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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: cypherpunk on October 06, 2013, 07:55 pm

Title: SR forum post database backup?
Post by: cypherpunk on October 06, 2013, 07:55 pm
Since we don't know how much longer this server is going to remain up anymore, and there's been a lot of valuable information shared here over the years, would it be possible for one of the mods or remaining admins to make a backup of the posts and topics here (obviously excluding the staff and site administration forums; I'd say at the very least include the security, legal, shipping, and drug safety forums, ideally philosophy and offtopic too) and allow people to download it (maybe host it on another .onion site, or give it to someone to share on bittorrent?)

Failing that, I guess it's technically possible for anyone interested to make their own backup using a crawler, but it would be far less efficient and reliable than to have one person make a copy and then share it. Either way, I really think we should preserve what we can while we can - it would be a waste to lose everything on here.
Title: Re: SR forum post database backup?
Post by: cypherpunk on October 07, 2013, 03:04 pm
Nobody?
Title: Re: SR forum post database backup?
Post by: stoned_ape on October 07, 2013, 03:32 pm
Probably better to ask, or get someone to ask, in the main forum area. I agree that there is a lot of valuable information here that should be preserved.
Title: Re: SR forum post database backup?
Post by: cypherpunk on October 07, 2013, 03:53 pm
Probably better to ask, or get someone to ask, in the main forum area. I agree that there is a lot of valuable information here that should be preserved.

Yeah, I'd appreciate it if someone could copy or move this thread for me.  I don't have time to spam my way to 50.