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Posted by Tayler Cresswell - Host (U14232848) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Thanks to a nomination by a member of the public, this message board will be added to The British Library’s UK Web Archive
Tayler
Good news! thanks to who ever nominated it, and thanks to you Tayler for letting us know.
I expect several have done so, bit i am one....
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Posted by the way the needle pricks (U4260872) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Preserved for all eternity. Like a dinosaur caught in a tar pit, like a diamond set in a royal crown, like Joan Collins.
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Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
The way we were...
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Posted by Dunlurkin NL (U2675855) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Wow!!
Oh, and thanks.
Dunlurkin
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Posted by Abel Magwitch (U15352360) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Fantastic news.
Well done to all who nominated.
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Posted by virtual_jan (U13662056) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
yay! well done all.
v_j
Wow! like pickles in a jar.
Preserved for all eternity. Like a dinosaur caught in a tar pit, like a diamond set in a royal crown, like Joan Collins.Ìý Like implants on a skeleton
Thanks Tayler
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Posted by Abel Magwitch (U15352360) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
No, David.
It's more like ML's got a blue plaque.
And thoroughly deserved.
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Posted by kk forever in the cyber atlantis of mustardland (U4670994) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Well done and thank you to any and all who made the nomination ;~)
Do all those who contributed such marvellous things like Eliza and so many others, get any royalties or special credit?
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Posted by the way the needle pricks (U4260872) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Now there will be endless arguments about who gets to keep the plaque.
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Posted by Abel Magwitch (U15352360) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
My dentist is trying to get rid of mine....
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Posted by The final throes of Geek The Amazing Dogboy (U1759005) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Really? Then I would like to apologise to anyone who reads the drivel I've posted over the years. Mind you, a fair bit of it's been modded out of existence anyway.
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Posted by the way the needle pricks (U4260872) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
My dentist is trying to get rid of mine.... Ìý
See ? He probably works for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and is trying to close your mouth down.
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Posted by Mister Legs (U15599971) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Thanks to a nomination by a member of the public, this message board will be added to The British Library’s UK Web Archive
Tayler
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does this mean the ´óÏó´«Ã½ will delete it all from ther servers thereby saving enough space to flog off a few off them to help keep the DG in Tesco Value Baked Beans?
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Posted by Go away historians of the future (U1484964) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Erm...Why?
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Posted by SpartaJBcus (U15618262) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
This website will be placed into a giant mustard sarcophagus, wrapped in bandages, preserved for all eternity so that the people of the future can gaze upon its mighty works and wonder what on Earth it all means?
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Posted by Mermaid the Knitter and Bear Restorer (U15064923) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Oh, my Sagas of Thorkjell are saved for centuries.
And my Peeps are preserved for posterity.
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Posted by Abel Magwitch (U15352360) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Especially the "One Sprout" thread.
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Posted by Mister Legs (U15599971) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Erm...Why?Ìý so they can look at how many Log-ins and posts I've had deleted over the years...
Thanks to a nomination by a member of the public, this message board will be added to The British Library’s UK Web Archive
Tayler
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Thanks Tayler, and to the imaginative people who nominated it. I had no idea there was such a web archive, but what a good idea.
tadders
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Posted by poshquilter (U3799549) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Thanks to a nomination by a member of the public, this message board will be added to The British Library’s UK Web Archive
Tayler
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And still it is regarded as valueless by the ´óÏó´«Ã½.
I hope this doesn't mean they renege on the offer to keep the boards available for us to read. I expect the next message to be that if you want to see 'your' ´óÏó´«Ã½ it will be tough, go to the British Library instead!
Hi Tayler, just a quicky
I realise hosting this board is a small part of your work portfolio and career path, but If I can ever help with a recommendation re your career future in eg `Interactive PR related stuff', I would be more than happy to do so, as I'm sure would many others here who ``know'' you.
You do of course have my e mail address.
I already `signed off' re this board but this is just a thankyou etc to you personally.
John Wragg
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Posted by Lady Macbeϯh - not without mustard (U550479) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
And still it is regarded as valueless by the ´óÏó´«Ã½.Ìý
My thought exactly.
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Posted by maggiechow- chained to the railings (U6630370) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Actually, I'd rather the board was kept open and didn't need to be archived .
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Posted by Lili Bolero and the band played on (U10534540) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
I agree, maggiechow.
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Posted by Go away historians of the future (U1484964) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Have I really just read someone offering to give Tayler a reference?
Self-important much?
It is good to know that someone thinks we are worthwhile. Posterity for all of us. Nice one.
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Posted by Mr_Edwards (U3815709) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
No hablo Sunnydale.
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Posted by the way the needle pricks (U4260872) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Have I really just read someone offering to give Tayler a reference?
Self-important much?Ìý
John Wragg self important ? Perish the thought.
Good news, Tayler. I am one of probably many who supported this nomination.
Erm...Why?Ìý
It is an interesting example of how an online community developed. I used to use ML when teaching a community studies course as an example of the way the internet has developed new types of community. I think social and community studies students would find it fascinating.
It will also be a snapshot of people's views at a certain period of history. A bit like Mass-Observation.
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Posted by Cheshire Cat (U14533219) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Does this mean I can go ahead with my burial in a car park?
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Posted by Leaping Badger (U3587940) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
I don't think this is a good idea at all, and I don't think the DNA policy of keeping threads indefinitely has ever been a good idea either. Oh well. Off to Peet's where it's all as ephemeral as real life.
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A bit like Mass-Observation.Ìý
Isn't that the MFC?
I've memories of the complaints in here when we moved to DNA and everything was staying on the boards indefinitely.
As I said elsewhere I've no particular wiish for my witterings to be preserved for posterity. Let's hope it all languishes in some cyberstack for the next 500 years.
I don't wish to take any credit for this (being the humble sort I am) but I was drinking opposite The British Library in The Euston Flyer last Sunday.Nudge, nudge, wink say no more.
What category will they put us in?
As an historian I can see the value of it.
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Posted by Mermaid the Knitter and Bear Restorer (U15064923) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
It'll be fascinating for people to read in the future.
Someone might even be inspired to take up knitting.
Now that would be an achievement I'd be pleased about!
What will happen to all the links?
Auldhairy's efforts must not vanish.
And all the modded posts. The lacunae will keep them wondering.
However some of the best years are long gone.
As an historian I can see the value of it. Ìý Gosh yes - how people responded to news events of the day. How language changes, and how people feel about the changes. Changing public views of the monarchy, parenting, women's reproductive rights, Scottish independence, celebrities etc etc etc. Rich stuff. It's hard to see it right now because we're immersed in it, but imagine if we could eavesdrop on these sorts of conversations from a hundred years ago - fifty years ago - even twenty years ago.
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Posted by savannahlady (U2362903) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
I did also nominate this site because, although I can understand how Leaps, Eilis and others may feel, I really do think ML is a unique and wonderful window on a part of global society and thus deserves preservation. In a world which is becoming more materialistic and less 'human-facing' almost by the day, I do believe ML is a real beacon of light in all that darkness. The tiny pockets of gloom are, for me anyway, almost invisible in the sheer brilliance over all the years I have been a poster here.
I wish the ´óÏó´«Ã½ could see its value as many of us do, but if not, maybe other people will, in due course, via this archive.
Savvie
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Posted by Mermaid the Knitter and Bear Restorer (U15064923) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
More seriously than my post upthread, I'd like to think someone, somewhere, one day, will read the story of our finding Merman's birth mother 69 years after she was forced to give him up for adoption and the future reader will be given hope to find their mother and have as happy an outcome as we have.
I agree - a social historian's treasure trove - and an utterly fascinating body of material for various other disciplines as well
I don't see the ´óÏó´«Ã½ blogs being of anything like such value.
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Posted by SpartaJBcus (U15618262) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
"As an historian I can see the value of it."
And social scientists will love it because it is a rare source of unmediated humanity. Photos, newspapers, films and TV all present people as their creators want them to be seen. Here, we present ourselves.
Which is what they really cannot stand about this place.
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