Subject: alt.tv.sliders Where Can I Find It? FAQ From: cweb@cwebdesign.comDELETETOREPLY Organization: Keepers of FAQs Sliders Division Summary: A welcome and resource FAQ for alt.tv.sliders and alt.binaries.sliders Version: 1.2 (text) URL: http://cwebdesign.com/scirev/ Posted-By: scriptpost 1.0 Archive-name: tv/sliders/where Posting-Frequency: biweekly Last-modified: June 7, 2005 Version: 1.2 Summary: A welcome and resource FAQ for alt.tv.sliders and alt.binaries.sliders URL: http://cwebdesign.com/scirev/ Version 1, last updated 7th June 2005 Copyright 2000-2005 by Clyde Meli SEND ADDITIONS / ALTERATIONS / DEAD LINKS / MOVED LINKS me by messaging user mnr on http://www.maltanetworkresources.com Welcome to alt.tv.sliders. This FAQ is regularly posted to the alt.tv.sliders, alt.answers, alt.binaries.sliders and news.answers at least twice a month. The most up-to-date version is also available at the Sci-Rev website (http://cwebdesign.com/scirev). Many FAQs, including this one, are available at http://www.faqs.org. This FAQ serves the purpose of introducing the newsgroup to newcomers, points them to available FAQs, and other resources on the Internet. Please read the available FAQ's including this one before posting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Important Sliders Resources The original FAQ of alt.tv.sliders can be found at the URL http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tv/sliders/faq/ but it is quite out-of-date only covers the first seasons by Fox. He has quite a bit of information about how Sliders the tv show came to be, an interesting episode guide and list of alternate earths in the first three seasons, with US airdates. Thanks to Ed Hall who used to maintain it. Another up-to-date general alt.tv.sliders FAQ which covers more seasons is maintained by Gareth Kitchener at http://www.garethkitchener.com, this is not posted to the newsgroups themselves. It's worth a visit. The "Where Can I Find It?" FAQ lists the most important resources for Sliders fans, sometimes called "Sliders" themselves. Subject: About the Sliders newsgroups (Creation etc) alt.tv.sliders is the main sliders newsgroup, and most Sliders post there. It is well propagated considering it was not created in the proper way. The most recent newsgroup is a binary group for Sliders - alt.binaries.sliders. It was created on the 3rd December 1997 by Steven S. Palmer after the requisite discussion in alt.config. Other booster newgroups were sent later on - on the 25th December 1997 and on the 22nd June 1998. Thus it is a valid newsgroup. alt.tv.sliders.creative was newgrouped on 26th May 1995 without the necessary discussion in alt.config, thus it was rmgrouped (deleted) on the same day subsequently, because it was (quoting the rmgrouper) 'created without discussion, comment, tagline, or need, by the Mad Newgrouper (which should be reason enough)'. On the same day onwards others have correctly rmgrouped it for the same reasons. The fact that the proper procedure was not followed has harmed its propagation greatly. In any case it is almost always empty. The actual control messages can be obtained from ftp.isc.org. In effect some news servers were carrying some posts while others carried others, and the posts never made it to the opposite group of news servers. The reason for this is that USENET is a directed graph, and in practice not all points are connected properly especially with regards to a group like alt.tv.sliders.creative (see RFC1036) Thus: I would recommend alt.tv.sliders as being more suitable than alt.tv.sliders.creative for posting your fanfics. Of course this is just a guideline, both are unmoderated groups so this is not something binding. If you want to post to the creative group on its own, do so, at the risk of your posts not appearing throughout all the large USENET. The usenet isn't just deja and your local news-server. Yet another alternative is of course to crosspost to both groups. Should alt.tv.sliders become REGULARLY swamped one day with fanfics, then yes, there is a valid reason to propose a creative group, in alt.config. Other new Sliders groups will be listed here, should there be more. Subject: Accessing Sliders newsgroups The most traditional way is to use a newsreader program, or simply the newsreading component of Netscape, Internet Explorer or whatever web browser you use, and connect to a news server you have access to. Alternatively: use Deja (http://www.deja.com) or Newsguy (http://www.newsguy.com). There are others but these are two of the most popular ones. Subject: Sliders Websites and Reviews *** Sci-Fi Channel: Sliders (8/00) http://www.scifi.com/sliders The official Sliders website. Remmy has released a CD! The merchandise link does not have any Sliders merchandise! There is a message board, also. *** sliders.net (8/00) http://www.sliders.net Great site, but some of its links are not updated. *** Sci-Rev (8/00) http://cwebdesign.com/scirev On this site I have a section dedicated to Sliders, with reviews and an episode guide and links to some merchandise sites. *** Gareth Kitchener (8/00) http://www.garethkitchener.com Read Gareth's alt.tv.sliders FAQ and lots more on Sliders. *** Brendan Corcoran's Sliders (8/00) http://bounce.to/bcsliders Brendan's interesting Sliders website *** Sliders Webring http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/5000/ A Sliders webring - you can join it if you have a sliders webiste Subject: Sliders Fanfic on the web Fanfic means fan-fiction, first of all. Fiction by fans. My favourite fanfics are crossover fanfics. These are some websites which are carrying some Sliders related fanfic. *** Uncharted Territories: Slidescape (8/00) http://perriverse.dreamhost.com/farscape/fanfic/slidescape.html An excellent crossover between Farscape and Sliders. John Crichton and Quinn had a history in common, and they meet in this fanfic. *** Slide Like A Pretender (8/00) http://drmm.simplenet.com/fanfic/television/pretender/xover/slide.html An other excellent crossover. This time it's The Pretender who meets the Sliders, he's even built his own version of the timer unit. *** The Slightly Warped Sliders Page (8/00) http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/2301/sliders.html Parodies of existing episodes; In various fanfics, the Sliders meet the X-Files (not just once), Star Trek: DS9, all the other Star Treks including Voyager, Mr T, Seinfeld, Quantum Leap. Also: the Kromagg version of "Jingle Bells" and the Sliders Drinking Game etc. *** Sabrina Lloyd Fanfiction (8/00) http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/9961/enter.htm A message board and mailing lists with fanfic 'challenges'. *** One Way Ticket to the End of the Line http://www.panatropic.net/archive/types/parts.html#1wt A crossover with Doctor Who by Will Cameron. The Sliders are trapped in the dying TARDIS while the Doctor is stranded on a parallel world. *** Slider8's Interdimensional Rift (8/00) http://slider8.homestead.com Slider8 has written his own fanfic Season Six! Will the Sliders make it home for good? *** Wrenlea Sliders (8/00) http://www.wrenlea.demon.co.uk A great slider site from the UK with a picture gallery and Julia's Sliders fanfic *** XSF (8/00) http://www.eclecticon.net/xsf/100stars.html Fanfic by Robert A. Black, the acclaimed 'Night of 100 Stars', called the 'mother of all crossovers', with a reader's guide explaining all the fiction universes involved, including Sliders. Includes Doctor Who, The Star Trek Voyager Doctor playing the part of Doctor Who in the holodeck, Sliders, an alternate-Arturo. Subject: How many people will see my post? It is not known for sure how many people view USENET or any individual group. But trust me, many people will see it so please try to be professional. Subject: Is the newsgroup archived? Not as far as I am aware. Contributors to the FAQ The following people have made posted or emailed contributions to this FAQ, or previously written other FAQ's. Special thanks goes to them. If you have any corrections, suggestions, additions, subtractions etc, please see above for contact details. Emails have been omitted to avoid them being picked up by spambots. Should you prefer to have your email listed, kindly let me know. Ed Hall (first maintainer of the alt.tv.sliders newsgroup FAQ) Gareth Kitchener (has written another general alt.tv.sliders newsgroup FAQ) Brendan Corcoran (website url posted on newsgroup) and all sources mentioned above, as well as anyone else I forgot to mention. --- end of FAQ document --- This document is (C) Clyde Meli 2000 who is the FAQ maintainer and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the author. Archival at mit.edu and www.faqs.org permission given. The author is not responsible for any advice given in postings. You may print the faq for your personal use, including for usage in schools provided it is kept intact and you must tell people where to find updated versions of it (what newsgroups it appears in). The FAQ author has not used all the services mentioned and cannot vouch for their accuracy or correctness. 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