The board seems to delete topics that are over a hundred pages ago
Vasil Stanev
Posts: 783
Hello, this might be a stupid oversight on my part, but,as of 1st of April 2023, I don't seem able to see threads that are older than June 2016. I don't see board pages with numbers over 100. I'm afraid we're losing some important nuggets of typografic knowledge - in WayBackMachine I am able to see some posts from the 2012, but some of it is fractured or altogether missing. Is there a way to get those old threads back?
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I see what you mean; I’ll look into whether there’s an archive.1
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This is ongoing - two days ago I was able to see May 2016James Hultquist-Todd said:I see what you mean; I’ll look into whether there’s an archive.0 -
I can see this from 2012, maybe it has been fixed? https://typedrawers.com/discussion/57/general-discussion#latest0
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Another one from 2012 https://typedrawers.com/discussion/45/haeblers-italian-type-specimens-from-1470-to-1500#latest
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2013 and seems to have over 100 comments https://typedrawers.com/discussion/266/your-opinion-on-super-heavy-discounts-on-myfonts/p50
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Then I should substitute "delete" for "not display". You can still get to older topics by links in newer ones.
Still, if I try to change the page number manually in the board url, I get a 404. So there is no https://typedrawers.com/discussions/p101
I am guessing Vanilla simply doesn't display them, so there must be some other way to display them that I'm too dumb to deduce.
How do you get to the older topics, @Eris Alar ?0 -
It seems the main historical listing is limited to 100 pages.
BUT the threads are still there. A keyword search seems to work as expected. For example, a search on "EULA" gets a ton of hits, including threads from as far back as 2012, 2013, 2014 (at least two of each).
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Thomas has it right. I’ve reached out to Vanilla but have yet to hear back.0
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@Vasil Stanev oh I misunderstood, I was going to a section, say Technique and Theory and going to the older pages0
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