Re: End of the newsgroup
- From: Surreyman <alanspencer3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:25:56 -0700 (PDT)
On Sep 14, 9:56 am, Renia <re...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
soc.history.medieval seems to have finally died. No one seems to have
anything to discuss any more and, indeed, no one is here any more!
The current medieval threads during the past month or so include:
10th century metal prices
About the Swedish Vikings
An earlier trading place in G ta lv
Another bloody ship
Back to Feudalism in the Early Middle Ages
Black Death bacteria identified
Boudica & King Arthur
Explorer Marco Polo
Feudalism in the Early Middle Ages
Flat Earth ebook
Fomenko's New Chronology applied to England
How to learn Polsh history without even trying [Re: Poland [Re: A decent
thread on medieval history ]]
In memoriam
Medieval & Renaissance portraits blog. English/Russian
Medieval ? Games
Medieval board games
New Titles in Byzantine Studies
Saxon, English, British etc
Starrk rr ship
The Albigensian Crusade
The insane Newport Tower farce
There's even a thread called The demise of Google Groups which was last
discussed on 28th August.
Most of these are single entries with either few or no replies, probably
started by people desperate to input some medieval history into the
newsgroup. Two of the threads are the same thread split up, but have
lapsed into general arguments about what novels people should be reading
and general insults. One thread was one I started myself in a desperate
attempt to talk of medieval history, but which lapsed into a general
discussion about the lack of discussion about anything non-English and
the propaganda in English history. As this is an English-speaking
newsgroup, it stands to reason most of the medieval posts will be about
English history, but some foreigners just cannot accept that.
The predominant threads are, however:
But unicorns are famously shy" - watch Cata-weasel run from his own
words by changing the subject line
Did Jesus Exist? Debunking Atheist Conspiracy Theory
Netanyahu, That Horrid Hawk
All of which are crossposted to or from other newsgroups and have no
place on soc.history.medieval. I've not read these threads, but they
seem to be dominated by Jantero, who must get in the last word.
Where are all the old-school medieval posters? Mostly gone. Only William
Black, Weland, erilar and myself are here. Paul Gans, the stalwart
poster of the group, has all but ceased posting. Surreyman, Soren
Larsen, Brian Scott and Tiglath have almost nothing to say.
This newsgroup, until a couple of years ago, has been great fun and a
great centre of learning. I'm sad to see it slowly die.
Yep to all.
Still here if & when, as you say ............. :-))
Surreyman
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