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WarpWar_Mailing_List_Archive

This archive contains the Messages, Files and Photos sections of the Yahoo! WarpWar Mailing List.

The Master copy of this archive will always be available at https://github.com/bobblanchett/WarpWar_Mailing_List_Archive

The Yahoo Groups Warpwar mailing list
The Point-in-time copy of the message corpus is in this archive and was also transferred to a Groups.io group given the increasing unreliability of the Yahoo Groups service,

The Groups.io warpwar group has been established as a point-in-time copy of the Yahoo Group A mbox archive of the transferred messages is in this repository.

A small low traffic Google+ warpwar group has also been setup

Development of this Archive

  1. Markdown Conversion
  2. Browsable Message Corpus
  3. Serve repo contents on GithubPages
  4. Maintain repo with new material

Markdown Conversion

Convert all plaintext files and any other files as appropriate to Markdown Format for easy readability and conversion to other formats (PDF, EPUB,MOBI etc)

Browsable Message Corpus

Convert the mbox archive taken from the groups.io copy to a browsable searchable format suitable for GHP and the open web.

Serve repo contents on GitHub Pages

Make the contents of the repo directly available on the open web and archivable by web.archive.org

Maintain repo with new material

Keeping the archive of the earlier work done by the WWDG and since on BoardgameGeek and yahoo current and available, ensuring the continuing availability of the work, through a public, downloadable archive.

Contributing to the Archive

Tools

Use of StackEdit is suggested

Process

  • Become a Repo Collaborator on GitHub
  • Fork the Repo, if you want.
  • Make Modifications by email or Pull Request.
  • Email the WW Archive Bot attaching new or modified material

Thanks

  • Fred Kiesche for running the Yahoo List
  • Shaun Travers for releasing his work into the Public Domain
  • Chuck McKnight for scraping the photo albums and files into github

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