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- From: mwauford@UTKUX1.UTK.EDU (Melissa Wauford)
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- Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1992 00:36:55 GMT
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- Archive-name: tv/abbrevs
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- [Last change - 11/30/92]
- [Changes since last posting - Added new abbreviations for Highlander (HL),
- Forever Knight (FK), and Babylon 5 (B5).
- Deleted abbreviations for shows no longer on
- the air: Eerie, Indiana (EEI) and Parker
- Lewis Can't Lose (PLCL). (If Parker Lewis
- hasn't been cancelled, it will need a new
- abbreviation anyway.)]
-
- Rec.arts.tv is a high volume newsgroup with a wide variety of discussed
- topics. However, a few topics generate more traffic than others. In order
- to allow those who use rn or some other method of pre-selecting articles to
- filter out (or save away) postings about these heavy traffic subjects, an
- abbreviation scheme has been created. Please help out by starting your
- subject line with one of the following abbreviations when posting about
- these topics. For example:
-
- Subject: NX - Dancing Bears
-
- or
-
- Subject: QL: Scott Bakula is PERFECT
-
- New abbreviations will be added as needed. Send suggestions directly to
- me, and I'll add them to the list. Objections to any abbreviations should
- probably be posted so that a consensus may be reached. Old abbreviations
- will be deleted when no longer necessary.
-
- B5 - Babylon 5
- DN - Dinosaurs
- FK - Forever Knight
- HL - Highlander
- LAL - LA Law
- L&O - Law and Order
- MWC - Married With Children
- MB - Murphy Brown
- MST - Mystery Science Theatre 3000
- NX - Northern Exposure
- QL - Quantum Leap
- RD - Reasonable Doubts
- SMP - The Simpsons
- SNL - Saturday Night Live
- WKRP - WKRP in Cincinnati
- WY - Wonder Years
- YIJ - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
-
- Some of these shows and as well as others are also discussed on various alt
- groups and mailing lists. These are detailed as completely as possible in
- "TV Discussion Groups, Etc." which is posted periodically to rec.arts.tv.
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- Melissa
- mwauford@utkvx.utk.edu
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-