermodel.
|Some-chick-who-had-a-role-in-a-movie is NOT a supermodel.
|The Double Mint gum blow-job bimbo is NOT a supermodel.
|The Bud girls are NOT supermodels.
|
|This newsgroup is not alt.fan.chick.hot. Yes, it is unmoderated and there
|is no authority who can maintain topicality. Still, I ask for a bit of
|common sense and courtesy. Respect the bounds of this group.
|
|This group was created to discuss (mostly) women who have excelled in a
|particular career, modelling. This means a focus on the medium of
|photography. This means an association with the fashion industry. This
|means runway work.
*From: comtech@nznet.gen.nz (Ryan Marshall)
*Playmates and actresses are nice, but they're simply NOT supermodels,
*and therefore do not belong in the FAQ.
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