Need help finding an old post

[Kevrob]

I've been trying to find a post I made in soc.history.what-if using
usenetarchives.com and having no luck. It was a parody of a _Comics
Journal_ review of a comic strip collection, that I entitled
"Understanding Steve Sterling" and "Understanding Steve Stirling."
One was part of a longer thread. The other was a repost. Early in
the current century.

I believe I posted it in soc.history.what-if. I would have used my
old, defunct <***@my-deja.com> address as the sending e-mail.

Any help would be appreciated.

[David Dalton]

Post by Kevrob
I've been trying to find a post I made in soc.history.what-if using
usenetarchives.com and having no luck. It was a parody of a _Comics
Journal_ review of a comic strip collection, that I entitled
"Understanding Steve Sterling" and "Understanding Steve Stirling."
One was part of a longer thread. The other was a repost. Early in
the current century.
I believe I posted it in soc.history.what-if. I would have used my
Any help would be appreciated.

Google Groups appears to have banned the group.

https://soc.history.what-if.narkive.com/
has posts going back 21 years, but I don’t see
how to do a search on that site.

[Don]

Post by David Dalton

Post by Kevrob
I've been trying to find a post I made in soc.history.what-if using
usenetarchives.com and having no luck. It was a parody of a _Comics
Journal_ review of a comic strip collection, that I entitled
"Understanding Steve Sterling" and "Understanding Steve Stirling."
One was part of a longer thread. The other was a repost. Early in
the current century.
I believe I posted it in soc.history.what-if. I would have used my
Any help would be appreciated.

Google Groups appears to have banned the group.
https://soc.history.what-if.narkive.com/
has posts going back 21 years, but I don’t see
how to do a search on that site.

Re-post of pertinent procedures:

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Narkive is a web based usenet archive:

<https://rec.arts.sf.written.narkive.com/>

Use:

site:rec.arts.sf.written.narkive.com

to search it with your favorite engine, like so:

<https://duckduckgo.com/?q=perry+rhodan+site:rec.arts.sf.written.narkive.com>

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A cursory glance indicates this site seems comprehensive, in both
breadth and length, so to speak.

<https://usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=news.software.nntp&y=0&r=0&p=1>

But you must bring your own search engine, because it offers no search
functionality.

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Further inspection indicates the 1988 dates on news.software.nntp may be
an outlier. A spot check of a few other groups shows earliest dates in
the mid-1990s. Also, the archive's latest dates tend torwards April
30 2022. And, the quantity of articles archived for each group seems
low.

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Danke,

[Kevrob]

Post by Don

Post by David Dalton

Post by Kevrob
I've been trying to find a post I made in soc.history.what-if using
usenetarchives.com and having no luck. It was a parody of a _Comics
Journal_ review of a comic strip collection, that I entitled
"Understanding Steve Sterling" and "Understanding Steve Stirling."
One was part of a longer thread. The other was a repost. Early in
the current century.
I believe I posted it in soc.history.what-if. I would have used my
Any help would be appreciated.

Google Groups appears to have banned the group.
https://soc.history.what-if.narkive.com/
has posts going back 21 years, but I don’t see
how to do a search on that site.

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<https://rec.arts.sf.written.narkive.com/>
site:rec.arts.sf.written.narkive.com
<https://duckduckgo.com/?q=perry+rhodan+site:rec.arts.sf.written.narkive.com>
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A cursory glance indicates this site seems comprehensive, in both
breadth and length, so to speak.
<https://usenetarchives.com/threads.php?id=news.software.nntp&y=0&r=0&p=1>
But you must bring your own search engine, because it offers no search
functionality.
###
Further inspection indicates the 1988 dates on news.software.nntp may be
an outlier. A spot check of a few other groups shows earliest dates in
the mid-1990s. Also, the archive's latest dates tend torwards April
30 2022. And, the quantity of articles archived for each group seems
low.
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Danke,

Thanks, Don. I've tried Narkive, but search terms I've used haven't
generated the particular post.