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Re: Brickshelf going away???
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Fri, 27 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Steven Asbury wrote:
> The instruction and catalog scans have been removed. Kevin posted the following
> message ...
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> "Due to the loss of our major sponsor, Instruction and Catalog scans are no
> longer available at Brickshelf.com. We are working to find them a new home. When
> we do, we will post a link here. We apologize for any inconvenience."
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> I also see there is a message asking users to transfer their files to maj.com.
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> Kevin (or anyone), can you give us some more information? Is Brickshelf going
> away immediately? If so, what timetable do we have before our galleries
> disappear?
Brickshelf.com is not going away, at least not if I can help it. I am working
with someone to rehost the instruction scans, and they will be in
their new home as soon as we can get them moved and they can get the necessary
permission from LEGO. I expect the new caretakers will do a better job
than I ever did, and especially better than I have lately.
It is my intent to keep the brickshelf gallery online for the forseeable future,
though performance may be limited and new uploads may be disabled at
some point.
- Kevin
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Message has 5 Replies:
 | | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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| (...) Thanks, Kevin! That message about transferring files to maj.com made it sound like the galleries were going away, too. Is there anything we can do to help? I've already donated, but would be happy to add to my donation if there's a funding (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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| (...) The web is wonderful but it ain't permanent or free. If the people who use brickshelf think so much of it (and I have always been impressed with it), then they should be willing to pay for a subscription to upload and download images. Or have (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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| (...) Is there a reason why the major sponsor was lost? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't The LEGO Group itself sponsoring or co-sponsoring the instruction scans? Did this loss come with any warning? (19 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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| (...) I seem to be getting some decidely mixed signals. Should we be migrating our files? If Brickshelf is not going away, why tell us to go away? If uploads go away, Brickshelf becomes an archive only and is effectively dead for the future. If this (...) (19 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.general) !!
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| | Brickshelf going away???
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| The instruction and catalog scans have been removed. Kevin posted the following message ... "Due to the loss of our major sponsor, Instruction and Catalog scans are no longer available at Brickshelf.com. We are working to find them a new home. When (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general) !!
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