FORKNI-L
Digest - 19 Oct 2019 to 21 Oct 2019 (#2019-34)
Mon, 21 Oct 2019
There are 3 messages totaling 108 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Forever Knight Yahoo Groups (3)
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Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 23:48:25 -0700
From: Sherri Campbell <sherric@b.......>
Subject: Re: Forever Knight Yahoo Groups
A lot of groups are shifting to groups.io - apparently it has a way to
transfer everything over...
> On Oct 19, 2019, at 10:11, Mary Lynn Wirick <000057380f516b72-dmarc-request@l.......> wrote:
>
> Since Yahoo is shutting down the groups and we will lose some of the stories
> posted there, I thought I would visit one last time.
>
> I think it's a tragedy that the stories that were posted there will be lost
> forever. Yes, some were archived at Mel's or the second FK Fanfic site, but
> many others were archived at personal FK sites that, unfortunately, no longer
> exist. I still read the old stories that I can find. I understand that many
> writers either had Real Life overcome them or they just moved on to other
> fandoms. Many may have just lost interest and many went on to become writers
> of books and articles and have writing careers. I also realize that
> some of the writers have passed on. I still miss them and their writings.
>
> So I bid farewell to a chapter in my life that I thoroughly enjoyed and
> wouldn't trade for anything in the world. The Yahoo Groups, while they were
> active, was a great place to read FK Fiction.
>
>
>
> On October 16th, Yahoo announced that they are phasing out all Yahoo!
> groups. People will lose the ability to post new content on October 28th,
> and Yahoo will delete all "previously posted" material on December 14th.
>
> To say there are a lot of Forever Knight Yahoo groups is an understatement.
>
> The heyday of the groups coincides with a lot of our fannish activity.
> You can find a list of FK groups here:
> https://foreverknight.fandom.com/wiki/Forever_Knight_Yahoo_Groups
>
> Most factions had their own group; and, in some instances, stories were
> posted there that were never crossposted elsewhere.
>
> If you were/are in a group, and you think there's something there you might
> want to save - stories, meta discussion, etc. - you need to log in and save
> it *now*.
>
>
> Greer
>
> gwatson2@r.......
> http://www.foreverknight.org/FK4/
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:38:05 -0400
From: webwarren@e.......
Subject: Re: Forever Knight Yahoo Groups
Sherri posted:
>From: Sherri Campbell <sherric@b.......>
>Sent: Oct 20, 2019 2:48 AM
>To: FORKNI-L@l.......
>Subject: Re: Forever Knight Yahoo Groups
>
>A lot of groups are shifting to groups.io - apparently it has a way to
>transfer everything over...
Thanks, Sherri! I have a lot of non-FK groups with a lot of stuff to
archive or migrate.
Brenda
webwarren@e.......
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 09:02:32 -0500
From: NANCY KAMINSKI <nancykam@c.......>
Subject: Re: Forever Knight Yahoo Groups
Brenda posted:
>A lot of groups are shifting to [groups.io](http://groups.io) - apparently it
>has a way to transfer everything over...
Thanks, Sherri! I have a lot of non-FK groups with a lot of stuff to archive or
migrate.
Be aware that migrating a Yahoo Group to groups.io costs $110 per year
for the first year only. They require migrated groups to come in at the
Premium level. After a year they can downgrade to Basic, which is free.
I am in the process of migrating a horse-related group to groups.io.
That is a high volume group and they have pitched in to pay the annual
cost. It's not a difficult procedure---just expensive for groups that
have virtually no activity.
I would say let them go. Just archive them somewhere if you want to
retain the content.
Nancy Kaminski
nancykam@c.......
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