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KremlinYTMND

KremlinYTMND

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Hello,

I embarked on a small nostalgia trip logging into my original RS account (this account), and it dawned on me that changing my password was probably a good idea. In the account settings page, I clicked my offense history out of curiosity, and found the text logs for a chat ban I received nearly 15 years ago, when I was a child. It was oddly delighting to read them, and I recalled I also posted on the forums back then as well.

My question is, do any archives or backups of very old forums content still exist? From between 2005-2007.

When I click my profile, I see I have posted 143 times. This suggests to me the possibility of those old posts still existing somewhere.

I'd like to read some of what I wrote (which I am sure was some very embarrassing RP/fanfic :D ) . I've gone down the avenues of archive.org and similar with no luck.

I realize that threads are pruned after they pass page 50 and are no longer accessible on the public web forum. But, is that data totally gone, or does it still exist internally?

Best,
K

22-Oct-2022 12:43:35

2_Tron

2_Tron

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If 'Old Data' is saved ... Jagex/JMods never will do tell us any other than it has been chewed away not being there anymore.

Do there exist data-logs/back-ups of the past ... I am very sure some people do save data-logs/back-ups but agreements might block them from being made public.

There are several players who have personal data-logs/back-ups themselves but at some point you need to leave the past the past and move forward to newer grounds.

22-Oct-2022 13:04:09

YtHaar-Mej
Dec Member 2005

YtHaar-Mej

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The wayback machine can access the forums back to 10 Apr 2006 (when this forum system got released and didn't require being signed in to view them anymore).

http://forum.runescape.com/lang/en/aff/runescape/forums.ws -- 2006 - 2009
http://forum.runescape.com/forums.ws -- 2009-2011
http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/forums.ws -- 2011 - 2019
https://secure.runescape.com/m=forum/forums -- 2019 - present

Not every thread or pages of big threads are archived, but there's a decent amount to be able to view and see over time.

You likely wont be able to view your profile with threads until much later though....that came around the 2011 period.


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Edit: As for past page 50, it's not hidden from view, the thread gets removed from the forums entirely.
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22-Oct-2022 15:59:42 - Last edited on 23-Oct-2022 03:54:43 by YtHaar-Mej

Tranq
Nov Member 2007

Tranq

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If they exist Jagex isn't going to tell us. The rule is once it passes page 50 it's gone from view, or at least gone from public view. No idea if they're stored for prosperity anywhere. Judging by how much data that is I'm sure they do truly pass into the void at some point. That would be alot of storage space needed to house dead threads.
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23-Oct-2022 02:10:02

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