Talk:Alt.fan.pratchett - Revision history

Old Dickens: sadly...

2025-02-27T05:37:29Z

sadly...

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	::If nothing else, AFP offers a rich archive of Pratchett’s interactions with fans and discussions about various topics. I’ve used it as a reference and I know ''The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret'' podcasters do too. But yes, I see this wiki as the continuation of the old L-Space, as it's where new stuff goes. Possibly we should be duplicate old L-Space content over here (e.g. copying the entries from the AFP and FAQ etc), to make sure it stays accessible if the old site ever falters? -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 08:16, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		::If nothing else, AFP offers a rich archive of Pratchett’s interactions with fans and discussions about various topics. I’ve used it as a reference and I know ''The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret'' podcasters do too. But yes, I see this wiki as the continuation of the old L-Space, as it's where new stuff goes. Possibly we should be duplicate old L-Space content over here (e.g. copying the entries from the AFP and FAQ etc), to make sure it stays accessible if the old site ever falters? -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 08:16, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
	Copying from L-space was forbidden early on, but times have changed, of course. You'd have to negotiate that with Leo and Osiris: not my area. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:23, 23 May 2023 (UTC)		Copying from L-space was forbidden early on, but times have changed, of course. You'd have to negotiate that with Leo and Osiris: not my area. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:23, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

			==Recently==
			AFP seeems to have been taken over by trolls. The last legitimate poster was our [[User:Daibhid C\|Daibhid C]], over a year ago. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 05:36, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

Old Dickens: archiving

2023-05-23T04:23:56Z

archiving

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	:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
	I suppose [[User:Leo Breebaart\|Leo Breebaart]] still maintains L-space. I don't know if he has any help, but nothing has happened there for years, so it wouldn't be much trouble. As I suggested, we might be the last working part. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:41, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		I suppose [[User:Leo Breebaart\|Leo Breebaart]] still maintains L-space. I don't know if he has any help, but nothing has happened there for years, so it wouldn't be much trouble. As I suggested, we might be the last working part. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:41, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
	:If nothing else, AFP offers a rich archive of Pratchett’s interactions with fans and discussions about various topics. I’ve used it as a reference and I know ''The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret'' podcasters do too. But yes, I see this wiki as the continuation of the old L-Space, as it's where new stuff goes. Possibly we should be duplicate old L-Space content over here (e.g. copying the entries from the AFP and FAQ etc), to make sure it stays accessible if the old site ever falters? -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 08:16, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		::If nothing else, AFP offers a rich archive of Pratchett’s interactions with fans and discussions about various topics. I’ve used it as a reference and I know ''The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret'' podcasters do too. But yes, I see this wiki as the continuation of the old L-Space, as it's where new stuff goes. Possibly we should be duplicate old L-Space content over here (e.g. copying the entries from the AFP and FAQ etc), to make sure it stays accessible if the old site ever falters? -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 08:16, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
			Copying from L-space was forbidden early on, but times have changed, of course. You'd have to negotiate that with Leo and Osiris: not my area. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:23, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Guybrush: My two cents

2023-05-18T08:16:52Z

My two cents

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	:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
	I suppose [[User:Leo Breebaart\|Leo Breebaart]] still maintains L-space. I don't know if he has any help, but nothing has happened there for years, so it wouldn't be much trouble. As I suggested, we might be the last working part. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:41, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		I suppose [[User:Leo Breebaart\|Leo Breebaart]] still maintains L-space. I don't know if he has any help, but nothing has happened there for years, so it wouldn't be much trouble. As I suggested, we might be the last working part. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:41, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
			:If nothing else, AFP offers a rich archive of Pratchett’s interactions with fans and discussions about various topics. I’ve used it as a reference and I know ''The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret'' podcasters do too. But yes, I see this wiki as the continuation of the old L-Space, as it's where new stuff goes. Possibly we should be duplicate old L-Space content over here (e.g. copying the entries from the AFP and FAQ etc), to make sure it stays accessible if the old site ever falters? -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 08:16, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Old Dickens at 00:42, 18 May 2023

2023-05-18T00:42:47Z

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	Edit: It has three entries for the year 2023, L-space is moribund, is the wiki the successor? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:04, 17 May 2023 (UTC)		Edit: It has three entries for the year 2023, L-space is moribund, is the wiki the successor? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:04, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
	:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
			I suppose [[User:Leo Breebaart\|Leo Breebaart]] still maintains L-space. I don't know if he has any help, but nothing has happened there for years, so it wouldn't be much trouble. As I suggested, we might be the last working part. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:41, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Moishe Rosenbaum: L-space?

2023-05-18T00:20:47Z

L-space?

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	'''AFP''' seems to be slower than we are; no post for nine days, no new thread for a month. '''ABP''' is overrun by trollery and spammery. Pfui. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 21:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)<BR>		'''AFP''' seems to be slower than we are; no post for nine days, no new thread for a month. '''ABP''' is overrun by trollery and spammery. Pfui. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 21:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)<BR>
	Edit: It has three entries for the year 2023, L-space is moribund, is the wiki the successor? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:04, 17 May 2023 (UTC)		Edit: It has three entries for the year 2023, L-space is moribund, is the wiki the successor? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:04, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
			:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Old Dickens: gone?

2023-05-17T04:04:53Z

gone?

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	'''AFP''' seems to be slower than we are; no post for nine days, no new thread for a month. '''ABP''' is overrun by trollery and spammery. Pfui. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 21:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)		'''AFP''' seems to be slower than we are; no post for nine days, no new thread for a month. '''ABP''' is overrun by trollery and spammery. Pfui. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 21:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)<BR>
			Edit: It has three entries for the year 2023, L-space is moribund, is the wiki the successor? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:04, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Old Dickens: declining readership/writership

2018-10-16T21:02:31Z

declining readership/writership

New page

'''AFP''' seems to be slower than we are; no post for nine days, no new thread for a month. '''ABP''' is overrun by trollery and spammery. Pfui. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 21:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

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	:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
	I suppose [[User:Leo Breebaart\|Leo Breebaart]] still maintains L-space. I don't know if he has any help, but nothing has happened there for years, so it wouldn't be much trouble. As I suggested, we might be the last working part. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:41, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		I suppose [[User:Leo Breebaart\|Leo Breebaart]] still maintains L-space. I don't know if he has any help, but nothing has happened there for years, so it wouldn't be much trouble. As I suggested, we might be the last working part. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:41, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
	:If nothing else, AFP offers a rich archive of Pratchett’s interactions with fans and discussions about various topics. I’ve used it as a reference and I know ''The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret'' podcasters do too. But yes, I see this wiki as the continuation of the old L-Space, as it's where new stuff goes. Possibly we should be duplicate old L-Space content over here (e.g. copying the entries from the AFP and FAQ etc), to make sure it stays accessible if the old site ever falters? -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 08:16, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		::If nothing else, AFP offers a rich archive of Pratchett’s interactions with fans and discussions about various topics. I’ve used it as a reference and I know ''The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret'' podcasters do too. But yes, I see this wiki as the continuation of the old L-Space, as it's where new stuff goes. Possibly we should be duplicate old L-Space content over here (e.g. copying the entries from the AFP and FAQ etc), to make sure it stays accessible if the old site ever falters? -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 08:16, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
			Copying from L-space was forbidden early on, but times have changed, of course. You'd have to negotiate that with Leo and Osiris: not my area. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:23, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

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	:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
	I suppose [[User:Leo Breebaart\|Leo Breebaart]] still maintains L-space. I don't know if he has any help, but nothing has happened there for years, so it wouldn't be much trouble. As I suggested, we might be the last working part. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:41, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		I suppose [[User:Leo Breebaart\|Leo Breebaart]] still maintains L-space. I don't know if he has any help, but nothing has happened there for years, so it wouldn't be much trouble. As I suggested, we might be the last working part. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:41, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
			:If nothing else, AFP offers a rich archive of Pratchett’s interactions with fans and discussions about various topics. I’ve used it as a reference and I know ''The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret'' podcasters do too. But yes, I see this wiki as the continuation of the old L-Space, as it's where new stuff goes. Possibly we should be duplicate old L-Space content over here (e.g. copying the entries from the AFP and FAQ etc), to make sure it stays accessible if the old site ever falters? -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 08:16, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

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	Edit: It has three entries for the year 2023, L-space is moribund, is the wiki the successor? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:04, 17 May 2023 (UTC)		Edit: It has three entries for the year 2023, L-space is moribund, is the wiki the successor? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:04, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
	:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)		:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
			I suppose [[User:Leo Breebaart\|Leo Breebaart]] still maintains L-space. I don't know if he has any help, but nothing has happened there for years, so it wouldn't be much trouble. As I suggested, we might be the last working part. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:41, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

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	'''AFP''' seems to be slower than we are; no post for nine days, no new thread for a month. '''ABP''' is overrun by trollery and spammery. Pfui. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 21:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)<BR>		'''AFP''' seems to be slower than we are; no post for nine days, no new thread for a month. '''ABP''' is overrun by trollery and spammery. Pfui. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 21:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)<BR>
	Edit: It has three entries for the year 2023, L-space is moribund, is the wiki the successor? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:04, 17 May 2023 (UTC)		Edit: It has three entries for the year 2023, L-space is moribund, is the wiki the successor? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:04, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
			:Old Dickens, I'm not clear on the behind-the-scenes terminology here, as I wasn't ever part of the AFP world. (I lurked on ABP in the mid 2000s.) This wiki has an lspace.org address... that makes us part of L-space, right? Perhaps the last functioning part of L-space? I know Osiris maintains the engine room of this wiki, but who keeps the lspace.org domain functioning?[[User:Moishe Rosenbaum\|Moishe Rosenbaum]] ([[User talk:Moishe Rosenbaum\|talk]]) 00:20, 18 May 2023 (UTC)