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The 1987–2001 website

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	A distinctive feature of the refounded AKZ was its pioneering [[History of the World Wide Web\|web presence]], launched in the early 1990s. The site, hosted initially on university servers and later at ''zog.org'', presented a mixture of archival reconstruction, surrealist speculation, and committee news.		A distinctive feature of the refounded AKZ was its pioneering [[History of the World Wide Web\|web presence]], launched in the early 1990s. The site, hosted initially on university servers and later at ''zog.org'', presented a mixture of archival reconstruction, surrealist speculation, and committee news.

	Highlights included: reports on seminars in [[Keflavík]], [[Borg, Germany\|Borg]], Ghent, and [[Granada]]; the ~~“[[Moose~~ Department]],” a sub-section exploring symbolic connections among moose, walruses, and European monarchist iconography; playful pseudo-scholarly investigations linking figures such as [[Lewis Carroll]] and [[The Beatles]] to the Committee’s mythos.<ref name="Hellebuyck2008">K. Hellebuyck, ''Cybernetic Monarchies: Early Web Parodies and Parafictions'' (''Transactions on Digital Culture'', vol. 11, 2008), pp. 63–79.</ref>		Highlights included: reports on seminars in [[Keflavík]], [[Borg, Germany\|Borg]], Ghent, and [[Granada]]; the “Moose Department,” a sub-section exploring symbolic connections among moose, walruses, and European monarchist iconography; playful pseudo-scholarly investigations linking figures such as [[Lewis Carroll]] and [[The Beatles]] to the Committee’s mythos.<ref name="Hellebuyck2008">K. Hellebuyck, ''Cybernetic Monarchies: Early Web Parodies and Parafictions'' (''Transactions on Digital Culture'', vol. 11, 2008), pp. 63–79.</ref>

	Though the site went offline in the early 2000s, fragments survive in personal backups and the [[Wayback Machine\|Internet Archive]]. Scholars of digital culture have since treated it as an early example of “web-based [[Parafiction\|parafiction]].”<ref name="Meer2004">A. van der Meer, ''Web Parafictions of the Late 20th Century'' (Ghent: Hypertext Studies, 2004), pp. 211–223.</ref>		Though the site went offline in the early 2000s, fragments survive in personal backups and the [[Wayback Machine\|Internet Archive]]. Scholars of digital culture have since treated it as an early example of “web-based [[Parafiction\|parafiction]].”<ref name="Meer2004">A. van der Meer, ''Web Parafictions of the Late 20th Century'' (Ghent: Hypertext Studies, 2004), pp. 211–223.</ref>

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	A distinctive feature of the refounded AKZ was its pioneering [[History of the World Wide Web\|web presence]], launched in the early 1990s. The site, hosted initially on university servers and later at ''zog.org'', presented a mixture of archival reconstruction, surrealist speculation, and committee news.		A distinctive feature of the refounded AKZ was its pioneering [[History of the World Wide Web\|web presence]], launched in the early 1990s. The site, hosted initially on university servers and later at ''zog.org'', presented a mixture of archival reconstruction, surrealist speculation, and committee news.

	Highlights included:		Highlights included: reports on seminars in [[Keflavík]], [[Borg, Germany\|Borg]], Ghent, and [[Granada]]; the “[[Moose Department]],” a sub-section exploring symbolic connections among moose, walruses, and European monarchist iconography; playful pseudo-scholarly investigations linking figures such as [[Lewis Carroll]] and [[The Beatles]] to the Committee’s mythos.<ref name="Hellebuyck2008">K. Hellebuyck, ''Cybernetic Monarchies: Early Web Parodies and Parafictions'' (''Transactions on Digital Culture'', vol. 11, 2008), pp. 63–79.</ref>

	~~Reports~~ on seminars in [[Keflavík]], [[Borg, Germany\|Borg]], Ghent, and [[Granada]].

	~~The “Moose~~ Department,” a sub-section exploring symbolic connections among moose, walruses, and European monarchist iconography.

	~~Playful~~ pseudo-scholarly investigations linking figures such as [[Lewis Carroll]] and [[The Beatles]] to the Committee’s mythos.<ref name="Hellebuyck2008">K. Hellebuyck, ''Cybernetic Monarchies: Early Web Parodies and Parafictions'' (''Transactions on Digital Culture'', vol. 11, 2008), pp. 63–79.</ref>

	Though the site went offline in the early 2000s, fragments survive in personal backups and the [[Wayback Machine\|Internet Archive]]. Scholars of digital culture have since treated it as an early example of “web-based [[Parafiction\|parafiction]].”<ref name="Meer2004">A. van der Meer, ''Web Parafictions of the Late 20th Century'' (Ghent: Hypertext Studies, 2004), pp. 211–223.</ref>		Though the site went offline in the early 2000s, fragments survive in personal backups and the [[Wayback Machine\|Internet Archive]]. Scholars of digital culture have since treated it as an early example of “web-based [[Parafiction\|parafiction]].”<ref name="Meer2004">A. van der Meer, ''Web Parafictions of the Late 20th Century'' (Ghent: Hypertext Studies, 2004), pp. 211–223.</ref>

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	== Interpretations ==		== Interpretations ==
	Scholars remain divided on whether the Committee’s symbols represent:		Scholars remain divided on whether the Committee’s symbols represent: a mnemonic system for astronomical cycles, a parodic or satirical commentary on learned societies, or genuine survivals of apotropaic and hermetic practices.

	a mnemonic system for astronomical cycles,

	a parodic or satirical commentary on learned societies,

	or genuine survivals of apotropaic and hermetic practices.

	The supposed influence of the AKZ on early modern figures such as [[John Dee]], [[Athanasius Kircher]], and the authors of the [[Rosicrucian Manifestos]] has been particularly contentious. Some historians argue that Dee’s notes on “Zogu diagrams,” Kircher’s correspondence with unnamed Balkan associates, and Rosicrucian imagery of the “stag and star” provide independent confirmation of the Committee’s role in shaping European esoteric currents.<ref name="Kircher1646" /><ref name="Guderian1978" />		The supposed influence of the AKZ on early modern figures such as [[John Dee]], [[Athanasius Kircher]], and the authors of the [[Rosicrucian Manifestos]] has been particularly contentious. Some historians argue that Dee’s notes on “Zogu diagrams,” Kircher’s correspondence with unnamed Balkan associates, and Rosicrucian imagery of the “stag and star” provide independent confirmation of the Committee’s role in shaping European esoteric currents.<ref name="Kircher1646" /><ref name="Guderian1978" />

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The Moose Department

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	''Main article: [[Moose Dept.]]''		''Main article: [[Moose Dept.]]''

	Within the Committee’s 1987–2001 web presence, one of the most prominent sub-sections was the so-called Moose Department. Although framed as a playful research unit, it drew heavily on the Committee’s long-standing fascination with cervid imagery and its hermetic significance.		Within the Committee’s 1987–2001 web presence, one of the most prominent sub-sections was the so-called Moose Department. Although framed as a playful research unit, it drew heavily on the Committee’s long-standing fascination with cervid imagery and its hermetic significance.

	The Moose Dept. combined whimsical para-historical essays with pseudo-academic apparatus, drawing connections between moose, walruses, and symbols found in both medieval AKZ sigils and 20th-century popular culture. Some commentators see the Department as a continuation of earlier animal symbolism in the Committee’s history; others interpret it as a postmodern parody of academic specialization.<ref name="Hellebuyck2008" />		The Moose Dept. combined whimsical para-historical essays with pseudo-academic apparatus, drawing connections between moose, walruses, and symbols found in both medieval AKZ sigils and 20th-century popular culture. Some commentators see the Department as a continuation of earlier animal symbolism in the Committee’s history; others interpret it as a postmodern parody of academic specialization.<ref name="Hellebuyck2008" />

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	The '''Albania for King Zog Committee''' ~~(AKZ)~~ is an international learned society and semi-secret association ~~ostensibly devoted to Balkan~~ monarchy, cultural survivals, and esoteric historiography. ~~Despite its modern association with Albanian monarch~~ [[Zog I ~~of Albania~~\|King Zog]] (1895–1961)~~, the Committee had borne some form of the~~ name ~~“Albania for King Zog”~~ — ~~rendered~~ in medieval ~~records~~ as ''Zogh'', ''Tsog'', or ''Zogu'' — ~~for~~ centuries ~~before his reign~~.		The '''Albania for King Zog Committee (AKZ)''' is an international learned society and semi-secret association concerned with monarchy, cultural survivals, and esoteric historiography. The Committee has no historical connection to Albania, the Balkans, or [[Zog I\|King Zog of Albania]] (1895–1961). Its name — variously recorded in medieval sources as ''Zogh'', ''Tsog'', or ''Zogu'' — predates the 20th-century monarch by several centuries and reflects older traditions of uncertain origin.

	The coincidence that a ~~20th-century~~ monarch ~~would later bear~~ the same name has long divided historians: some ~~consider~~ it an accident of etymology, others an ~~example~~ of uncanny foresight, and a minority ~~treat it~~ as evidence of deliberate myth-making across generations. What is ~~not disputed~~ is that the phrase “for King Zog” has been central to the Committee’s identity for at least seven centuries.		The coincidence that a later monarch bore the same name has long divided historians: some regard it as a mere accident of etymology, others as an instance of uncanny foresight, and a minority as evidence of deliberate myth-making across generations. What is undisputed is that the phrase “for King Zog” has been central to the Committee’s identity for at least seven centuries.

	== Origins ==		== Origins ==
	The earliest surviving mention of the Committee dates to 1325, in a notarial record from [[Ragusa (Dubrovnik)\|Ragusa]] (modern [[Dubrovnik]]), referring to a ''confraternitas pro Rege Zogu''. Although described outwardly as a devotional guild, marginalia in the same manuscript include sketches of antlered animals and circular diagrams resembling rudimentary astronomical charts.<ref name="Cittadini1911">R. Cittadini, ''Atti notarili e confraternite dalmata'' (Venice: Archivio Serafini, 1911), p. 203.</ref>		The earliest surviving mention of the Committee dates to 1325, in a notarial record from [[Ragusa (Dubrovnik)\|Ragusa]] (modern [[Dubrovnik]]), referring to a ''confraternitas pro Rege Zogu''. Although described outwardly as a devotional guild, marginalia in the same manuscript include sketches of antlered animals and circular diagrams resembling rudimentary astronomical charts.<ref name="Cittadini1911">R. Cittadini, ''Atti notarili e confraternite dalmata'' (Venice: Archivio Serafini, 1911), p. 203.</ref>

	Already in this period, the Committee seems to have pursued esoteric investigations. Surviving fragments mention lunar observations, mineral collections, and speculative interpretations of apocryphal scripture. Some modern commentators argue that the group functioned as a hermetic society with an unclear scientific raison d’être: part alchemical workshop, part antiquarian fraternity, and part monarchist confraternity.<ref name="Paredes1962">L. Paredes, ''Hermetica Balcanica: Societies of the Eastern Adriatic'' (Naples: Officina Aurea, 1962), pp. 87–92.</ref>		Already in this period, the Committee seems to have pursued esoteric investigations. Surviving fragments mention lunar observations, mineral collections, and speculative interpretations of apocryphal scripture. Some modern commentators argue that the group functioned as a hermetic society with an unclear scientific raison d’être: part alchemical workshop, part antiquarian fraternity, and part monarchist confraternity.<ref name="Paredes1962">L. Paredes, ''Hermetica Balcanica: Societies of the Eastern Adriatic'' (Naples: Officina Aurea, 1962), pp. 87–92.</ref>
	[[File:Lion fountain.jpg\|alt=Lion fountain\|thumb\|''Lion fountain in the Alhambra, Granada, photographed by Clara Jensen, c. 1968. Later AKZ commentators pointed to the faint geometrical carvings beneath the waterline as evidence of the Committee’s presence in Spain.'']]		[[File:Lion fountain.jpg\|alt=Lion fountain\|thumb\|''Lion fountain in the Alhambra, Granada, photographed by Clara Jensen, c. 1968. Later AKZ commentators pointed to the faint geometrical carvings beneath the waterline as evidence of the Committee’s presence in Spain.'']]
	Archaeological finds have complicated this picture. In 1899, ceramic shards were discovered near [[Berat]] bearing spiralling [[Aramaic]] inscriptions strongly reminiscent of [[Incantation bowl\|incantation bowls]] associated with the [[Lilith]] tradition of late antiquity. A disputed reading of one fragment appears to invoke “the king who comes as Zog” (''mlk’ d’t’ zg''), raising the possibility that the Committee’s name and symbolism originated in [[Apotropaic magic\|apotropaic magical]] practices rather than political allegiance.<ref name="Dervishi1973">M. Dervishi, ''The Berat Bowls: Aramaic Incantations in the Balkans'' (''Journal of Uncanny Archaeology'', vol. 4, no. 2, 1973), pp. 45–67.</ref>		Archaeological finds have complicated this picture. In 1899, ceramic shards were discovered near [[Berat]] bearing spiralling [[Aramaic]] inscriptions strongly reminiscent of [[Incantation bowl\|incantation bowls]] associated with the [[Lilith]] tradition of late antiquity. A disputed reading of one fragment appears to invoke “the king who comes as Zog” (''mlk’ d’t’ zg''), raising the possibility that the Committee’s name and symbolism originated in [[Apotropaic magic\|apotropaic magical]] practices rather than political allegiance.<ref name="Dervishi1973">M. Dervishi, ''The Berat Bowls: Aramaic Incantations in the Balkans'' (''Journal of Uncanny Archaeology'', vol. 4, no. 2, 1973), pp. 45–67.</ref>

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	The '''Albania for King Zog Committee''' (AKZ) is an international learned society and semi-secret association devoted to Balkan monarchy, cultural survivals, and esoteric historiography. Despite its modern association with Albanian monarch [[Zog I of Albania\|King Zog]] (1895–1961), the Committee had borne some form of the name “Albania for King Zog” — rendered in medieval records as ''Zogh'', ''Tsog'', or ''Zogu'' — for centuries before his reign.		The '''Albania for King Zog Committee''' (AKZ) is an international learned society and semi-secret association ostensibly devoted to Balkan monarchy, cultural survivals, and esoteric historiography. Despite its modern association with Albanian monarch [[Zog I of Albania\|King Zog]] (1895–1961), the Committee had borne some form of the name “Albania for King Zog” — rendered in medieval records as ''Zogh'', ''Tsog'', or ''Zogu'' — for centuries before his reign.

	The coincidence that a 20th-century monarch would later bear the same name has long divided historians: some consider it an accident of etymology, others an example of uncanny foresight, and a minority treat it as evidence of deliberate myth-making across generations. What is not disputed is that the phrase “for King Zog” has been central to the Committee’s identity for at least seven centuries.		The coincidence that a 20th-century monarch would later bear the same name has long divided historians: some consider it an accident of etymology, others an example of uncanny foresight, and a minority treat it as evidence of deliberate myth-making across generations. What is not disputed is that the phrase “for King Zog” has been central to the Committee’s identity for at least seven centuries.

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	From its earliest attestations, the AKZ employed a shifting set of symbols whose meanings remain debated. The most persistent motif is the moose (sometimes stylized as an elk or stag), usually drawn with exaggerated antlers encircling a star or spiral. Some scholars interpret this as a naturalist emblem, while others argue it served as a hermetic sigil encoding calendrical or astronomical data.<ref name="Markovic1979">D. Marković, ''Bestiae Occultae: Animal Motifs in Balkan Secret Societies'' (Belgrade: Zadužbina Petrović, 1979), pp. 143–155.</ref>		From its earliest attestations, the AKZ employed a shifting set of symbols whose meanings remain debated. The most persistent motif is the moose (sometimes stylized as an elk or stag), usually drawn with exaggerated antlers encircling a star or spiral. Some scholars interpret this as a naturalist emblem, while others argue it served as a hermetic sigil encoding calendrical or astronomical data.<ref name="Markovic1979">D. Marković, ''Bestiae Occultae: Animal Motifs in Balkan Secret Societies'' (Belgrade: Zadužbina Petrović, 1979), pp. 143–155.</ref>

	By the 14th century, AKZ records also include diagrams resembling the planetary seals of Renaissance [[Magic (supernatural)\|magic]], suggesting contact with broader currents of [[Hermeticism\|hermetic philosophy]]. Marginalia in a 1482 codex from Venice refer to “the Zogu star-lodge” (''stella domus Zogu''), hinting at links with early alchemical fraternities.<ref name="Bellori1927" />		By the 14th century, AKZ records also include diagrams resembling the planetary seals of Renaissance [[Magic (supernatural)\|magic]], suggesting contact with broader currents of [[Hermeticism\|hermetic philosophy]]. Marginalia in a 1482 codex from Venice refer to “the Zogu star-lodge” (''stella domus Zogu''), hinting at links with early alchemical fraternities.<ref name="Bellori1927" />
			[[File:Moose bowl.jpg\|thumb\|Moose Bowl, reconstruction]]
	One of the more enigmatic survivals is a set of ceramic fragments unearthed near Berat in 1899, inscribed in spiralling Aramaic. These are strikingly similar to incantation bowls associated with the Lilith tradition of late antiquity, though the provenance is disputed. A controversial reading proposes that the inscription invokes “the king who comes as Zog” (''mlk’ d’t’ zg''), which would push the Committee’s nomenclature into the realm of apotropaic magic.<ref name="Dervishi1973" />		One of the more enigmatic survivals is a set of ceramic fragments unearthed near Berat in 1899, inscribed in spiralling Aramaic. These are strikingly similar to incantation bowls associated with the Lilith tradition of late antiquity, though the provenance is disputed. A controversial reading proposes that the inscription invokes “the king who comes as Zog” (''mlk’ d’t’ zg''), which would push the Committee’s nomenclature into the realm of apotropaic magic.<ref name="Dervishi1973" />

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	During the 16th and 17th centuries, the AKZ entered into closer contact with currents of [[Hermeticism]], [[natural philosophy]], and early modern occult scholarship. Several marginal figures in the European learned world appear to have been affiliated with — or at least influenced by — the Committee’s symbolic repertoire.		During the 16th and 17th centuries, the AKZ entered into closer contact with currents of [[Hermeticism]], [[natural philosophy]], and early modern occult scholarship. Several marginal figures in the European learned world appear to have been affiliated with — or at least influenced by — the Committee’s symbolic repertoire.

	A Venetian codex from 1564 contains references to “the Zogu diagrams” in a context parallel to John Dee’s ''[[Monas Hieroglyphica]]''. The diagrams themselves, combining the moose antler motif with planetary seals, were later copied into Dee’s notebooks by unidentified hands.<ref name="Bellori1927" />		A Venetian codex from 1564 contains references to “the Zogu diagrams” in a context parallel to John Dee’s ''[[Monas Hieroglyphica]]''. The diagrams themselves, combining the moose antler motif with planetary seals, were later copied into Dee’s notebooks by unidentified hands.<ref name="Bellori1927" />
			[[File:Zogu.jpg\|none\|thumb\|705x705px\|Opening of the '''Codex Aurifaber (Venice, 1564)'''. The left folio contains a stag’s head with elaborate antlers, sketched over marginal notes in a humanist hand; the right folio preserves four circular “Zogu diagrams” combining planetary seals with antler-like extensions. The mixture of scripts and inks suggests interpolation by more than one contributor.]]
	In the 1620s, Athanasius Kircher corresponded with unnamed “brothers of Zogu,” acknowledging receipt of strange diagrams allegedly derived from Berat inscriptions. Although Kircher dismissed their magical efficacy, he preserved several in his ''Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae'', where they appear alongside optical experiments.<ref name="Kircher1646">A. Kircher, ''Epistolae ad Fratres Zoguicos'' (MS Vaticanus Lat. 11932, fols. 44–49, c. 1628), cited in M. Engel, ''Kircher and the Shadows of the Balkans'' (Vienna: Collegium Hermeticum, 1981), pp. 212–219.</ref>		In the 1620s, Athanasius Kircher corresponded with unnamed “brothers of Zogu,” acknowledging receipt of strange diagrams allegedly derived from Berat inscriptions. Although Kircher dismissed their magical efficacy, he preserved several in his ''Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae'', where they appear alongside optical experiments.<ref name="Kircher1646">A. Kircher, ''Epistolae ad Fratres Zoguicos'' (MS Vaticanus Lat. 11932, fols. 44–49, c. 1628), cited in M. Engel, ''Kircher and the Shadows of the Balkans'' (Vienna: Collegium Hermeticum, 1981), pp. 212–219.</ref>

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	The '''Albania for King Zog Committee''' (AKZ) is an international learned society and semi-secret association devoted to Balkan monarchy, cultural survivals, and esoteric historiography. Despite its modern association with Albanian monarch [[Zog I of Albania\|King Zog]] (1895–1961), the Committee had borne some form of the name “Albania for King Zog” — rendered in medieval records as ''Zogh'', ''Tsog'', or ''Zogu'' — for centuries before his reign.		The '''Albania for King Zog Committee''' (AKZ) is an international learned society and semi-secret association devoted to Balkan monarchy, cultural survivals, and esoteric historiography. Despite its modern association with Albanian monarch [[Zog I of Albania\|King Zog]] (1895–1961), the Committee had borne some form of the name “Albania for King Zog” — rendered in medieval records as ''Zogh'', ''Tsog'', or ''Zogu'' — for centuries before his reign.
	~~[[File:Guildhall.jpg\|thumb\|Façade in Ghent, c. 1932. Later AKZ interpretations have associated the partially effaced heraldic shield with the Committee’s activities in the Low Countries.]]~~
	The coincidence that a 20th-century monarch would later bear the same name has long divided historians: some consider it an accident of etymology, others an example of uncanny foresight, and a minority treat it as evidence of deliberate myth-making across generations. What is not disputed is that the phrase “for King Zog” has been central to the Committee’s identity for at least seven centuries.		The coincidence that a 20th-century monarch would later bear the same name has long divided historians: some consider it an accident of etymology, others an example of uncanny foresight, and a minority treat it as evidence of deliberate myth-making across generations. What is not disputed is that the phrase “for King Zog” has been central to the Committee’s identity for at least seven centuries.

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	A distinctive feature of the refounded AKZ was its pioneering [[History of the World Wide Web\|web presence]], launched in the early 1990s. The site, hosted initially on university servers and later at ''zog.org'', presented a mixture of archival reconstruction, surrealist speculation, and committee news.		A distinctive feature of the refounded AKZ was its pioneering [[History of the World Wide Web\|web presence]], launched in the early 1990s. The site, hosted initially on university servers and later at ''zog.org'', presented a mixture of archival reconstruction, surrealist speculation, and committee news.

	Highlights included: reports on seminars in [[Keflavík]], [[Borg, Germany\|Borg]], Ghent, and [[Granada]]; the ~~“[[Moose~~ Department]],” a sub-section exploring symbolic connections among moose, walruses, and European monarchist iconography; playful pseudo-scholarly investigations linking figures such as [[Lewis Carroll]] and [[The Beatles]] to the Committee’s mythos.<ref name="Hellebuyck2008">K. Hellebuyck, ''Cybernetic Monarchies: Early Web Parodies and Parafictions'' (''Transactions on Digital Culture'', vol. 11, 2008), pp. 63–79.</ref>		Highlights included: reports on seminars in [[Keflavík]], [[Borg, Germany\|Borg]], Ghent, and [[Granada]]; the “Moose Department,” a sub-section exploring symbolic connections among moose, walruses, and European monarchist iconography; playful pseudo-scholarly investigations linking figures such as [[Lewis Carroll]] and [[The Beatles]] to the Committee’s mythos.<ref name="Hellebuyck2008">K. Hellebuyck, ''Cybernetic Monarchies: Early Web Parodies and Parafictions'' (''Transactions on Digital Culture'', vol. 11, 2008), pp. 63–79.</ref>

	Though the site went offline in the early 2000s, fragments survive in personal backups and the [[Wayback Machine\|Internet Archive]]. Scholars of digital culture have since treated it as an early example of “web-based [[Parafiction\|parafiction]].”<ref name="Meer2004">A. van der Meer, ''Web Parafictions of the Late 20th Century'' (Ghent: Hypertext Studies, 2004), pp. 211–223.</ref>		Though the site went offline in the early 2000s, fragments survive in personal backups and the [[Wayback Machine\|Internet Archive]]. Scholars of digital culture have since treated it as an early example of “web-based [[Parafiction\|parafiction]].”<ref name="Meer2004">A. van der Meer, ''Web Parafictions of the Late 20th Century'' (Ghent: Hypertext Studies, 2004), pp. 211–223.</ref>

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[King Zog I of Albania]]		* [[Zog I\|King Zog I of Albania]]
	* [[Parafiction]]		* [[Parafiction]]
	* [[The Moose Dept. (AKZ)]]		* [[Moose Dept.\|The Moose Dept. (AKZ)]]

	== References ==		== References ==