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Post by DocQuantum on Nov 9, 2019 22:36:45 GMT
I've begun going through the 5earthswriters group from the beginning, and copying the messages along with the author, time-stamp, and message number in the following format (see below)
Once I'm done, I think I'll just post a yearly "digest" of 5earthswriters posts in the appropriate forum, called something like "5earthswriters posts 2001", and so on. One of the things I use most in the Yahoo Groups that will no longer work very soon is the ability to look up characters mentioned in old posts. If they're here in this forum, you should be able to search for them and hopefully find what you want.
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SAMPLE:
193Earth 2 characters database Expand Messages
libbybelle2001@yahoo.com Apr 6, 2001 With the addition of Maria Gaynor (El Castiga) the Whip's granddaughter, we now have 300 characters in the database. We still need some of the Operation Liberty characters like Malone, Iron Monroe, Fortress, etc. and some Suicide Squad types like Carnage, Steel, etc. Feel free to change as needed. Just thought of one left out: Solomon Grundy! Can't forget that chalk faced swamp rat!
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Post by DocQuantum on Nov 9, 2019 23:23:50 GMT
Well, this is going to take a million years... I've been copying posts for a couple of hours, and have only covered February through the end of April, 2001. A lot of good discussions during that era, though, some of which are still up in the air. But this is taking a long time. I hope the downloads offered to moderators by Yahoo actually contain all the posts from the groups, or I'll have to spend every waking moment of my free time copying posts one by one, and still won't get everything before the end.
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Post by dans on Nov 9, 2019 23:44:39 GMT
Have you got any downloads yet?
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Post by DocQuantum on Nov 9, 2019 23:47:37 GMT
Have you got any downloads yet? Not yet, but it's only been 4 hours so far, and I've got a lot of groups.
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Post by dans on Nov 11, 2019 19:42:13 GMT
I haven't been notified of a pending download yet. I don't know how to tell if my request got lost or if they are just tending to a gazillion requests.
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Post by dans on Nov 13, 2019 15:13:59 GMT
Doc, have you got your downloads yet? I wonder if I should submit another request?
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Post by DocQuantum on Nov 13, 2019 21:03:56 GMT
I checked the link they gave me for requesting a download a day or two back, and it said they were still compiling the data.
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Post by dans on Nov 15, 2019 21:22:28 GMT
They probably have terrabytes worth of data and thousands of download requests to process. I wonder if they'll be done before their own deadline for shutting down the sites?
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