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MMSA Forum is down
By: David M. Katz Date: November 20, 2025, 8:29 am
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Many of you are likely aware that the MMSA forum is down.
Flag is currently working with DreamHost to identify the issue.
This is mostly FYI to advise that Flag and the review team are
aware that the forum is down and that, at this time, we have no
estimate as to when it will be working again.
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Re: MMSA Forum is down
By: Plagosus Date: November 20, 2025, 11:01 am
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Good to know Flag is on to it.
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Re: MMSA Forum is down
By: Plagosus Date: November 30, 2025, 2:49 am
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When you click the URL you now get this message:
We regret that the forum previously at this location is now
unavailable due to technical reasons.
More information can be found at the forum link from the main
site index page – please click the logo above to visit our main
index.
When you click the logo there is no information.
Does anyone have any information?
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Re: MMSA Forum is down
By: Plagosus Date: December 4, 2025, 10:16 am
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Pending the revival or creation of a new official MMSA forum
should we be encouraging people to post in this forum or in the
back-up forum started a few years ago:
HTML https://msf.createaforum.com/index.php
?
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Re: MMSA Forum is down
By: Jack Date: December 4, 2025, 5:06 pm
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You are always welcome to recommend stories here, let people
know about it, and share news here. I'm also always happy to
have other author's come to talk about there stories or just ask
questions.
HOWEVER, while Ian was very supportive of me starting this forum
and the site hosting my own stories, he and I have not always
seen eye to eye, and I don't want to do anything to make him
think I/we are trying to replace him or his forum in any way. I
have to much respect for all the work he's done to want to
disrespect him even by suggestion; so if we do encourage people
to come here while the MMSA forum is down, let's do it in a way
that's clear we're only suggesting it as a temporary
alternative.
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Re: MMSA Forum is down
By: Plagosus Date: December 5, 2025, 3:06 pm
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While I agree that posting here or elsewhere should be
emphasised as only temporary, I do not think that Flag can
complain if people start to post elsewhere given the length of
time the forum has been down without any indication of what the
position is. While I do not consider that Flag has any
obligation to keep members informed, I think it would be a
courtesy, especially to longstanding participants who over the
years have made significant contributions and who value the
forum, to be given an update. We are left in limbo wondering if
the forum as we know it is no more and, if it cannot be revived,
if the content is lost. If we know a new forum is being set up
then we will patiently wait for it to appear. On the other hand,
if Flag has decided he does not want to set up a replacement we
can all move on.
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Re: MMSA Forum is down
By: Emlyn Morgan Date: December 6, 2025, 6:17 am
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We are lucky to have this friendly uncontending forum thanks to
Jack. I would not like it to change.
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Re: MMSA Forum is down
By: Plagosus Date: December 6, 2025, 5:37 pm
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I have been thinking along the same lines. Even so, before the
MMSA forum went down I have been thinking this forum would
benefit from some new blood as the number of regulars is very
low.
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Re: MMSA Forum is down
By: David M. Katz Date: December 6, 2025, 5:58 pm
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[quote author=Plagosus link=topic=3598.msg31863#msg31863
date=1764968764]
While I agree that posting here or elsewhere should be
emphasised as only temporary, I do not think that Flag can
complain if people start to post elsewhere given the length of
time the forum has been down without any indication of what the
position is. While I do not consider that Flag has any
obligation to keep members informed, I think it would be a
courtesy, especially to longstanding participants who over the
years have made significant contributions and who value the
forum, to be given an update. We are left in limbo wondering if
the forum as we know it is no more and, if it cannot be revived,
if the content is lost. If we know a new forum is being set up
then we will patiently wait for it to appear. On the other hand,
if Flag has decided he does not want to set up a replacement we
can all move on.
[/quote]
The reason Flag has not sent out any updates is that there is
really nothing new to update. He did drop a brief email to the
review team last week to simply say that he was investigating
the problem and weighing options and that he was also in
communication with Dream Host. Flag did caution that he has a
concerning IRL situation that is consuming more of his time than
he would prefer.
Flag has made no indication that he has given up on the forum or
that he is not for repairing or establishing something new.
Flag openly agrees that the forum is important to authors and
readers alike. Before anything can be done though, the source
of the original problem must be identified and I do not think
that has happened yet.
The update still remains: there is no update.
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Re: MMSA Forum is down
By: David M. Katz Date: December 6, 2025, 6:04 pm
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[quote author=Plagosus link=topic=3598.msg31856#msg31856
date=1764864988]
HTML https://msf.createaforum.com/index.php
?
[/quote]
What is this? Why does it exist? Who is Tom?
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