The Luftwaffe Archives & Records Reference Group???
Stumbled across a resource called The Luftwaffe Archives & Records Reference Group:
https://lwag.org/ It looks like it has some interesting threads but the whole thing is locked, won't let you register and appears to have been last in use in 2016 - yet you can still see the titles of the various forums/threads - but cannot open them! Am I missing something? |
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No it was closed, and only those who were members at the time can still acces it.
Junker |
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Similar to what happened with the Luftwaffe Experten Message Board. To see years of work end up like this. Books and magazines will not do this to you.
Ed |
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Very sad and a pity: it seems a waste, as I'm sure many could contribute and learn more, thus driving the hive knowledge forward.
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Indeed. Closed information cost nothing without release. Even if someone payed for it.
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But site you mentioned was so bad after all its worthless. I regret trying be part of that and officially apologize. |
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I bought a few bad books over the years. LWAG was a worthy attempt. And while some inaccuracies have been cleared up, much remains to be done. This site is doing a very good job.
I will close with this. Unless a backup is stored in the Cloud or some other means of storage, I would hate to see this site disappear as it briefly did around October of last year. |
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You needn't waste time on silly apologies -- your focus should be on getting your manuscript completed and published. The world is waiting, breathlessly... Quote:
It might have fallen a bit short of its ambitious goals because it was such a massive and labor-intensive undertaking, but denigrating it as "worthless" is an affront to the cooperative and generous spirit in which it was founded. Quote:
The home page (lwag.org), the forums page (lwag.org/forums), and the various forum pages (e.g. "Archives in the USA") seem to work OK, but:
Jörn, do you (or anyone else) still have full site access? If so, then the contents will definitely be salvageable. I'll gladly volunteer to do that, so I'd appreciate it if someone could put me in touch with the current LWAG site owner/administrator. Quote:
Leon Venter |
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Manuscript has been written all time along, but I am seeking some obscure tie-ups but mid war "why" development appears solved for most parts. |
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Leon,
Thank you for your reply. I feel relieved now. And while we're on the subject of saving our work, I'd like to bring up a somewhat delicate subject. Some authors, and researchers with photo and/or document collections, sometimes do not make provision for where their work/collections would go after they pass. I know I am reluctant to deal with this myself. But I am taking some action. There was a recent case here where the person had passed on and files were on his computer. As I recall, no one had access. It would be a shame to see work lost like that, or anywhere else on this somewhat tenuous place called the internet. Best, Ed West |
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