CHARTER: alt.binaries.celebrities.fake.moderated

I. General: The alt.binaries.celebrities.fake.moderated newsgroup,
herein after referred to as "the Newsgroup", has been established for
the express purpose of providing a venue for the display,
appreciation, discussion, and critique of digitally altered images of
celebrities.  In the most general terms, postings directly related to this
objective,
or to personal communication among members of this group which
facilitate this objective, including the discussion of the elements of
this charter will be considered to be "on topic". Postings not
pertinent to these objectives will be considered "off topic", and will
be posted at the sole discretion of the Newsgroup Moderator.


II. Definitions: The following terms are to be interpreted as depicted
here, unless defined otherwise in subsequent paragraphs:

A.  Moderator: The individual or mechanism responsible for review
and approval of posts to the Newsgroup.

B.  Fakir: any individual who creates modified digital images of
celebrities.

C. Fake: A digital representation created by a Fakir.

D.  FakeFan: Any individual who access's the Newsgroup for the
express purpose of enjoying the work done by Fakirs.

E.  Headshot:  A digital picture of a celebrity to be employed in a fake.

F.  Baseshot: A digital picture (generally nude or erotic) employed as the
"base" or "background" in creating a fake.

G.  Celebrity:  A well known or famous person or model from television,
movies, sports/athletes, or music industries.

III On Topic Posts: Specifically, postings considered  “on topic”
include, but may not be limited to:

A.  Binary representations of celebrities either as finished works of
parody or erotica.

	1.  All binary attachments will have either a .jpg, .jpeg, or .gif
extension to them.  This ensures that the binary post can be seen and
viewed by the moderation software for Moderators approval/rejection.
Binaries should be posted using the MIME Base64 encoding due to server
problems with UUencoding.

B.  Text discussion and critique of said binary representations.

        1. Criticism and discussion of a Fakir’s work should, in
the interests of productive use of the Moderated Newsgroup resource,
be pertinent to the work concerned, constructive in nature, and as
specific as the skills of the critic/poster make possible. For
example: “I really liked this fake overall, but I think the head was
slightly out of scale to the body.” or, “I didn’t like this because
the skin was chartreuse.”  would be interpreted as a productive
critique. “This sucks!”, on the other hand would not.

        2. Positive comments are, of course, welcome in any form.
Positive comments with specific content as to what makes a Fake
“good”, however, can be as constructive and important to the artist
concerned, and other artists, as are specific and constructive
criticisms.

C.  Technical advice, examples, and tutorials intended to aid
members of the Newsgroup in developing or improving their level of
technical skill.

D.  “Social” conversation between members of this Newsgroup (note:
It is preferred that lengthy social conversation between Newsgroup
members be conducted employing such means as ICQ, e-mail, “reply to
author” newsreader functions, and other similar mechanisms.)

E.  Information and discussion related to events which effect, or
may effect, the pursuit of the artistic endeavor known as faking. Such
posts may include changes to copyright law, efforts by celebrities to
limit faking, availability of software, changes to software, or other
general topics considered meaningful to the Newsgroup by the posters
thereto and the Newsgroup Moderator.

F.  Textual parodies, jokes, and other forms of humor related to
fakes and faking.

G.  Requests for new fakes of specific celebrities. It is
recommended that such requests be accompanied by a useable Headshot.

H.  Requests for reposts of specific fakes, or fakes of a specific
celebrity.

I.  URL's to Base Shots.

It should be noted that posts by FakeFans are welcome and encouraged,
so long as they adhere to the topic guidelines of this Newsgroup.
Requesters of fakes of a specific celebrity are encouraged to include
a headshot with their request.

It should also be noted that it is expected that requests made to this
newsgroup, to be posted, must comply with the guidelines established
by this Charter. Requests for material which is outlined as
unacceptable in this charter, or in the Newsgroup’s charter, will not
be passed by the monitor. Requests for child pornography may subject
the requester to criminal prosecution.

“Off-Topic” posts may be passed to the Newsgroup, at the sole
discretion of the Moderator. 


IV.  Unacceptable Posts: The following types of posts will be
considered unacceptable and will not normally be passed by the
Moderator.

A.  Binary representations of  minor children, defined as a person
under eighteen years of age, including any and all depictions of
erotica involving minor children. The term “age” in this instance,
refers to the age of the individual subject of the Fake, at the time
their photographic **likeness** was created. In the interests of clarity,
and to restate, no representation of a minor child, at the time they
were a minor child, will appear in any form whatever within this
Newsgroup. It should be noted that an attempt to post material
described in this paragraph may subject the poster to criminal
prosecution.

	1.  Binary posts that do NOT include the extensions of .jpg, .jpeg or
.gif.
	
	2.  Postings that include a .zip extension.  The Moderation software site
does not unzip those posts for the moderator's view, thus can't be verified
as proper posts.

	3.  Binary posts that contain more than one attachment.

	4.  "Test" posts.  There are many testing newsgroups to test your posting
ability.  If one is unsure that they are able to post to this group,
respond to a message to see if your post goes through.

B.  Binary representations of non-celebrities.

C.  Binary representations of bestiality.

D.  Binary representations of cartoon characters, unless the
poster holds the copyright to that character.

E.  Abusive or Inflammatory posts, commonly referred to as “flames”.

F.  Advertisements for products, services, or software, except
where, in the judgment of the Moderator, such advertisements might be
beneficial or useful.

G.  Any post including racial, religious, or ethnic slurs, or any
post including threats of harm against any member of the Newsgroup.

H.  Binary representations of politicians or their family members, while in
office.  This includes but is not limited to Presidents, Kings, Queens,
Princesses, Princes, etc.  The Moderators are the final authority in
determining if the person depicted is a violation of this section.

I.   Binary representations of known or suspected terrorists.

J.  Binary representations to be used as the Base Shot.  The use of a URL
to the Base Shot is most appropriate in this instance.


V.  The Role Of The Moderator


A. By posting to this newsgroup, the poster agrees to indemnify
and hold the moderator(s) harmless from any liability related to this
newsgroup.

B.  The moderator will use his or her discretion to decide when
discussions drift too far from the topics above, or if a participant
would further benefit from: posting in a specialty newsgroup such as
the public sister newsgroup alt.binaries.nude.celebrities.fake,
e-mail, or real-time chat.   The moderator may return a post,
suggesting a more appropriate avenue, or post warnings when discussion
starts to drift off-topic, and may close down discussions when they
are clearly off-topic. The moderator will post a notice notifying the
group of such actions.

C.  The moderator will have the discretion to add editorial
comments to a post that he or she feels is inaccurate. For example:
 
  “Underage Celebrities may be posted here so long as they are not
nude or portrayed in sexually explicit situations.
   [Moderator: This is wrong and a common misconception. See the
Charter.]”

D.  Any poster making threats or suggestions of serious harm or
legal action against a participant or moderator of this newsgroup will
be blocked from posting to this group entirely.

E.  Posters blocked due to abuse or charter violations will remain
ejected for a minimum of 1 month.


VI.  Moderator Selection and Replacement

A.  A moderator serves until he or she resigns. A moderator may
resign at any time. A moderator is encouraged to give the group 14 days
notice in order to insure an orderly transition.

B.  A moderator may designate a back-up moderator during vacation
periods, as long as the group is given adequate notice.

C.  A sole moderator may appoint one or more co-moderators.
Moderators may share their duties in any manner mutually acceptable.
In the event that the group has multiple moderators, all references to
the sole moderator in the above paragraphs shall apply to all of the
moderators, collectively, if the context permits.


D.  A resigning moderator, whether the sole moderator or
co-moderator, may select his or her successor.  Moderators are
encouraged to consider the opinions of readers of the group when
choosing their successors.  A resigning co-moderator may, with the
unanimous consent of the other moderators, choose not to appoint a
successor.

NOTES:

The ordering above is for convenience only and does not reflect a
preference ordering among the various topics.