Ineffable Wingbolt Arch-Mage Solberg Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I'm trying to make a list of my posts here on the Spiderweb Forums. I know that it sounds stupid but it's something that I'm doing. I'm missing a lot from 2004 and earlier and a fair few from 2008 through early 2010. I mainly started keeping the list on August 24, 2010 with my 417th post. I just grew from there. I've already checked the pied-piper site and found around 70 posts. My main question is, Is there another site that may have the posts I'm looking for? Post #615 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 http://www.spiderwebforums.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=userposts&id=302 this will have all the ones that haven't been deleted from these forums. i doubt there are any other archives besides PPP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Arch-Mage Solberg Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Originally Posted By: Lilith http://www.spiderwebforums.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=userposts&id=302 Already got those Lilith. Thanks anyways. Originally Posted By: Lilith this will have all the ones that haven't been deleted from these forums. i doubt there are any other archives besides PPP That stinks if that's true. Wasn't there a purge in 2009? Post #616 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Yes, there is quite a bulk of data that got deleted from Spiderweb without being archived on PPP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Arch-Mage Solberg Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 So that's it Aran? It's just gone? That stinks, I was really hoping to some archive that might have the missing posts. Oh well, I got most of them! Thanks anyway Lilith and Aran. Post #617 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 You could always try archive.org, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 You could always try going through your browser's long term history or something...Or you could screen shot every single post you do and save it on paint or Microsoft word or something complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 The missing posts were created between May 2008 and October 2009, so no browser cache in the world would still have them. archive.org has a few pages, but unfortunately very little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 The good news is that a few of us mods bumped some key topics so they wouldn't disappear. There were two large thread casualties: the old What are you reading topic, and the DL Witch Hunt #2 Redux thread, to which I say good riddance to a venomous clusterfpost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S the DL Witch Hunt #2 Redux thread I actually had that backed up for a long while (I forget why I saved it, and since I didn't know if there was a reason, I never got around to deleting it), but it went to the great void with the rest of my data when my computer died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I'm hoping "good riddance" isn't directed at the old What Are You Reading topic... While we're on the topic of archived posts: Aran, did you archive Polaris or something? I see this Polaris link in your sig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I didn't. I might have a truly ancient backup from late in 2005 (the one we reloaded when Polaris sank early in 2007), but nothing more. I ran a weekly database backup for quite some time later on, but those were all stored on my web host account and I completely lost that folder. That was a sad day. All is fleeting. Edit: I just realized the potential for a nice allusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 try this way back machine i just read up about an effort to backup the internet. it might ave what you're looking for disclosure: i haven't checked the site out other than googling it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Darth Ernie try this way back machine i just read up about an effort to backup the internet. it might ave what you're looking for disclosure: i haven't checked the site out other than googling it this is archive.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Arch-Mage Solberg Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 Originally Posted By: Celtic Minstrel You could always try archive.org, I suppose. No dice. Nothing there for me. Thanks for the help though. Originally Posted By: Trenton the dragon lord You could always try going through your browser's long term history or something... Won't work...I've only had this computer for a few months. The stuff I'm looking for is years old. Originally Posted By: Trenton the dragon lord Or you could screen shot every single post you do and save it on paint or Microsoft word or something complicated. I do not have the patience for that. Thanks anyways. Originally Posted By: Polaran The missing posts were created between May 2008 and October 2009, so no browser cache in the world would still have them. So even if I had my old computer and did what Tdl said, it still wouldn't have worked! I guess I'll just have to make due with what posts I've got. Thank you all for your help. Post #618 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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