Newsies Mailing List
| Mailing List | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Newsies Mailing List |
| Date(s): | c. 1996 - ; online: July 15, 1998 - |
| Moderated: | |
| Moderators/List Maintainers: | Firecracker and Nightingale[1]; Filly, Stretch[2] |
| Type: | |
| Fandom: | Newsies |
| URL: | 2003 2008 LiveJournal |
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The Newsies Mailing List was a mailing list in the Newsies fandom known for connecting fans across sites and preferences. It was created online in 1998 but existed in a less organized fashion as early as 1996.[3] There were over 770 members by 2003.[4] The member count was down to 502 in 2008.[5]
Events held by the NML included contests and movie nights. Through MySpace, members befriended actors including Arvie Lowe, Jr. and Trey Parker.
Criticism
I think it's the NY accents that scare me off. That and the Mary Sues...
Timeline
1998
The NML Yahoo! group was created on 15 July 1998.
1999
NMLer Curls Morgan passes away.[7] Many future websites feature dedications to her memory. Some place her death in 1996, and the name Nelson is used as an alternate surname, presumably part of her pseudonym.[3]
2000
Laces posted the first fic in the Sunny Days Saga on July 16.[8]
Luna created the Official Newsies List Fan Fiction Page.[9]
2001
Raindrop, a Newsies fan active online since 1998, left the NML on 27 May 2001. She described quitting as "almost like like breaking up with a boyfriend I'd been dating for nearly 3 years."[10]
The LiveJournal community for NML was created on 1 October 2001 by chesapeake.[11]
The Newsies Mailing List Web Site was online in 2001, including a list of member profiles.[1]
Members of the NML voted on fics they deemed "legendary" for Coneflower's page.[12]
The Newsies Mailing List Awards were first hosted in 2001, when they were run by Shasta and Filly.[13]
A website hosted pictures of list members, now offline.[14]
2002
DeadJournal account nmlrants was created on 13 March 2002 by agentvoodoo, described as "a community for members of the Newsies Mailing List to post their rants."[15] Agentvoodoo described Blaze and Luna as "List Mommies" and complained that "people need to grow up" in the first rant posted.[16]
Blaze hosted the short-lived new version of the Official Newsies List Fan Fiction Page, only archived in 2002, which included at least 231 fics.[17] There also existed the Official NML Newsies Registry 2002.[18] A different NML registry, or possibly the first redone, was created in July 2002.[19]
2003
The NML Registry was redone in August 2003.[19]
2004
A LiveJournal community called NML Rants was created on 18 January 2004.[20]
The Official NML Registry had 31 registered newsies on April 24.[21] Relic's version of the NML Welcome Page was online.[22]
List Mom elections were held in December and run by Fox.[23]
2005
The Official NML Registry had 74 registered newsies on January 16.[19]
How I Spent My Summer Vacation won second best fanfic in the annual NML awards.[24]
2006
Everything You've Done Wrong won best romance, best slash, best modern, best complete, best Spot, and second best Race story. How I Spent My Summer Vacation won second best slash.[25]
2007
The Fanfiction.net community NML Newsies Mailing List was created by Morning Glory Conlon on 10 January 2007.[26]
The LiveJournal account nml_list_mods was active from January 16–24.[2]
There existed a roleplay database[27], a roleplay tutorial site,[28] and an information center.[29]
How I Spent My Summer Vacation won best modern and EYDW won best slash.[30]
2008
Relic's NML Welcome Page was last updated in November.[31] The 2008 NML Awards had their own site.[32]
2009
Plans were made for a rally/meetup.[33][34]
2010
Laelyn24 organized the Fall Story Challenge for NML members.[35]
The NML held a Secret Santa Fanfiction Exchange.[36]
2012
An NML Chat Room was created by iamdover, a "list mom," on June 10.[37]
Reflections
The NML was a good thing, a great thing, a wonderful thing! It brought so many people together. We were a family really. Never have I found such camaraderie in a fandom besides LOTR (but they were a much much older crowd). I often wonder where all my NML comrades, even the ones I didn't talk to much, are now. Guess we were of a different generation.coneygoil[38]
- It's A Hard Life by Maeby (Dec 2015)
- a message to the new generation by Maeby (Feb 2017)
- Y'all are in for it now by someoneinjersey (Mar 2020)
References
- ^ a b http://web.archive.org/web/20010516220259/http://newsieslist.cjb.net:80/
- ^ a b The Mod Blog
- ^ a b NML Page on Uhm and Relic's Newsie Keepsake
- ^ Newsies Mailing List Yahoo! Group
- ^ Newsies Mailing List 2008
- ^ Comment (2005)
- ^ Curls on Newsies, Newsies Fanfiction Collection!
- ^ Sunny Days Saga
- ^ Official Newsies List Fan Fiction Page, original site
- ^ Leaving the Newsies Mailing List on Raindrop's site Brooklyn
- ^ Profile
- ^ Legendary Newsies Fics at Me Newsies Sanctuary
- ^ Newsies Mailing List Awards 2001
- ^ Newsies Listees Pictures Page
- ^ Profile for nmlrants
- ^ first rant/post on nmlrants
- ^ Home, Official Newsies List Fan Fiction Page
- ^ Registry
- ^ a b c Official NML Registry
- ^ Profile for NML Rants
- ^ Registry 2004
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20050122034058/http://nmlwelcome.cjb.net/
- ^ List Mom Elections post by Relic
- ^ Awards on Underage Smokers
- ^ 2006 Awards on Underage Smokers
- ^ NML Newsies Mailing List
- ^ A quick reminder from Firecracker
- ^ Me again...yet another update.
- ^ Day One
- ^ 2007 Awards on Underage Smokers
- ^ NML Equipment
- ^ NML Awards GeoCities
- ^ NML Rally LiveJournal
- ^ 2009 NML Rally GeoCities
- ^ Headlines Fall Story Challenge on Fanfiction.net
- ^ Yes, Itey... by Rags (RedK_addict)
- ^ Tumblr post
- ^ reblog with comment by coneygoil (April 2012)