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| MMSA Forum is down | |
| By: David M. Katz Date: November 20, 2025, 8:29 am | |
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| Many of you are likely aware that the MMSA forum is down. | |
| Flag is currently working with DreamHost to identify the issue. | |
| This is mostly FYI to advise that Flag and the review team are | |
| aware that the forum is down and that, at this time, we have no | |
| estimate as to when it will be working again. | |
| #Post#: 31801-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: MMSA Forum is down | |
| By: Plagosus Date: November 20, 2025, 11:01 am | |
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| Good to know Flag is on to it. | |
| #Post#: 31836-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: MMSA Forum is down | |
| By: Plagosus Date: November 30, 2025, 2:49 am | |
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| When you click the URL you now get this message: | |
| We regret that the forum previously at this location is now | |
| unavailable due to technical reasons. | |
| More information can be found at the forum link from the main | |
| site index page � please click the logo above to visit our main | |
| index. | |
| When you click the logo there is no information. | |
| Does anyone have any information? | |
| #Post#: 31856-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: MMSA Forum is down | |
| By: Plagosus Date: December 4, 2025, 10:16 am | |
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| Pending the revival or creation of a new official MMSA forum | |
| should we be encouraging people to post in this forum or in the | |
| back-up forum started a few years ago: | |
| https://msf.createaforum.com/index.php | |
| ? | |
| #Post#: 31858-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: MMSA Forum is down | |
| By: Jack Date: December 4, 2025, 5:06 pm | |
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| You are always welcome to recommend stories here, let people | |
| know about it, and share news here. I'm also always happy to | |
| have other author's come to talk about there stories or just ask | |
| questions. | |
| HOWEVER, while Ian was very supportive of me starting this forum | |
| and the site hosting my own stories, he and I have not always | |
| seen eye to eye, and I don't want to do anything to make him | |
| think I/we are trying to replace him or his forum in any way. I | |
| have to much respect for all the work he's done to want to | |
| disrespect him even by suggestion; so if we do encourage people | |
| to come here while the MMSA forum is down, let's do it in a way | |
| that's clear we're only suggesting it as a temporary | |
| alternative. | |
| #Post#: 31863-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: MMSA Forum is down | |
| By: Plagosus Date: December 5, 2025, 3:06 pm | |
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| While I agree that posting here or elsewhere should be | |
| emphasised as only temporary, I do not think that Flag can | |
| complain if people start to post elsewhere given the length of | |
| time the forum has been down without any indication of what the | |
| position is. While I do not consider that Flag has any | |
| obligation to keep members informed, I think it would be a | |
| courtesy, especially to longstanding participants who over the | |
| years have made significant contributions and who value the | |
| forum, to be given an update. We are left in limbo wondering if | |
| the forum as we know it is no more and, if it cannot be revived, | |
| if the content is lost. If we know a new forum is being set up | |
| then we will patiently wait for it to appear. On the other hand, | |
| if Flag has decided he does not want to set up a replacement we | |
| can all move on. | |
| #Post#: 31864-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: MMSA Forum is down | |
| By: Emlyn Morgan Date: December 6, 2025, 6:17 am | |
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| We are lucky to have this friendly uncontending forum thanks to | |
| Jack. I would not like it to change. | |
| #Post#: 31865-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: MMSA Forum is down | |
| By: Plagosus Date: December 6, 2025, 5:37 pm | |
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| I have been thinking along the same lines. Even so, before the | |
| MMSA forum went down I have been thinking this forum would | |
| benefit from some new blood as the number of regulars is very | |
| low. | |
| #Post#: 31866-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: MMSA Forum is down | |
| By: David M. Katz Date: December 6, 2025, 5:58 pm | |
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| [quote author=Plagosus link=topic=3598.msg31863#msg31863 | |
| date=1764968764] | |
| While I agree that posting here or elsewhere should be | |
| emphasised as only temporary, I do not think that Flag can | |
| complain if people start to post elsewhere given the length of | |
| time the forum has been down without any indication of what the | |
| position is. While I do not consider that Flag has any | |
| obligation to keep members informed, I think it would be a | |
| courtesy, especially to longstanding participants who over the | |
| years have made significant contributions and who value the | |
| forum, to be given an update. We are left in limbo wondering if | |
| the forum as we know it is no more and, if it cannot be revived, | |
| if the content is lost. If we know a new forum is being set up | |
| then we will patiently wait for it to appear. On the other hand, | |
| if Flag has decided he does not want to set up a replacement we | |
| can all move on. | |
| [/quote] | |
| The reason Flag has not sent out any updates is that there is | |
| really nothing new to update. He did drop a brief email to the | |
| review team last week to simply say that he was investigating | |
| the problem and weighing options and that he was also in | |
| communication with Dream Host. Flag did caution that he has a | |
| concerning IRL situation that is consuming more of his time than | |
| he would prefer. | |
| Flag has made no indication that he has given up on the forum or | |
| that he is not for repairing or establishing something new. | |
| Flag openly agrees that the forum is important to authors and | |
| readers alike. Before anything can be done though, the source | |
| of the original problem must be identified and I do not think | |
| that has happened yet. | |
| The update still remains: there is no update. | |
| #Post#: 31867-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: MMSA Forum is down | |
| By: David M. Katz Date: December 6, 2025, 6:04 pm | |
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| [quote author=Plagosus link=topic=3598.msg31856#msg31856 | |
| date=1764864988] | |
| https://msf.createaforum.com/index.php | |
| ? | |
| [/quote] | |
| What is this? Why does it exist? Who is Tom? | |
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