FortuneCity Rescue (unofficial)
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fanloreFortuneCity - an early free website went down suddenly in early May, taking with it a number of historical fandom websites. As with Geocities, there is an unofficial effort underway to at least document the URLs of the websites. With the URLs in hand, websites can be resurrected by plugging the URL into the WayBack Machine. But first we need to record the URLs - the Google cached versions will soon go away (some are already gone). More about this here.
If you want to help, head over to the Google spreadsheet,* claim a fandom, read the instructions (second tab, lower left corner) and pitch in. If you don’t have time to grab the URLs from Google, we definitely need help adding the ones we have gathered to the FortuneCity Fanlore page.
Come on fandom. We cannot afford to lose fannish works of art like The A-Team Coloring Book.*Full link to the Google Spreadsheet is here.
Edited to note: We're putting search tips on the Instructions tab (look for the tab in the lower left corner). Scroll down to read all the notes/tips/suggestions.
Edited to add: If you do screencap pages, focus on pages that are not in the Wayback Machine. You can run the URL through the WayBack machine here. If you need help getting the screncaps onto Fanlore send me an email or leave a note here with the number of screencaps and a way to contact you. I'll pass the info on up to the Wiki Committee since organizing a larger scale Fanlore data entry project is beyond our scope.
Edited to add: If you want to screencap missing artwork or images on a website:
For some cached Google sites, the images no longer show up even though the text will appear. The images are still in Google however. Here is a method to find them – and screencap if needed. Most often handy for archiving a fan artists website that has just gone offline.
Step 1: Google:
Site:fortunecity.com/websiteURL
Step 2: Click on Images (to the left on Google on my screen) to show just the images on that website
Step 3: You can screencap whatever images are still there using whatever program works on your computer.
Example: http://fanlore.org/wiki/File:Zawiah_goog
Edited to note: there are a lot of old school anime fandoms on FortuneCity. If you know of anime fans or anime fan communities that might like to help, please spread the word. If a fandom is not listed on the Google spreadsheet, just go ahead and add it and claim it.
Last update: 5/20/2012 8AM PST
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Date: 2012-05-18 02:18 am (UTC)I'll also do some link-hunting this weekend but I'm not sure where to start; I never spent any time at FortuneCity.
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Date: 2012-05-18 02:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-05-18 03:14 am (UTC)http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/jar
P.S. OTW is going to signal-boost the project!
I am so sorry
Date: 2012-05-18 03:16 am (UTC)I will, however, work on The X-Files. I just won't put it on the spreadsheet. If someone can tell me how, I will add the useful urls to the appropriate Fanlore page. Relatively few sites were on Fortune City (I think we were heavy geocities users) and a lot of those may be so old they weren't crawled by Wayback. I'll make some screen shots of stuff that is currently cached and seems worth saving and maybe someone can show me how to make a page for them at Fanlore. Believe it or not, I can be taught.
I also have plenty of time! I will try to do some other fandoms, too, and will publicize this in my journal and elsewhere. I can be contacted at my user name at gmail dot com.
Re: I am so sorry
Date: 2012-05-18 03:37 am (UTC)Re: I am so sorry
Date: 2012-05-18 03:44 am (UTC)Re: I am so sorry
Date: 2012-05-18 03:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-05-18 07:58 pm (UTC)Author Page: Juxian Tang (Star Trek: Voyager)
URL: http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/gil
Nick Lea in ONCE A THIEF, the TV series
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/she
Story Page: Alliana, "What Friends Are For" (Stargate SG1 story)
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/pol
SG1 Tea Room Site
http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/highw
The MKC BlackNet, The uncensored SK FanFic Archive (SwatKats)
http://roswell.fortunecity.com/goldenda
Twin Peaks
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pa
Oddbalz & Mayhem Fanzine List (MFU, Sentinel, Pros, ST)
http://victorian.fortunecity.com/litera
The X-Files Links (I've already sent copies of these to the people working on the X-Files URLs)
The Krycek File
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/lav
The Krycek File Library
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/lav
Our Untitled X Files FanFiction Attic
http://lavender.fortunecity.com/hellrai
X-Files Fanfic Links Page
http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/well
Author Page: Ratfink
http://www.fortunecity.de/tatooine/godz
X-Files Episode Transcripts
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/dakot
The Magic Bullet (X-Files University Newsletter)
http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/chup
2000 *Spooky* Awards
http://members.fortunecity.com/spookyaw
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Date: 2012-05-19 08:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-05-18 10:53 pm (UTC)Also how many hits are we aiming to examine, at minimum? The instructions say five pages, but that could be 5x10, 5x20 or 5x100 hits, depending on how you've got Google set up.
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Date: 2012-05-18 11:25 pm (UTC)edited to add: as to what to document: I am leaning towards documenting pages with fan created content (fic, vids, art, along with meta commentary/essays/reviews). However, if the only Miami Vice fansite I could find was a fan created episode guide, I might include that.
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Date: 2012-05-18 11:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-05-19 02:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-05-19 07:47 pm (UTC)Is there someone collecting google cache copies of non-archived pages? I'd save them myself, but I know me, and they'd end up lost on some old drive that I forgot I still owned.
Also, with sites that have neither cache nor archive, should we list the URLs anyway, just as a memorial?
Yes to screencaps
Date: 2012-05-19 08:40 pm (UTC)Re: Yes to screencaps
Date: 2012-05-20 08:46 am (UTC)Re: Yes to screencaps
Date: 2012-05-20 02:51 pm (UTC)Which reminds me, I need to post a note about how to screencap the missing images/art. Even the Wayback machine is missing a lot of images/art.
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Date: 2012-05-21 02:22 am (UTC)Tech note
Date: 2012-05-21 03:34 am (UTC)Also the same source states that the WBM couldn't archive certain domains on .com, some of which seem to have extensive fannish presence:
challenge
cratervalley
lavender
littleitaly
marina
olympia
skyscraper
tatooine
victorian
Re: Tech note
Date: 2012-05-21 03:56 am (UTC)The WBM list is iffy as I've found numerous websites archived in the WBM with those domains. But in general, I am finding more sites are *not* archived than those that are. :-(
Re: Tech note
Date: 2012-05-21 08:45 am (UTC)Yessss. The Wayback Machine is not all it's writ up to be.
Re: Tech note
Date: 2012-05-21 09:33 pm (UTC)Re: Tech note
Date: 2012-05-21 09:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-05-21 08:42 am (UTC)Mercifully, it's archived (though without most of the graphics), so you can figure it out. I think the site owner is a Gargoyles fan, cowriting fanfic and original fic in a shared universe, and also into RPGs. From the cached pages, the site had over 80 pages originally.
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Date: 2012-05-25 01:51 am (UTC)