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Original FAQ maintained by Snarkamedes:

 

proto-FAQ: version 34B.24.34 "blonde" (undated)
Started with: stats, q & a, initial 19 websites, glossary.
 
version 34B.24.34 "norks" (January 1997)
Removed Planet Manchester and the Big Archive (both shut down). Added the magic show URL. Corrected some of the other URL's and added the warning for William Coopers site, some more info and tips for newbies.
 
version 34B.24.34 "boiling potatoes" (February 1997)
Added new sites - and finally got around to alphabetising the websites list. Included info for the html'ised version, JOGGING list and newsgroup proposal.
 
version 34B.24.34 "news of the girl" (March 1997)
Some minor changes - announced the creation of the newsgroup.
 
version 34B.24.34 "ivy leaf" (April 1997)
Split FAQ into 2 parts - main and appendix. Added yet more sites.
 
version 34B.24.34 "no knickers" (May 1997)
Updated websites list and changed a few interviews for variety.
 
version 34B.24.34 "The NOTW strikes again" (August 1997)
Back to one part only now as there's just far too many articles to include as appendices. Included info for the Official Fan Club site.
 
version 34B.24.34 "intermammary sulcus" (September 1997)
Corrected mistakes from last version - added new q&a.
 
version 34B.24.34 "the Pinky and Perky show!" (October 1997)
Added Do's and Don'ts of newsgroup posting and Stig's video review.
 
version 34B.24.34 "Jo TV" (December 1997)
TV and Video section updated. Also added the "Love Bytes" Glamagotchii CD game.
 
version 34B.24.34 "Jo vs SteamTV" (March 1998)
Added news of the "Steam TV" video. Revised list of newsgroup Do's and Don'ts.
Fighting back the tears, added news of her boyfriend.
 
version 34B.24.34 "Jo at the World Cup" (June 1998)
Removed mention of the JOGGING list which had closed down.
Added address for Jo's agent (Samantha Bond).

 


Zed Too takes over as FAQ maintainer:

 

August 1998
Dropped version number system as being too silly :-)
Reorganised main body of FAQ into four sections.
Added the ASA adjudication (yes I was rather pleased to have found that one).
Expanded the "how many pics" and "fake pics" paragraphs.
New appendix added ("Having trouble decoding postings?")
 
September 1998
Reported the disappearance of www.joanneguest.co.uk.
"Boyfriend" section updated with the latest news.
New topic: "Advice to prospective webmasters".
 
October 1998
Added the link to RAMEguy's site in the "hardcore" section.
 
November 1998
New, expanded, section: "Wot, no hardcore?"
Corrected the 'NOTW' entry in the glossary.
 
December 1998
Added the "Agony Babe" appearance to the Newspapers and Magazines section.
Noted the disappearance of one of the Joanne Guest Webrings. :-(
Corrected the name of wren.supernews.com to its new name of www.remarq.com in the Usenet section.
Appendices reorganised: the "Wot, no hardcore?" section now appears as Appendix 4.
 
January 1999
Moved the "warning for William Cooper's site" to be a general warning about copyright for any of the commercial Web sites.
Added a "nudity" warning to the front of the list of Websites. (Probably overkill, but you never know...)
Added the telephone number of Jo's agent (Samantha Bond).
Consolidated the alt.binaries.pictures.joanne-guest stuff so that it all appears in part 3 (instead of being scattered throughout the different sections).
 
February 1999
New item in Part 1: "Has Jo Retired?"
Expanded "Agony Babe" section in Part 1.
New section in Part 3: "Does Jo use the Internet?"
"How to download multi-part messages" added to Appendix 3.
Minor tidy-ups for frame-aware browsers.
 
March 1999
Minor alterations to the "How to download multi-part messages" section in Appendix 3.
Good news for UK residents having trouble accessing the Jo newsgroup.
Removed reference to RAMEguy (as his site on AOL has closed down, although it is still archived here).
Netscape users should find that all of the hyperlinks on these pages now work properly.
 
April 1999
Television section (in Part 1) re-written to give more prominence to her current TV appearances.
Minor amendments to the glossary.
Removed references to a handful of defunct websites.
 
May 1999
Modifications to the "Has Jo Retired?" section to mention her latest (topless) appearance on Granada Men & Motors.
Moved all the Jo merchandise details from part 1 to part 2 of the FAQ (because part 1 was getting too big...)
Added a note about why I won't list "adult verification" sites in the website list.
 
June 1999
Expanded Appendix 3 to include instructions on how to download multi-part messages with Free Agent. Also added an easier way of downloading multi-part messages from Remarq (special thanks to Frank Wester).
Added another free news-server to the the Usenet section (in part 3).
Accidentally had the wrong date for the creation of the newsgroup (Sorry Max!) Now corrected.
N.B. I belatedly realised that some web browsers weren't displaying the FAQ properly (weird line spacing, titles detached from following text, etc). I've tried to correct the obvious defects, but if you find any faults on these pages, please let me know.
 
July 1999
I discovered that a handful of sites on the website list were using blind links to paysites. These have now been removed from the list.
 
August 1999
New Appendix 5: Tips for scanning images.
Added mention of the "Joanne Guest in Portugal" video CD to the Merchandise section.
Minor mod to Appendix 4 to take account of the fact that one of Jo's more racy photoshoots has now been published in the UK.
Modified the Usenet section (in part 3) to indicate how much traffic to expect in the newsgroup alt.binaries.pictures.joanne-guest.
 
September 1999
New section in part 2: "Why are there no Joanne Guest CSVs?"
Added details of the Jo Guest Private Members Club to Part 1.
 
October 1999
Added mention of the Yahoo club to part 3.
Added Jo's latest Channel 4 appearance to the Television section.
 
November 1999
Added the Playboy Millennium Calendar Girls video to the Merchandise section.
Television section updated again as her Channel 4 programme has now finished.
Two extra video reviews added to Appendix 1 (thanks, DB).
 
December 1999
Added news of the forthcoming "Jo Guest in Jamaica" TV appearance.
Merchandise section rewritten as the second Playboy video is now on sale.
Part 3 now mentions the real(?) reason for the closure of www.joanneguest.co.uk
Minor changes to layout - hopefully the FAQ will now be easier to navigate.
 
January 2000
Corrected the address & telephone number for Jo's agent in part 1.
Added info for Netscape 4.7 users to Appendix 3 (Decoding the postings).
Corrected the U.S. definition of obscenity in Appendix 4.
 
February 2000
Major changes to Appendix 3 to take account of Remarq's improved(?) handling of binary attachments.
 
March 2000
Added the Bravado appearance to the TV section in part 1.
 
April 2000
Noted the passing of her Agony Babe column.
Complete rewrite of the Has Jo Retired? section.
Added details of Jo's appearance on Storm Radio.
 
May 2000
Added details of the newly-opened official online fan club.
Appendix 3 now has details of how to download multi-part messages from mailandnews.com
 
June 2000
Finally got round to giving an exact date (June 1992) for her first magazine appearance. Yes, it was exactly 8 years ago.
 
July 2000
Updated Appendix 4 to mention the infamous "pip0572" picture series and the adverts for hardcore videos.
Further details of the "Shagalicious British Babes" video added to the Merchandise section.
 
August 2000
"Boyfriend" section rewritten.
Removed all references to Remarq as their free service has closed down.
Usenet posting guidelines altered: suggested limit is now 10MB (or 100 pics) per day.
 
September 2000
Odds and Ends page now links to my other website.
 
October 2000
"Boyfriend" section updated.
 
November 2000
Re-release of the Fiesta Model Profile video noted in the Merchandise section.
 
December 2000
Appendix 4 reorganized.
 
February 2001
Part 1 updated to take account of her latest TV and radio appearances.
More Yahoo clubs added to part 3.
 
March 2001
Added news of the latest video (re-)releases to the Merchandise section.
 
April 2001
Added a note about missing multi-part postings to Appendix 3.
Minor mod to posting guidelines (to mention multi-part postings).
Revised list of Usenet news-servers in Part 3.
 
May 2001
Part 1 updated again as her Storm Live show has now ended.
Fan club details updated. Also added the latest (possibly hopeful) news concerning a new online fan club.
 
June 2001
Minor alterations to the fake pictures page.
 
July 2001
Merchandise section now mentions the Babefest DVD release.
Part 1 updated to take note of the fact that her Megastar chats have now ended.
Added a second Yahoo Groups entry to Part 3.
 
August 2001
"Boyfriend" section updated.
 
September 2001
Several alterations to Part 1, mainly to reflect Jo's semi-retired status, but also to mention the "pregnant" rumour.
Updated the file naming conventions.
 
October 2001
Updated Part 1 to take account of Jo's announcement of her retirement from nude modelling.
 
November 2001
Added her latest TV appearance.
 
December 2001
Part 1 now mentions Jo's rallying aspirations.
 
January 2002
Part 1 reorganised: the rallying stuff now has its own sub-section.
 
March 2002
Added news of her appearance in the film Hell To Pay, and her visit to the troops in Kosovo.
Appendix 3 now mentions the new yEnc file format.
 
April 2002
Part 1 now mentions her forthcoming regular appearances in Front magazine.
 
May 2002
Part 1 now mentions Jo's latest TV show (Capital Exposed).
Also recorded the sad demise of Jo Guest Rallying.
 
June 2002
Updated the list of Yahoo Groups in Part 3.
 
July 2002
Added a "copyright" warning to the Usenet posting guidelines in Part 3.
 
August 2002
Added news of her forthcoming Mens World appearances.
 
October 2002
Added news of the IRC channel to part 3.
Updated the yEnc file format section in Appendix 3.
 
December 2002
Modified the Contacting Jo section to point at her agent's website.
Added detailed instructions for accessing the IRC channel to part 3.
 
February 2003
IRC details updated following the changes at DALnet.
Merchandise section updated to note the continuing availability of the "Fiesta Model Profile" video.
March 2003
Appendix 2 (List of magazine codes) updated.
 
May 2003
Added yenc32.com to the yEnc file format section in Appendix 3.
IRC details updated again.
 
September 2003
Added news of the Mens World contract extension and the watercress promotion to part 1.
Part 4 now mentions The Guest House (the "official" Jo Guest website).
 
January 2004
Following the enactment of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 by the UK Parliament, the footnote against How did she get involved in nude modelling? in Part 1 now starts with the phrase "Note for the over-cautious". That is the only change to the footnote, and my sole reason for making such a lengthy mention of it here is to wind-up people searching for references to the aforementioned Act of Parliament :-)
 
February 2004
Added a reference to her IMDB entry to part 1.
Appendix 4 updated to reflect the fact that the "Pretty In Pink" website has closed down.
Removed out-of-date reference to Intel video drivers from Appendix 3.
 
January 2005
Noted that the Mens World magazine contract has now finished.
Updated contact details for Samantha Bond (Jo's agent).
Minor update (actually footnote 2) to Appendix 4.
Complete revamp of the websites list.
 
February 2005
Yahoo Groups list updated in part 3.
Minor mod to the newsgroup posting guidelines (posting limit increased to 50MB/day).
One new addition to the list of magazines in Appendix 2.

 

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