Recovering Old Posts?

[Maerok]

Is it possible to recover old posts through some third-party website? This is from before the thread purge (or whatever it was called). I tried the Internet Wayback Machine but I guess giantitp isn't covered. I'm trying to get a hold of http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19507

[Glyphic]

Try the way back machine, but I'm not sure if it covers web forums.

[Eloi]

Try the way back machine, but I'm not sure if it covers web forums.

He already said he tried that, remember?

[Zherog]

If you can find that thread on a Google search, you can opt to view the cached version rather than following the link.

[Renegade Paladin]

If you can find that thread on a Google search, you can opt to view the cached version rather than following the link.
And if that doesn't work, you're pretty much hosed. There's no archive anywhere, to my knowledge.

[Kobold-Bard]

And if that doesn't work, you're pretty much hosed. There's no archive anywhere, to my knowledge.

The link to the archive is at the bottom right of the site. Though searching for a particular thread may be more trouble than it's worth.

[Rockphed]

The link to the archive is at the bottom right of the site. Though searching for a particular thread may be more trouble than it's worth.

I thought the archive didn't hold the purged threads...

[Renegade Paladin]

The link to the archive is at the bottom right of the site. Though searching for a particular thread may be more trouble than it's worth.
Oh. Didn't know that. Well, in that case it should be at this link: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-19507.html However, entering that URL returns a blank page, so apparently it's not in the archive either. In fact, from a cursory examination, the archive seems to contain no thread numbers between roughly 17000 and 26000. :smallconfused:

[Kobold-Bard]

I thought the archive didn't hold the purged threads...

I didn't know that. Fair enough, my advice is useless then.

[Renegade Paladin]

I thought the archive didn't hold the purged threads...
Well, that's really weird. A check of the oldest posts on the primary board, however, reveals that this is the case; there are threads from 2003 in the depths of Friendly Banter still. Apparently the purge didn't start at the beginning and go up to December 31st, 2007 like they said it would.

[Maerok]

Oh well. I think I did end up saving most of that homebrew on another thread. In looking for it, I found that several people had cited it in some of their posts. :smallbiggrin: