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--- offtopic:soc.history.what-if [2018/04/28 07:00] – created petike
+++ offtopic:soc.history.what-if [2024/04/27 10:59] (current) – [See Also] petike
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 In April 2018, AH.commers [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/so-spammers-spambots-have-finally-killed-soc-history-what-if-it-appears.442217/|discovered]] that the last remnant of soc.history.what-if has been shut down, apparently after being inflicted by heavy spammer or spambot activity. SHWI seems to have passed into history...
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+==== Former SHWI regulars on AH.com ====
+Plenty of the older members of AH.com - the founding members in particular - had experience with the SHWI newsgroup. Some newer AH.com members count as well, often having returned to the AH genre after several years. Here is a sample of a few notable former SHWI members who are now members of AH.com and have contributed to the site over the years.
+  * [[DanMcCollum]]
+  * [[Doug M.]]
+  * [[EdT]]
+  * [[Ibnyahya]]
+  * [[Jared]]
+  * [[Jonathan Edelstein]]
+  * [[Neopeius]]
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 **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/soc-history-what-if.76406/|Soc.history.what-if]]** - General discussion from November 2007, on the history of the newsgroup and its status in the late 2000s.
-**[[So spammers/spambots have finally killed soc.history.what-if it appears]]** - Sad news about the seemingly final demise of the newsgroup, in April 2018.
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/so-spammers-spambots-have-finally-killed-soc-history-what-if-it-appears.442217/|So spammers/spambots have finally killed soc.history.what-if it appears]]** - Sad news about the seemingly final demise of the newsgroup, in April 2018.
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/raymond-speer-from-shwi.449146/|Raymond Speer from SHWI rememberance]]**
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 **[[links:AH on the Web]]**
-**[[http://www.anthonymayer.net/ah/faq.html|Anthony Mayer's FAQ about SHWI]]** - An excellent FAQ about the SHWI newsgroup's history, at Anthony Mayer's personal AH website. (Also archived [[|here]], just in case.)
+**[[http://www.anthonymayer.net/ah/faq.html|Anthony Mayer's FAQ about SHWI]]** - An excellent FAQ about the SHWI newsgroup's history, at Anthony Mayer's personal AH website. (Also archived [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180428103406/http://www.anthonymayer.net/ah/faq.html|here]], just in case.)
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/old-usenet-discussion-groups-including-shwi-for-download.553077/|Old Usenet discussion groups including SHWI for download]]** - Thread by oldie147.
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