ifwiki: Rec.*.int-fiction

This directory archives everything appearing in newsgroup
rec.arts.int-fiction, the newsgroup for developers of interactive fiction.

`arc*.tar.Z` and `arc*.tgz` files contain collected news articles from 1992 to
the start of 1997, archived by Volker Blasius.

raif-MMM-YYYY.tar.gz files contain articles posted to rec.arts.int-fiction
in a given month, archived from DejaNews by Dan Shiovitz.

raifarcYYMM.tgz files contain all the articles posted to
rec.arts.int-fiction in a given month, archived by Stephen Granade.

# FAQ

The Frequently Asked Questions of the newsgroup
rec.arts.int-fiction, plain text version,
maintained by Stephen Griffiths.

# FAQ.htm

The Frequently Asked Questions of the newsgroup
rec.arts.int-fiction, HTML version,
maintained by Stephen Griffiths.

# RAIFBASE_V1_3.lzh

A suite of Amiga ARexx scripts to maintain a
database of newsgroups articles such as those from
rec.arts.int-fiction. Should be easily portable to
other Rexx variants. Distributed under the terms
of the GPL. Version 1.3, by Miron Schmidt.

# feedback-guide.txt

Jacob's Guide to Giving Constructive Feedback on IF,
by Jacob Solomon Weinstein.

# news_archive.zip

Magnus Olsson's collection of selected posts to
rec.arts.int-fiction and rec.games.int-fiction
from late 1996 to August, 2000.

# r.a.i-f.95.html.tar.gz

(Almost) all of the articles from rec.arts.int-fiction
published in 1995, converted to html by Todd Nathan.
Unpacks to 3152 files occupying 10.8 MB.

# r.a.i-f.95.html.tar.gz.README

Todd's description of what he did.

# r.a.i-f-1996-2012.mbox.bz2

(Almost) all of the articles from the newsgroup
archived by Google Groups, from 1996 to Nov 2012.
Contains some spam.

# what.is.Int-Fiction

Synopsis of a discussion in rec.arts.int-fiction,
by Jim Newland.