Italianthro Restored!

Google finally restored my Italianthro account:

https://italianthro.blogspot.com/

I'll leave the new blog online but hidden from search engines and with comments disabled. If anything ever happens to the original one again, just remove the 'h' from any URL and you'll be taken there.

Italian Anthropology 2

Google disabled my Italianthro account and locked me out of it. I think it might be related to this widespread issue (which Google isn't doing shit to fix) but I never found out for sure because there is no customer support. You can fill out forms to try to unlock or restore your account, but you only get auto-generated messages. You never get a reply from a real person you can talk or ask questions to.

I don't know if that account will ever be restored, so for now I've reposted everything to this account. All of the URLs should be the same as before (i.e. post title and date) except for one letter in the name: antro now has an Italian spelling with no 'h'.

https://italiantro.blogspot.com/

Let me know if you find any broken links or other issues.

P.S. You can also access Wayback archives of the old blog (and comments), which should work forever no matter what else happens.

UPDATE 11/26/19: Italianthro Restored!

Italianthro: Italian Anthropology Blog

I'm launching a new side project focusing on the biological and social anthropology of Italy and Italian people. At first, I'll be copying some of my old Italy-related posts from here, and occasionally after that I may cross-post material on both blogs. But mostly, the new blog will delve more deeply into the subject than would be appropriate for the broader scope of this blog.

Here's the URL: http://italianthro.blogspot.com/

Old Comments Are Gone

HaloScan's free commenting service is being discontinued before the end of the year, and users have been given the option of upgrading to a new paid service or exporting their comments for use elsewhere. I've opted for the latter. Unfortunately, Blogger doesn't provide any way of importing them. Maybe that'll change in the future, but for now I'm afraid they're gone. (You can download the archive I exported, but it's not very reader-friendly.) Even though I don't like what HaloScan is doing (and I'm not alone), in a way it's a relief because using Blogger's built-in commenting system will simplify things in the long run.

AnthroScape Re-Launch

AnthroScape: Human Biodiversity Forum has reopened. We sincerely apologize for the long delay and hope that you'll join us again. For more information, please begin by reading this topic:

http://s1.zetaboards.com/anthroscape/topic/920112/

Thank you.

AnthroScape: Human Biodiversity Forum

AnthroScape is a new biological and social anthropology forum that picks up where the defunct Dodona left off. Please begin by reading the Mission Statement and Forum Rules.

http://s1.zetaboards.com/anthroscape/

We look forward to seeing you there!