Talk:List of bulletin board systems

message: I do not see a contradiction. Recommend this page be taken off of the Self-contradictory list.
--Technotaoist (talk) 04:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self-contradictory 

message: Hola?
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Hola ya estoy de regreso
Pues me la pase bastante bien pero ahora empieza otra vez la busqueda de trabajo que no es nada sencilla para ella
Me alegro de ver que estas saliendo adelante del lado sentimental aunque solo sean distracciones. Si quieres salir de ahi ten preparado tu CV cuando vengas por aca. Como esta tu ingles?  Tal vez puedas conseguir algo temporal y ya despues algo mas relacionado con tus estudios.
Un beso  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 57.79.167.12 (talk) 08:23, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Continua 

message: This link doesn't link to an article about the BBS, but rather about the acutal forest; furthermore, a page doesn't even exist on this BBS in the disambiguation page for "Sherwood". Therefore, this BBS has no article and probably should not be linked. Xonybubba (talk) 00:05, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Seconded. This should be removed.  When you edit the page, it asks that there be no "red" links.ReveurGAM (talk) 02:51, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed it.  I hope the originator will create a qualified article and add it to the list.ReveurGAM (talk) 11:34, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sherwood Forest 

message: In looking again at this list, I can think of two BBSes that are worthy of their own articles, and they still exist:
1) Online Data Systems (ODS) - this multi-line BBS was based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it was run by 2 former members of The_414s (a hacker group composed of 6-7 talented Explorer Scouts), along with other supporting members of the computing community, including computing notable Scott Klement (www.scottklement.com) aka Darkangel. This system offered chat, online gaming, Internet newsgroups and forums, local forums on a separate WAN, and several other features, and held user events on an irregular basis, including a yearly anniversary party, the Full Moon Club - a gathering held on or near the night of a full moon, starting at midnight until everyone went home- picnics, etc., as well as user-initiated meetings.  The Full Moon Club was resurrected by Scott Klement and other former members and has a page on FaceBook.
Aside from these reasons, ODS was ExecPC's main (only, really, as the other multi-line systems in the metro-Milwaukee were all small) competition in the area and continues to exist to this day (Bob Mahoney, ExecPC's creator, graced one ODS anniversary party with his presence).
Online Data Systems was later remaned Online Data Services and currently exists as Operation DataStorm BBS (ods.ods.net).
2) Metropolis BBS (MetroBBS) (www.metrobbs.com) is a giant multi-BBS system which still exists and that was accessible via local phone numbers (and is now accessible by the Internet) in many states other than where the servers were located when I used it in the 1990's.  Larger than ExecPC BBS, which was more business-oriented, and also much larger than ODS, it offered many of the same services offered by ODS but, whereas most ODS users were in the metro-Milwaukee area, Metro had users from all over the US as well as Canada.
I can think of other Milwaukee BBSes that might be nominated as notable for one reason or another, such as The Keep - a major source of pirated software; The Tower of Babble - high forum activity, online games, counseling services performed by caring users, international reputation, and a large library of software and text files; Lightning Systems - a major distributor of Phrack Magazine; Far East Network (FEN), a sprawling collection of computer peripherals on an Apple computer and using highly customized software that served a small but dedicated community and was run by Scott Klement.  However, I doubt that certain individuals would deign to include them here, and there is unlikely to be supporting documentation about them other than on sites like BBSMates.ReveurGAM (talk) 17:20, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable BBSes that are missing 

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message: Inclusion criteria for list entries is same as all other content on-Wiki: WP:Notability. 
CSC or whatever other random opinions are on offer within various essays are fine and dandy but have no bearing upon the selection criteria used here.
Scope is exceptionally narrow: historical, computerized bulletin board systems, which meet WP:GNG.
If there is dispute whether a particular entry meets these criteria: please address such concerns here on talk. -- dsprc [talk] 15:53, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion criteria