Talk:Yahoo! Groups

message: Should this be "Yahoo Groups" instead of "Yahoogroups"? I'm not sure. -- Mattworld 21:21, 28 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: What the hell is going on here?

message: There has been suggestion that too many of Yahoo!'s services have their own pages. This is a borderline case, so please discuss at Talk:Yahoo!. - IMSoP 15:36, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge?

message: Does anyone know the trick to view the photos in the large resolution? TIA.--Hhielscher 11:03, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I know it helps if you uploaded them... --Jason McHuff 05:37, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos in large? 

message: Hello. I wrote an article about a related topic, Google Groups. As a new Wikipedia writer, I would appreciate any feedback on my article. Please help me by posting your feedback at the Wikipedia:Article Feedback Desk. If you wrote an article and are seeking feedback on it, please post your article at the Article Feedback Desk as well. If you could suggest better ways for me to seek feedback on my article, do leave a note at my talk page.  --J.L.W.S. The Special One 12:52, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The "criticism" contains weasel words. Criticism is always in danger to be POV (WP:NPOV), or even personal opinion. The article may improve from a technical feature list, like the one within this article. I do not know Google groups, but it makes a good impression (informative). Akidd dublin•tl•ctr-l 16:55, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Seeking feedback on [[Google Groups]] article

message: I wrote the feature list, Today i have put it into better style. Some data is now displayed double (twice), but i do not believe this really bugs people. Probably some people seek "float text", others (like me) seek a technical feature list. I have added the explanation about the registration process. Akidd dublin•tl•ctr-l 16:58, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feature list 

message: There is lots of internet-forum software about - but do any have the email-to-forum facility that 'yahoo groups' has?Jonathan3 15:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question - does anyone know? I read Windows Live Groups and it says that it can be set up to email Group content, but it does not say if a member could email content into the Group. Ottawahitech (talk) 18:27, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are there any alternatives to google/yahoo groups? 

message: Doug, Wikipedia has a policy of no original research that some people sometimes go overboard on.  I know what you wrote is correct because I was there with you back then, but you should back up everything with sources and/or citations. Stev0 22:51, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia also has a policy that you can not write an (advert) article about a product of your employer. And Yahoo! does not allow to superimpose to represent Yahoo! (see their terms and conditions). The history section is not really WP:OR, a statement about Yahoo! has added new feature recently absolutely belongs into the article. Don't know about how to handle insider knowledge (how to link sources/citations). Verify Non_Disclosure_Agreement... User:Yy-bo 13:10, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: this article needs improvement; it is not good like it is right now. User:Yy-bo 13:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Yahoo! Photos]] 

message: The article says "As of Spring 2006, Yahoo! has discontinued the chat feature in Yahoo! Groups."
Spring 2006? This is too vague. It could refer to February, March, April, May, September, October, or November. --Kprateek88(Talk | Contribs) 18:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spring 2006? 

message: Why a country-specific section for only one (admittedly very populous) country?  Also, there's no date mentioned there.  Winners were announced when?  Is this section really just self-promotion by Yahoo! to get people to click through to their promo site?
63.147.59.14 (talk) 16:54, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Best of India 

message: A  Feb 22, 2010 posting on the YG Blog says that Message Search will soon be working on all Yahoo Groups. We will have to wait and see if this is so, since these types of announcements have resulted in disappointment in the past. Ottawahitech (talk) 00:40, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a Help item dated Feb 12, 2010, on the Yahoo site: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/issues/ki-30.html claiming the Search function is  still broken Ottawahitech (talk) 19:15, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Message Search is still broken, sigh... Ottawahitech (talk) 00:04, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Message Search fixed! 

message: Someone posted the following in the article using the heading above:
On March 19, 2010 Techcrunch reportedhttp://techcrunch.com/2010/03/19/diy-social-network-platform-grou-ps-now-syncs-with-yahoo-groups/ DIY Social Network Platform GROU.PS Now Syncs With Yahoo Groups a new synchronization tool that allows the group administrators on Yahoo Groups to boost their email lists via social networking features such as profiles, friendship, avatars, chat, location based services and collaboration. The tool turns the lists on Yahoo Groups into full featured micro social networks.
I reverted this change, but would like to find out why his person thought to include it as an upgrade to Yahoo Groups?  Ottawahitech (talk) 23:45, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In light of TechCrunch#Criticism I wonder if techcruch can be considered a verfiable source for any Wikipedia content. Any views? Ottawahitech (talk) 14:50, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Social Network Upgrade 

message: Looks like even Yahoo itself does not know:
- on their advertizing blog http://www.yadvertisingblog.com/blog/2010/09/03/look-into-the-new-yahoo-groups/ there is an entry  signed by "the team" that says YG has 9 million Groups, this in contrast to 10 million announced recently at the Yahoo "Product Runway" event (see article) Ottawahitech (talk) 15:45, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many Yahoo Groups are there? 

message: The news does not usually talk about Yahoo Groups so it is always a struggle trying to find reliable references. However, it seems something did get leaked out recently:
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Yahoo said to be rolling out layoffs
Multiple media outlets reported earlier this month that Yahoo was on the verge of major layoffs, perhaps as high as 20 percent (but more likely 10 percent) of the struggling technology company. On Tuesday, TechCrunch reported that tipsters were contacting them to say the layoffs had begun. The company's Yahoo Groups and Flickr divisions were named specifically.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20024161-36.html#ixzz17L7pPLW5
Should this be added to the article and if so, where? Ottawahitech (talk) 13:59, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Major layoffs in Yahoo Groups

message: Groups where the moderator is absent for whatever reason begin to sprout spam like kudzu. Other members can report this, but the procedure is involved and doesn't necessarily guarantee that the spammers will be banned. Presumably it's not possible for Yahoo! to police the spam on every group even f they wanted to, which presumably they don't. As a group user myself I feel this is a serious issue that needs to be at least mentioned in the article. Lee M (talk) 02:26, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Lee M, nice to see someone else here - it gets lonely here most of the time. Do you have any  citations we could use to add the spam issue to the article? Ottawahitech (talk) 15:06, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam proliferation 

message: The only documentation I can find on this is Yahoo! Groups employee Gordon commenting here:
http://suggestions.yahoo.com/detail/?prop=groups&fid=90373 
Can anyone find something more official? Ottawahitech (talk) 15:10, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  100 MB Group Files Limit 

message: I have checked the claim that Yahoo Groups is no. 4 on Alexa (as it is listed here) and that is false. Yahoo.com is #4 and its subdomain for groups has yet to be rated. Unless someone disagrees with this, I will consider removing it. --Turn685 (talk) 11:33, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  alexa rank 

message: I know officially they're not shutting it down, but it seems like they've killed it. History only to 2012? Though I imagine this'll be awkward if they insist it's merely an 'update'. RS don't care/notice. 92.15.55.158 (talk) 14:43, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Can someone elaborate: "History only to 2012"? Is this documented somewhere (even if not thru a wp:RS?) Thanks in advance, XOttawahitech (talk) 14:16, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  It's not true. I can still access the history on the group I'm a moderator for all the way back to 2004. -MarkKB (talk) 12:00, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead? 

message: Here is the current wiki text.
"Moderators of new Groups started on April 9, 2012 and thereafter, can no longer add members to the Group. Members must initiate joining themselves"
But I am a moderator of my family-group since 1999 (when it belonged to the famous e-group) and now it seems that other e-mail address than an Yahoo account can't register anymore. This information is based on the experience of one person with a Gmail account.
The weblink "Register with Facebook or Google" only works to pick-up some personal data, but apparently did not allowed her to join my family-group.
Even the invitation process don't allows other than Yahoo accounts. 
Two years ago it was not like that. 
Is it a new Yahoo policy ?
--Millot (talk) 03:29, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem to register new members with no Yahoo account 

message: For what it's worth (I know personal account can't go in article) yahoo groups is essentially over as far as I can work out. Of the ~85 groups that I was a member of before 'neo', only 1 remains in existence....as a redirect to a tumblr, the person running it having abandoned yahoo groups' unusability. All the other groups appear to have disappeared. As was previously mentioned, RSs seem not to care...which leaves wiki with a familiar problem...out of date info because changes don't have sources. 92.15.59.20 (talk) 15:17, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Your personal view is certainly not my experience, all the groups I belong to are still very active and Neo largely works. Some people seem to be blowing the issue out of all proportion, it is most certainly not 'dead'. Dsergeant (talk) 16:48, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can find any secondary sources to verify that you'd be right, if not then it's original research. --Lumia930uploader (talk) 14:05, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definitely seems dead. 

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message: Was yahoo groups ever cross-connected with usenet newsgroups?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.74.108.212 (talk) 22:37, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yahoo groups vs usenet 

message: This article concerns Yahoo! Groups, not merely the email service operated by Yahoo!
It is entirely possible to refer to the groups functionality as being wholly or partially inactive or closed. That Yahoo still offers email addresses should not impact us keeping this article up to date. CapnZapp (talk) 08:10, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article subject 

message: will closing and shutdown within weeks   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Webshark (talk • contribs) 18:38, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: I note the autoarchiving functionality seems to be entirely broken. The only archiving ClueBot managed to achieve is at Talk:Yahoo!_Groups/Archives/2015. I will re-integrate these messages onto the page, and we can then assess whether talk page volumes are such that autoarchiving is even necessary. If so, I suggest we use the standard tools and formats, rather than archiving by year. CapnZapp (talk) 08:15, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Also spurious comments given its own talk page section (#Untitled) CapnZapp (talk) 08:18, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archives