Updates

This is a complete update of applications, finished, updated, and closed for the Objects category.

Upcoming
Cassettes: Mix Tapes; Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Flip Phones; MP3 Players: iPod Touch

Finished
Cameras: SLR (Single Lens Reflex); MP3 Players: iPod Mini; Nabaztag; Records: Vinyl

Updated
Baths; Glitter; Journals/Diaries; MP3 Players: iPod Classic;

Closed (open for apps)
MP3 Players: Creative Zen; Oil Paints

Name Change
MP3 Players: iPod Video is now MP3 Players: iPod Classic (iPod Video)

This is a complete update of all forms for the Objects category.

Upcoming
Records: Vinyl

Updated
Computers: Keyboards; Tea Cups

Closed (open for apps)
MP3 Players: SanDisk Sansa

Removed from Troubles (open for apps)
Cellphones / Mobile Phones: BlackBerry 8703e; Chandeliers; Good Luck Charms / Symbols; Scrapbooks; Toilet Paper

This is a complete update of troubles pending removals for the Objects category.

Removed from Troubles (not open for apps)
Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Nokia; Forks; Highlighters; Journals/Diaries: Moleskine; Lined Paper

Troubles
The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal tomorrow. If your fanlisting is listed below, please fix the problem and reply to the troubles email.

Cellphones / Mobile Phones: BlackBerry 8703e; Chandeliers; Good Luck Charms / Symbols; Scrapbooks; Toilet Paper

This is a announcement update of network policies for the Objects, Miscellaneous, General category.

This announcement is regarding TFL’s stance on e-mail change requests/fanlisting downtime reports and troubles immunity. While we, as a Network, will attempt to respond to requests on a timely basis, we currently can not give you a guarantee that your fanlisting will not slip through the cracks, or that we will be able to inform our staffers/process the request as soon as it is received.

For this reason, we urge owners submitting these forms to keep an eye on our updates blog and also their inboxes. If you have not received a reply from us confirming that we have passed on your downtime information, or that your e-mail address has been changed, within 3-4 days after submitting it then keep an eye out for problems with your fanlistings.

While we feel that as a Network, we have a responsibility to act promptly to requests, things can hold us up. This means that having you keeping an eye out for your fanlistings will ensure that your fanlisting will not be troubled or removed from the Network unnecessarily.

However, in the event that your form is received and not responded to within a reasonable amount of time and you receive a troubles notice for your fanlistings, you are obligated to contact us as soon as possible to inquire about your pending form(s). If it is due to an error on our part (be it a lag-time in response or otherwise) we will remove the troubles issue from your fanlisting’s record. However, we must stress that you contact us as soon as possible so we can begin to resolve the issue for you.

Also, we have been discussing the Network’s stance towards drugs and narcotics. It has been two years since the Network imposed its rule of not re-approving fanlistings for ‘hard drugs’.

We are not changing our current stance towards drugs that are illegal (i.e., heroin), however, we are allowing our staffers to consider subjects that may be in the grey area on a case-by-case basis. For subjects that are legal in some countries or used for medical purposes (i.e., marijuana), we feel that approval is okay. Furthermore, we have relaxed our stance on the approval of drug paraphenalia. We leave it up to the Miscellaneous staffer to use his or her best judgment at the time of the approval regarding whether the subject should be listed in our directory. If you are unsure if your fanlisting would be open for application, please feel free to approach the category staffer (Miscellaneous) or the senior staff for discussion.

This is a complete update of all forms for the Objects category.

This is everything in my inbox, if you have not received a response to a form you sent please resend! :)

Upcoming
Cameras: SLR (Single Lens Reflex);

Finished
Cell Phones / Mobile Phones: Verizon Mint Chocolate; Incense: Dragon’s Blood; Yearbooks

Cross-Listed
Dreamcatchers (Mythology/Religion)

Removed from Troubles (open for apps)
Beds: Four Poster; Christmas Trees: Aluminum

Troubles
The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal on September 1, 2007. If your fanlisting is listed below, please fix the problem and reply to the troubles email.

Dead Link
Forks; Good Luck Charms / Symbols; Lined Paper; Toilet Paper

Inactivity: 2 Months +
Cellphones / Mobile Phones: BlackBerry 8703e; Chandeliers; Highlighters; Scrapbooks;

This is a complete update of troubles removals for the Objects category.

Removed from Troubles (open for apps)
Cameras: SLR (Single Lens Reflex); Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Camera Phones; Digital / Personal Video Recorders: Sky+; Pistols

This is a complete update of applications, finished, updated, closed, and troubles pending removals for the Objects category.

Upcoming
Cell Phones / Mobile Phones: iPhone; Cell Phones / Mobile Phones: Verizon Mint Chocolate; Incense: Dragon’s Blood; MP3 Players: SanDisk Sansa; Yearbooks

Finished
Wind Turbines

Updated
Antiques; Band Aids / Plasters; Sporks

Closed (open for apps)
Monitors: LCD

Removed from Troubles (not open for apps)
Baths; Bridges; Cameras: Digital - Panasonic Lumix; Cameras: Reflex; Clocks; Feathers; Knives; Pagoda Boxes

Pending Removal
The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal tomorrow. If your fanlisting is listed below, please fix the problem and reply to the troubles email!

Cameras: SLR (Single Lens Reflex); Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Camera Phones; Digital / Personal Video Recorders: Sky+; Pistols

Extension Granted
Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Nokia (August 20); Journals/Diaries: Moleskine (August 20)

This is a complete update of overdue pending removals for the Objects category.

Removed from Network (open for apps)
Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Nokia 7390; MP3 Players: SanDisk Sansa; Safety Pins; Sharpies

This is a complete update of finished, updated, closed, and overdue pending removals for the Objects category.

Finished
Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Blackberry

Updated
MP3 Players: Gigabeat

Closed (open for apps)
Computers: Sony VAIO

Overdue
The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal tomorrow. If your fanlisting is listed below, please reply to the troubles email and fix the problem to avoid having your fanlisting removed!

Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Nokia 7390; MP3 Players: SanDisk Sansa; Safety Pins; Sharpies

This is a complete update of troubles removals for the Objects category.

Removed from Network (open for apps)
Monitors: Dual

This is a complete update of troubles for the Objects category.

The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal on July 20, 2007. If your fanlisting is listed below, please fix the problem and reply to the troubles email!

Countries: Problems
Knives;

Dead Link
Baths; Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Camera Phones; Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Nokia; Digital / Personal Video Recorders: Sky+; MP3 Players: Gigabeat; Pistols;

Inactivity: 2 Months +
Bridges; Cameras: Digital - Panasonic Lumix; Cameras: SLR (Single Lens Reflex); Clocks; Feathers;

Inactivity: 2 Months + (0 Pending)
Cameras: Reflex; Pagoda Boxes

Update Date: No Date
Journals/Diaries: Moleskine; Knives;

This is a complete update of applications for the Objects category.

Upcoming
Nabaztag

This is a complete update of applications, finished, updated, closed, and overdue for the Objects category.

Upcoming
MP3 Players: Creative Zen; MP3 Players: iPod Mini; Wind Turbines

Finished
Axes; Dental Floss: Glide; Film; Scanners

Updated
Gifts; Postcards; Stereos; Televisions

Closed (open for apps)
Computers: Hewlett Packard Pavillion

Overdue
The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal on July 15, 2007. If your fanlisting is listed below, please send a finished form and reply to the troubles email!

Cellphones/Mobile Phones: Blackberry; Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Nokia 7390; MP3 Players: SanDisk Sansa; Safety Pins; Sharpies

This is a complete update of applications, finished, updated, and closed for the Objects category.

Upcoming
Axes; Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Blackberry; Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Nokia 7390; Dental Floss: Glide; Film; Safety Pins; Scanners; Sharpies

Finished
Jewel Boxes; Vases

Updated
Computers: Apple MacBook; Magazines; Music Boxes;

Closed (open for apps)
Facial Tissues / Kleenex; Stairs

This is a update of for the Songs: Various, Songs: Male Solo, Sports, Stage/Theatre, Transportation, Toys/Collectibles, Songs: Female Solo, Relationships: TV, Politics and Organisations, Places, Radio, Relationships: Book/Movie, Relationships: Real Life, TV Shows, TV/Movie/Book Miscellany, Hobbies and Recreation, Songs: Bands/Groups N-Z, Objects, Calendar Events, Companies, Academia, Songs: Bands/Groups 0-M, People Miscellany, Webmasters, Personalities, Websites, Sports Entertainment, Advertising/TV Channels, Nature, Mythology/Religion, Authors/Writers, Arts and Design, Literature, Characters: Book/Movie, Comics, Characters: TV, Animation, Animals, Actors, Awards, Actresses, Adult, Albums, Computer Miscellany and Internet, Directors/Producers, Movies, Models, Music Miscellany, Musicians: Bands/Groups, Musicians: Male, Musicians: Female, Miscellaneous, Magazines/Newspapers, Fashion/Beauty, Episodes, Food/Drinks, Games, History/Royalty, General category.

As you may know, TFL has been having a number of problems with sending e-mail to Hotmail.com addresses. After further investigation of this problem we have decided to ban the use of Hotmail.com addresses (and its sub-services, hotmail.co.uk; msn.com; live.com). This will affect all applications sent after Sunday May 20, 2007, and all future forms sent by Hotmail users.

Our issues with Hotmail are long-standing and no satisfactory resolution is currently in sight. Since we can not guarantee that TFL e-mails will reach our visitors, and because we have tried all viable solutions to fix this problem, we feel that banning Hotmail addresses is the only solution available to us.

We are in the process of informing fanlisting owners with Hotmail.com e-mail addresses of our problems with the service and how this will affect future interaction with TFL. If you do have a Hotmail.com e-mail address we request that you update your e-mail address at the Network as quickly as possible and supply us with a valid, working non-Hotmail address to list your current and upcoming fanlistings under.

To do this, please e-mail us at changeemail@thefanlistings.org FROM your current Hotmail.com account, and include your new e-mail address in the body of your e-mail. Please do not use the Change E-mail forms — there is no guarantee that they will send you the appropriate verification e-mail. Please e-mail us directly from your TFL Hotmail account.

If you choose to keep your fanlistings under your Hotmail.com address:

• You risk not receiving important network notices regarding your fanlisting and network changes.
• You will not be able to apply for new fanlistings. Hotmail.com addresses will be rejected by our application form.
• TFL will not take responsibility for non-delivery of TFL e-mail to your inbox. For example, if your fanlistings are troubled and the troubles notice does not arrive in your inbox due to our problems with Hotmail, TFL will not be held responsible if your fanlistings are removed from the network when no troubles response is received from you.

Please Note: We have done our best to contact the 890 Hotmail users listed in our database. If you have not received an urgent notice from TFL regarding Hotmail usage, then your e-mail address bounced for reasons related to: account inactivity, full mailbox, or invalid address.

We have included a full text copy of the e-mail behind the cut for those of you who have not received this message.

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This is a complete update of finished and closed forms and troubles (overdue) for the Objects category.

Finished Objects
Cellphones / Mobile Phones: BlackBerry 8703e; Computers: Apple Macintosh; Computers: Keyboards; Pens: Gel

Closed Objects (Open For Application)
MP3 Players: iPod Photo

Removed From Troubles (Open For Application)
Computers: Apple MacBook Pro; Mylo

This is a complete update of troubles (overdue) for the Objects category.

Removed From Troubles (Not Open For Application)
Computers: Apple Macintosh

Troubled Objects (Not Open For Application)
The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal tomorrow, May 15, 2007. If your fanlisting is listed below, please finish your fanlisting and send in a finished form.

Computers: Apple MacBook Pro; Pens: Gel; Mylo

This is a complete update of troubles for the Objects category.

Removed From Troubles (Not Open For Application)
Graphic Pen Tablets: Wacom; MP3 Players: Zune

Removed From Troubles (Open For Application)
Cassettes; DVD Players; Microwaves; MP3 Players: iPod Shuffle; Scanners; Sharpies

This is a complete update of troubles for the Objects category.

Removed From Troubles (Not Open For Application)
Beds; Blenders; Cellphones / Mobile Phones: Camera Phones; Feathers; Fountains; Inflatable Furniture; Knives; Monitors: Dual; Music Boxes; Pagoda Boxes; Telephones

Extensions Granted
Extension to June 5: Computers: Apple MacBook

Troubled Objects (Not Open For Application)
The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal tomorrow, May 11, 2007. If your fanlisting is listed below, please fix the problem and reply to the troubles email!

Cassettes; DVD Players; Graphic Pen Tablets: Wacom; Microwaves; MP3 Players: iPod Shuffle; MP3 Players: Zune; Scanners; Sharpies

This is a complete update of troubles (overdue) for the Objects category.

Troubled Objects (Not Open For Application)
The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal on May 15, 2007. This update is of all overdue fanlistings. If your fanlisting is listed below, please finish your fanlisting and send in a finished form.

Overdue
Computers: Apple MacBook Pro; Computers: Apple Macintosh; Pens: Gel; Mylo