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Admin Post: Plans to Preserve the SilmarillionWritersGuild Yahoo! Group
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dawn_felagundAs many of you have heard, Yahoo! Groups will be deleting all web-based content as December 14. This includes the files and message archives of Groups and represents a potentially devastating loss of fandom history.
I have started a post to compile all information about how to personally preserve Groups, as well as projects that archive groups. I will update it as I learn more.
If you are a Yahoo! Group owner, please make plans for if/how you are going to download and preserve your group. See the link above for a form to fill out with this information. Please share this information with your Group so that your members know they do not need to step in to handle this. If you want someone to download/preserve your Group, let me know, and I will do it for you. PM me here or email me at [email protected].
Group members, you can still download your Groups. You do not need to be an owner/mod. (However, as many projects will want owner permission to archive a Group, it is best to get that permission if you can, or for Group owners to share their plans with their Groups.)
I have downloaded the SWG group. It will be available on the SWG website and Archive.org at a minimum. I will submit it to other projects if appropriate. Of course, feel free to make a personal copy of it if you want.
I have started a post to compile all information about how to personally preserve Groups, as well as projects that archive groups. I will update it as I learn more.
If you are a Yahoo! Group owner, please make plans for if/how you are going to download and preserve your group. See the link above for a form to fill out with this information. Please share this information with your Group so that your members know they do not need to step in to handle this. If you want someone to download/preserve your Group, let me know, and I will do it for you. PM me here or email me at [email protected].
Group members, you can still download your Groups. You do not need to be an owner/mod. (However, as many projects will want owner permission to archive a Group, it is best to get that permission if you can, or for Group owners to share their plans with their Groups.)
I have downloaded the SWG group. It will be available on the SWG website and Archive.org at a minimum. I will submit it to other projects if appropriate. Of course, feel free to make a personal copy of it if you want.
