Yahoo Groups Shutting Down - Dec 14, 2019 (UPDATED)

[morgandawn]

(Updated Oct 25, 2019)

Starting Oct 28, 2019 no new files (photos, documents, etc) will be allowed to be uploaded. Starting Dec 14, 2019, Yahoo Groups will be limited to emails only - functions like digest will be eliminated and all files and photos will be deleted. Admins will have limited tools and all groups will be invite only. And archives of existing messages will not longer be accessible.

What To Do?

I have a step by step guide here. The short version

1. Admins - back up your Groups and decide whether and where to move
2. Members - back up your Groups - don't leave this to the admins.
3. Everyone - consider documenting Yahoo Groups on Fanlore, help spread the word

The OTW has made an announcement. Their Open Doors preservation program is open to  providing storage of Yahoo Groups backups that are assembled by moderators and non-moderators alike. Details here.

Fans are gathering on a Discord Channel to chat and ask for and give help:  https://discord.gg/ek2xFyJ (updated invite)

Please follow the Yahoo Group Rescue Tumblr for updates

 

Comments

Re: The Great Purge

[mabregina]

Which groups am I missing? I've mostly just been putting LOTR keywords into Yahoo Groups Search or the list provided by the Archiveteam. This has limited me to searchable groups.

Re: The Great Purge

[doranwen]

I meant from your "locked out" list, there are some LOTR groups that I have attempted to join and gotten nothing back from the mods, yea or nay. Perhaps that's not what you meant! These are three that I've spotted so far: aragorn-legolas, fanfic_of_arda, lordoftheringstrilogy
The first is particularly large, tons of messages - but you can't see them unless approved as a member, alas! (Some say you need approval but as soon as you apply you can read the messages, so while I can't get files/photos from them, the messages at least can be backed up.)

I'm still working my way through every LOTR one I can find, and then I'll probably turn to X-Men. I've already gone through all the Pretender ones and all those for smaller fandoms that I could think of.