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22nd November 2014, 10:56 AM | #1 |
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What happened at the JREF website?
Hmmmm. When I go to www.randi.org, the most recent post is from September 20 and it's about the new website.
Gone are more recent announcements about the upcoming TAM, the NY Times article about Randi, updates from Sharon Hill's website, etc.. Anyone know if this is just a glitch or if the JREF is retreating even further from the cyber-world? Ward |
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22nd November 2014, 11:52 AM | #2 |
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Looks like just the home page. Swift is up to date.
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22nd November 2014, 04:36 PM | #3 |
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The wayback machine archived it on November 18 and all of the content was present on the homepage. No way to know whether it is intentional or not. Maybe JREF doesn't even know 2-3 months of posts have vanished.
A sufficiently motivated individual could mail them to let them know that this has occurred and possibly ask why. I am insufficiently motivated to do so. |
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22nd November 2014, 05:35 PM | #4 |
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I never knew there was much difference between the home page and the Swift page. I don't think there was recently until now.
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22nd November 2014, 06:05 PM | #5 |
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22nd November 2014, 06:34 PM | #6 |
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22nd November 2014, 06:49 PM | #7 |
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It is, indeed, back to normal. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
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22nd November 2014, 07:23 PM | #8 |
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18th December 2014, 06:26 AM | #9 |
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Does anyone actually check the JREF site these days?
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18th December 2014, 06:30 AM | #10 |
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18th December 2014, 06:30 AM | #11 |
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I saw a tweet last night about how the JREF site was supposed to be down for a bit. Would it have anything to do with that?
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18th December 2014, 09:55 AM | #12 |
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Hmm, last update was Dec 7 -- today is the 18th. Last one before that was Nov 30. And there's very little there anyhow. It makes me sad, looking back on the days I looked forward to Fridays for a new Swift newsletter.
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18th December 2014, 11:05 AM | #13 |
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Hmm. First Sony, then the JREF. Who's next, Timecube?
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18th December 2014, 11:28 AM | #14 |
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The Swift blog keeps getting updated, but that does not always show up on the home page the way it used to, and when it does, it seems like they get the dates wrong so it's confusing.
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I just looked at the JREF web site; how long has it looked like this? It looks like a bad Wordpress blog.
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23rd January 2015, 05:40 PM | #16 |
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And last updated on December 7. The JREF has fallen on hard times, it seems.
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23rd January 2015, 05:41 PM | #17 |
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Is anyone surprised?
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23rd January 2015, 05:55 PM | #18 |
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This page is more up to date. http://web.randi.org/swift. Though what other differences there are between the two pages I am not sure. Maybe they should be combined?
Apart from that the pages have been looking like that probably since September. This is the last page which is dated then http://web.randi.org/swift/previous/7. I make no judgement on how good these pages look. That is something I am not good at. Edit. In case anyone is lurking in several months time here is the oldest article in that format http://web.randi.org/swift/still-ama...m-miami-herald. It is actually dated 8/30/14 |
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