The Wonderful World of Harry Potter
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| Website | |
|---|---|
| Name: | The Wonderful World of Harry Potter (WWOHP) |
| Owner/Maintainer: | Kate Cheney |
| Dates: | summer 1999 - c. December 2002 |
| Type: | fansite |
| Fandom: | Harry Potter |
| URL: | www.homestead.com/harrypotter2/ (1999-2000) www.fandom.com/harrypotter/ (2000-2001) www.wwohp.f2s.com (2001-2002?) |
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The Wonderful World of Harry Potter was a Harry Potter fansite founded in the summer of 1999.[1]
The mailing list for the site was HPotter, founded August 27, 1999, originally on OneList.
The site's Fandom.com description stated:
- "Welcome Harry Potter fans! You’ll love this site dedicated to the popular Harry Potter book series written by J.K. Rowling. You’ll be kept up to date on Harry Potter news including info about the upcoming movie. Here you can take quizzes, chat with HP fans, read fanfics, post in forums, visit links, and oh so much more! Whatever you do here, you’re bound to have lots of fun!"[2]
History
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The site moved to Fandom.com circa June 2000[3][4] until its closure in early 2001. It was "up and running again" (but still under construction) as of July 13, 2001.[5][1]
The site went offline sometime in or after December 2002.[6]
Content
Press
- Sorcerer's Apprentice Lands Stock Options (People.com, 04 June 2001)
- Fandom Inc. Acquires Five New Fan Domains, Including Harry Potter and Spiderman; 13-Year Old Girl is Webmistress of Harry Potter Site and Fandom's Newest Employee. (Business Wire, 05 July 2000)
- Hogwarts Webmistress (L.A. Weekly, 26 July 2000)
- Web Masters Of Their Domains Internet Has Given Birth To Corporate Kiddies (Jim Nolan, philly.com, 10 October 2000)
References
- ^ a b WWOHP - What's New, archived 26 August 2001.
- ^ Fandom.com - Fandomains. (Archived 15 August 2000 by the Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Message 141 at HPotter, 19 June 2000. (Accessed 12 August 2016 at Yahoo! Groups.)
- ^ WWOHP at homestead.com, first archived by the Wayback Machine on 20 June 2000.
- ^ Message 213 at HPotter, 13 July 2001. (Accessed 12 August 2016 at Yahoo! Groups.)
- ^ One page was last archived by the Wayback Machine on 09 December 2002; another is shown as unavailable as of 20 December 2002.