User talk:NiftyOrg

What specific evidence of the notability of the Nifty Archive can I provide that would convince you and the administrators of Wikipedia to reverse the deletion decision? No one operating the Nifty Archive site was contacted to provide any information or contribute to the discussion. The Nifty Archive collection has been used for academic research studies about sexuality and for at least two theatrical productions. It has launched the careers of a number of published authors. NiftyOrg (talk) 01:38, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Where should I report the references? Here? I do not have a clear understanding from the deletion discussion whether the problem was the type of notability or the sources? Do you want proof that Nifty was created in 1992 or its age is not considered notable? Do you want proof that Nifty has been cited in academic work or that is not notable? NiftyOrg (talk) 15:49, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

As far as the age, the site originally was hosted as an FTP site on nifty.andrew.cmu.edu. It was referenced in numerous USENET postings in the alt.sex.stories hierarchy. For instance, this thread from 1995 mentioning both the FTP and gopher access. Or this file from 1994 on textfiles.com mentioning the FTP site. NiftyOrg (talk) 16:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

A few more references in USENET posts here and here.

This posting and this posting document the move from the original site to the initial webhosting site. NiftyOrg (talk) 17:01, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

The Nifty Archive has received requests from faculty and students in sociology, psychology and library science departments at universities around the world for assistance with research. These have been private communications that often are not cited. Nifty is referenced in the proceedings from a conference about Sexuality on the Net. NiftyOrg (talk) 17:36, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

This newsletter references the production Nifty, which was a dramatic reading of gay erotic stories from the Nifty Archive at the Bailiwick Repertory Theater in Chicago. NiftyOrg (talk) 17:52, 23 June 2009 (UTC)