What happened to the FAQ?

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What happened to the FAQ?

Postby Volker Pittlik » 27 Nov 2006, 19:01

Does someone accessed the FAQ recently? I emailed Aaron but got
no reply. I hope he is not the next who simply disappears.

I'm considering a major change of the structure of the forum.

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Re: What happened to the FAQ?

Postby Aaron Tay » 28 Nov 2006, 00:37

Volker Pittlik wrote:Does someone accessed the FAQ recently? I emailed Aaron but got
no reply. I hope he is not the next who simply disappears.


Afraid so. The website is closed, I no longer have any interest in maintaining it. Over the years it has gotten too dense and difficult for one person to get keep it up to date.

I have given permission to Kirill Kryukov to use the EGTB FAQ, which he intends to convert to a wiki form.

http://kd.lab.nig.ac.jp/chess/discussio ... php?t=1092

The offer to use any whole or part of the FAQ also extends to anyone here who is interested of course.

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Re: What happened to the FAQ?

Postby Volker Pittlik » 28 Nov 2006, 08:15

Aaron Tay wrote:...
Afraid so. The website is closed, I no longer have any interest in maintaining it. ...


Sad to read. Thank you for your work.

Aaron Tay wrote:......The offer to use any whole or part of the FAQ also extends to anyone here who is interested of course.
...


I hope Kirill will setup something and also I will possibly create something as a "Howto" subforum. Sometimes people ask me for things which has been online have been taken offline for some reason.

Until the projects are finished we still have the Internet Archive fortunately. The best idea is possibly to transfer as much information as possibly to the Wikipedia itself.

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Re: What happened to the FAQ?

Postby Tony Thomas » 28 Nov 2006, 09:16

I was going to ask about the Faq a week ago, but I chose not to. I was looking for his list of privat engines, good that I can access it from the link Volker posted.
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Re: What happened to the FAQ?

Postby Ron Murawski » 29 Nov 2006, 01:48

Aaron Tay wrote:
Volker Pittlik wrote:Does someone accessed the FAQ recently? I emailed Aaron but got
no reply. I hope he is not the next who simply disappears.


Afraid so. The website is closed, I no longer have any interest in maintaining it. Over the years it has gotten too dense and difficult for one person to get keep it up to date.

I have given permission to Kirill Kryukov to use the EGTB FAQ, which he intends to convert to a wiki form.

http://kd.lab.nig.ac.jp/chess/discussio ... php?t=1092

The offer to use any whole or part of the FAQ also extends to anyone here who is interested of course.

Aaron


Hi Aaron,

I too am saddened that you have lost interest. I would like to resurrect the entire FAQ into a wiki and make it publically available. Please send me your zipped html files and I will do my best to make it more current.

send to: _ron_at_horizonchess_dot_com_
(remove '_' chars, insert the dot)

Best regards,
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Re: What happened to the FAQ?

Postby Richard Allbert » 29 Nov 2006, 11:05

Hi Aaron,

Sad that it has come to an end, but thanks for building a fantastic FAQ over the years.

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Re: What happened to the FAQ?

Postby Aaron Tay » 29 Nov 2006, 15:40

Hi Ron.

I sent it to your email.

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Re: What happened to the FAQ?

Postby Roger Brown » 29 Nov 2006, 17:15

Aaron Tay wrote:
Afraid so. The website is closed, I no longer have any interest in maintaining it. Over the years it has gotten too dense and difficult for one person to get keep it up to date.

I have given permission to Kirill Kryukov to use the EGTB FAQ, which he intends to convert to a wiki form.

http://kd.lab.nig.ac.jp/chess/discussio ... php?t=1092

The offer to use any whole or part of the FAQ also extends to anyone here who is interested of course.

Aaron




Hello Aaron,

Thanks.

For all the years of selfless toil.

Later.
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Re: What happened to the FAQ?

Postby Ron Murawski » 29 Nov 2006, 20:00

Hi Aaron,

Files received! Thanks.

Give me about a month and the WinBoardFAQ will be resurrected!

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Re: What happened to the FAQ?

Postby Yannik Snoeckx » 02 Dec 2006, 11:20

Hi Aaron,

WB FAQ is really a great site, many thanks for your years of work into it.

One really can learn a lot about computer chess reading it. :D

You've managed a wonderful mix of technical informations and explanations for non-programmers.

Best wishes.
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