Archiving the old threads from the old forums...

Talk Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by AleWatcher, Apr 11, 2012.

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  1. AleWatcher

    AleWatcher Initiate (0) Jan 25, 2009 Illinois

    I thought I remembered reading this was something being planned and I just wanted to check if it is still going to happen...

    My personal request is that old BIF Trading forum threads be archived for 2 reasons;
    1). Some BIFs were started on the old forum and still in progress and it would be nice to be ble to revisit the old hauls.
    2). Previous rounds of the same BIF sometimes require checking a "previous participants" list and the associated hauls.

    Any chance of these threads being accessible to us anytime soon?
    Thanks
     
    #1 AleWatcher, Apr 11, 2012
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  2. emannths

    emannths Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2007 Massachusetts

    #2 emannths, Apr 11, 2012
  3. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
    STAFF Mod Team Society Pooh-Bah

    Exactly. It's a not a priority at the moment. We'll eventually write scripts to export them to simple HTML for indexing. No ETA.
     
    #3 Todd, Apr 11, 2012
  4. ShwarzAl3r

    ShwarzAl3r Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2011 Minnesota

    Sort of related, I was hoping to go back to get some info off of my old posts and threads is there any way of accessing them right now?
     
    #4 ShwarzAl3r, Apr 12, 2012
  5. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
    STAFF Mod Team Society Pooh-Bah

    Obviously not.
     
    #5 Todd, Apr 12, 2012
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  6. claaark13

    claaark13 Maven (1,412) Nov 29, 2007 Indiana
    Trader

    Another reason is that there is a TON of good information hidden in the old forums. Dating bottles, rarity inquiries, general help information, cellar information, etc. Lots of times I find myself wanting to reference something for myself or to help someone out, only to remember that I have to try to search Google to find a cahced webpage....if I can even find it. I'd hate to see some of those discussions become completely lost.
     
    #6 claaark13, Apr 12, 2012
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