Rialto FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Rialto.

This FAQ about Rialto was compiled and written by Richard "Pug" Bainter pug@pug.net with numerous contributions by others.

1.1 What is the Rialto? What's it for?: The Rialto consists of a Usenet newsgroup, (rec.org.sca) which ...

1.4 What is the SCA Digest? How do I get on/off it?: The SCA Digest is the electronic mail version of the Rialto. One ...

1.6 Why do I see the answers before the questions? (SCA / Rialto): The short answer is that messages propagate from one system to ...

1.7 Am I allowed to publish Rialto postings in our newsletter?: The legalities of copyright ownership in an electronic medium ...

2.1 Are there other SCA mailing lists? part 1: Important note: Due to the vast quantity of Yahoo! Groups lists, most ...

2.1 Are there other SCA mailing lists? part 2: H-NEEDLEWORK Historic ...

2.1 Are there other SCA mailing lists? part 3: SCA-EAST-ANNOUNCE East Kingdom ...

2.1.1 What other mailing lists of interest are there? (SCA / Rialto): There are lots of other mailing lists that may be be of interest ...

2.2 Are there archives of SCA information that I can access?: Yes. There are several sites that contain various files of ...

2.2.1 Archives via FTP? (SCA / Rialto): Contact your local system administrator to learn how to use ...

2.2.2 Archives via Gopher? (SCA / Rialto): Contact your local system administrator for a gopher client. ...

2.2.3 Archives via World Wide Web? (SCA / Rialto): Contact your local system administrator for a WWW browser. ...

2.3 Does anyone have a contact in ... (SCA / Rialto): One option for finding people is to look in the Rolls Ethereal. ...

2.4 What are the Rolls Ethereal?: The Rolls Ethereal list people on the Rialto, at least name ...

2.5 What's this alt.sca I found?: The first SCA newsgroup was named alt.sca. When the traffic grew to ...

2.6 Where can I get songs and lyrics? (SCA / Rialto): There are a number of sites that archive song sources. Many of ...

3.1 What does AS stand for?: Anno Societatis, or Year of the Society, counted from May 1, 1966 CE....

3.2 Other abbreviations you may run across:: A&S

3.3 Why don't we have a badge for all the Rialto people to wear?: We have an informal agreement that a piece of netting worn on ...

3.4 What is Period?: The period (and place) of interest to the SCA, as defined in ...

3.5 What is the Grand Council?: The Grand Council is a body of 20-40 people, chartered by the Board ...

4.1 What is Pennsic? When is Pennsic?: Pennsic is an annual war, with the main contenders being the East ...

4.2 What is Estrella? When is Estrella?: Estrella is an annual war between four Principle Kingdoms - Atenveldt,...

4.3 What is Lilies? When is Lilies?: Lilies is an annual war that takes place in Calontir. Each year a ...

4.4 What is Gulf War? When is Gulf War?: Gulf War is an annual war between Ansteorra and Trimaris, being ...

5. Difficult topics (SCA / Rialto): There are some topics that recur fairly regularly that are ...

5.0.5 How do I write the Board of Directors? (SCA / Rialto): (The following text was written by Ragnar the Bold, known in ...

5.1 Same-sex consorts (SCA / Rialto): Current situation: According to Corpora the Sovereign and Consort ...

5.2 Selecting the Crown (SCA / Rialto): Current situation: In all kingdoms, the Sovereign is chosen by ...

6. How do you join the SCA?: Find your local group and show up. To attend an event, you must ...

99. Guide to Posting Style: Each line of text posted to the Rialto is stored on thousands ...

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