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Subject:	Re: Brickshelf going away???
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Fri, 27 May 2005 21:37:46 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bruce Hietbrink wrote: > I'm trying to not go into a total panic on this. Even if we can shift > everything over to Maj.com, it would be a huge hit to the community. For > one, not everyone will shift everything over, either because they don't > reallize that the site is dying (I personally never go to the front page of > Brickshelf--my bookmark goes directly to "/cgi-bin/recent.cgi"), because > they've either left the hobby altogether or taken a break (e.g., someone who > goes away to school), or, tragically, those AFOLs like Travis Kunce or others > that we've lost. So a large number of MOCs would be lost to the community. > Even if Kevin saved the whole database, or switched it all over to Maj.com, > all links would be broken! Therefore any links page, any archived post on > Lugnet or some other forum, would become immediately useless. Raised some good points. I had similar thoughts/feelings on reading the news. This is big, and it's bad. Don't forget we've already lost MOCPages (at least for the moment; I've crossed my fingers) So losing BS would be like losing a fat chunk of the very essence of the lego community. Who are we as builders without pictures of our creations? The first thing I tell anyone who is a novice, or shows even a mild interest in LEGO is to browse Brickshelf-- not LUGNET, since the words here are all but meaningless to them. But pics? Everyone understands pics. I sincerely hope this is not the end. :`-( Legoswami

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		Re: Brickshelf going away? Or: Can we take action to prevent?
(...) Eeesh, let us hope that this is not the case. Let this only be a duck and cover drill... Lugnet, Brickshelf, MOC pages are the three points of conjunction for all LEGO interests. This would be really bad, as in a death blow to the greater (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general)

		Re: MOC Pages is OK, just down temporarily
(...) Jake said that MOC Pages is OK (URL) (see here)>; it's just that Sean Kenney is away on his honeymoon, so he can't fix the glitch that's got the site down. (21 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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		Re: Brickshelf going away???
(...) I'm trying to not go into a total panic on this. Even if we can shift everything over to Maj.com, it would be a huge hit to the community. For one, not everyone will shift everything over, either because they don't reallize that the site is (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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