In article , Franz Heymann
writes
What went wrong?

Nothing went wrong recently, that all happened early in 2001. There are
widely differing opinions about it and the history of the site was being
re-written before it had been made. It did however provide an
interesting lesson about human, technical and communication failings.
The one thing which triumphed above all was the quality of gardening
discussion and urg contributors can take credit for a lot of that.
--
Alan Gould - ex Host of 'Eco', EG's Eclological Community.