Way back when GeoCities was a newly acquired part of the Yahoo empire, I won the
Aurora Outstanding Site Award on May 4th, 2000 at approximately 1:45:02 in the afternoon.
Hi! My name is Ariel and I am a Community Leader in Area51.
We at Area51 are dedicated to helping and encouraging website owners all over the web. I stopped by your site and I really like it. In fact, it is so great I am presenting you with the Aurora Outstanding Site Award...
This award is given to only the best anime and comic sites on the web. In addition to the award, your site will have a permanent link at the Aurora Community Center...
Stop by and check us out--there are all sorts of resources, as well as message boards where you can discuss your favorite topic with others.
. . .
Yours Truly,
Ariel
There used to be a link to the
Aurora Community Center, but, I checked the site one day and found a brief statement from Ariel stating that the site was "no longer viable". Shortly afterwards, the site was gone. This was around the time that Yahoo! had acquired GeoCities. There was a great deal of unrest associated with the transition, particularly among the Community Leaders. GeoCities hosted this site at the time and it was indeed a very unhappy time for all concerned. Although I don't have any evidence to support my claim, I suspect that the Aurora Community Center was among the early casualties of the transition.
