http://boards.startrek.com/community/me ... t=33234797

Yes people startrek.com is shutting down FOREVER on the 31st of December, what a time when everyone is having fun but i am sorry to all trekkies but still we still have this site woah!

This is a emotional moment for me ......finally it came this far......does anyone now another good startrek site like startrek.com?

ok this rumour is baffling me, Theres no official news about it on the site, I even went to the startrek.com forum and saw posts from members asking if its true, the admins seem just as baffled, so far it seems just to be rumours only. Theres no real reason for them to close it because of the domain name issue and the fact they will still hafta shell out for it or lose it.

Why the hell are they closing it down anyway? What's the f***ing point? I could name plenty of things that aren't in the limelightat the moment - but are their site's closing down?

This is probably a Paramount thing

Hmmm....maybe your right .....It sounds unreasnoble......And besides >>It is the official website...and paramont isn't stopping with startrek.....maybe for a few years but if they stopped there would have bean a anaunsment .....so michae1ange1o and trekboychris .....your probly right...........

If you guys hadn't noticed, I posted an email that i received a few days ago on the same subject. The email was from the saveenterprise yahoo group.

They were the first people that i've heard the rumour from, but in the last few days, it seems to have spiralled. Afterall, it IS pretty big news - IF it's true.

The moment I heard about it, I checked out startrek.com, as you guys obviously did as well. And as Michae1ange1o said, there's NO official announcement.

Either this is a VERY clever ploy by the Trek people to get interest going again/get more hits on the site (Which I doubt, otherwise Enterprise would never have turned out as it did and Star Trek wouldn't be in the mess it currently is) or it is a very spiteful rumour that was probably started by the same people that killed Enterprise.

I prefer the latter, although if its true, the only fitting punishment would be a Disruptor in their faces.

Yes .....good saying Matress!! I thust dont understand why they hate Ent ......And afterall if you hate Ent why force them to shut down the site? .....There making everything worse ..for others and for themselfs ....if no one hated Ent then maybe There would be a new serie coming up.........lets just hope its a Rumor..and not for real

i hate when rumours like this get circulated. its horrible, because you dont know if they are true or not. the worst bit is that it hasnt been officially confirmed or denied. i know the old saying 'no news is good news', but in this case i dont beleive it.

I'm beginning to think it may be a malicious rumour started by someone at save enterprise, the idea may be to get many people realy miffed at Tim Gaskill and paramount that they bombard them with emails and kick up a protest stink since enterprise is kinda dropping out of the limelight now.....

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Off topic a second, Silvercliff, is the "without your pants" a line from that 90's kids show set down under with the kids in a lighthouse? was it called "Round the twist" or something like it?

Admiral Willie, there is a thread about why people hate enterprise only a few spots below this one. I suggest you read it, it's quite interesting.

I do can understand paramount if they decide to close the site. Since there is no active series going on and no movies, series, or other things Trek planned, there is damned little news to tell. I for one, hope it isn't true. But somewhere, I have a strong feeling it is..

yer it is more accuratly its from a book of short stories by paul jennings to which the show is based on. the episode it 'ben byrons bones' i believe.

Heh...I remember that series as well.

I quite liked it - although it was strange. God bless Australians for their shows!

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Perhaps bombarding Paramount with emails is a good thing? Theres nothing like consumer pressure when it comes to getting a company to do something...

well then, it is time...

*gets email spammer out of 'dusty' folder on hdd





and yes it was a good show. in the beginning, but the last series or 2 was S@#T.

On the one hand, it doesn't cost them much to operate.

On the other hand, they get absolutely nothing out of it for the time being, and makes no business sense in keeping it up. It's not like closing it would cripple the fanbase and burn their bridges for future shows.

So with that analysis, if they're thinking from a business perspective, I'd believe they'd shut it down.

It's a sentimental blow, for sure, but there's GREAT news sites out there, and who here visited StarTrek.com as much as they do botfii.armadafleetcommand.com?

It'll be back, one of these days

I dont think any specific group set out to kill Enterprise though; unless if by set out to kill you mean not watching, then yeah, but can't blame some. I doubt non-trekkies would care enough to dislike it for many of the things older trekkies do anyway. And no true trek fan like us would ever try to get an iconic site like that taken down.. No, this isn't an insurgent attack to smear a show and franchise, it's just Paramount being tight with the purse strings is all.

SyFyPortal.com isn't bad (it'll be back with a new site in Jan), TrekWeb.com isn't bad either.

I did send a good one or two page rant at them (Startrek.com) when I first heard about it though, so did my part!

Not that I got anything back, but.. go figure.

assuming that this is really going to happen. where is there a good startrek website like startrek.com

Never really went to the official site, as to tell you the truth there are far better trek sites out there with more info and media. Still, its startrek so i will be disapointed to see it go.

To be honest I don't think it will totally go as i think it may just be getting a overhaul so there closing it for a bit to do up or maybe a new domain name.

What? A really poor one with a message board full of retards?

I'm sure they're a dime a dozen.

TrekBBS/TrekToday >>>>>>>>>>> * >>>>> Syphilis >>>>> Official Star Trek site

umm,

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/
http://www.trekmania.net/ - My personal fave (Where's Dafedz gone?)

Yes I now ....its not the best trek site but it shows a lot of things about episodes and the other site's as far as I now dont

I dont know what their forums are like, but the Ex Astris Scientia that trek boy chris noted really is top-notch. Alpha Prime isn't bad for its info either, I think I linked to it in another thread. ditl.org is pretty good for info too.

Memory Alpha is really good (think that's what you meant Ringold) - http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Main_Page

Daystrom Institute - http://www.ditl.org/

Wow .....a startrek site you can see even in dutch!! 8O .......this is cool

Yeah, Memory Alpha.. Alpha Prime, sort of close

Section31.com is trying, slowly, to come alive again.. doing some conversion to php and mysql, and eventually might be a go-to place. I volunteered to write articles and post news, but it wont be ready for a little while yet.

btw, I always liked Section31.com articles on the UFP's government, heh.

startrek.com has been saved

sorry to be a n00b but what actually is Section 31? Is it the trek stuff that isn't canon?

You need to watch more DS9, TrekBoy!

They're the organisation charged with dealing with all threats to the Federation - by any and all means necessary, from both within, and outside the Federation.

They do not officially exist. They have no specific buildings, and there are no official documents that mention them, other than (Purportedly - and even then only if you read the right section of it in the right way) the Federation charter.

They are the Federation's equivalent of the Tal Shiar or the Obsidian Order, except they are completely invisible by comparison. (Since they don't officially exist - everyone knows the Tal Shiar and Obsidian Order exist)

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Zach, how do you know Startrek.com has been saved?

Since there hasn't been an official announcement of it closing in the first place, how can they announce that its been saved?

I love your podcasts by the way.

lol i don't have the mnoey to buy all the box sets for DS9 - already buying Star Trek The Collector's Edition to get all of TNG and there's no sign of DS9 on terrestrial

well... it's 2006 and the site is still there with a new years greeting.

mebbe it's not going after all.

I doubt this will affect us, TrekBoy, but I just found this bit of news on Gamespot (An American gaming site):



http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/startrekonline/news.html?sid=6141587

Isn't it annoying when people spell "Trekking" wrong...?

I knew startrek.com wasnt going anywhere. I bet it was just a ploy by someone at startrek.com to generate more hits for their site before the end of the year.