I'm afraid you're right, it looks like we've lost most of the Florida archives.

That's what it looks like, though I'm hoping it's just a long process. Or maybe they don't even KNOW that it isn't completely fixed. But since the message is still on the top of the forum, I'm hoping that means they are still working on it. Not giving up hope yet, but not feeling too good about the prospects.

And why are posts missing from the last week? I don't get that at all.

Marcia

Yes, after reading the latest posts on dispatching Cuban Tree Frogs I decided to go back and read previous threads on this subject (I think I have been nurturing a CTF due to my ignorance!!) but the threads were not there!

I know there was one titled "Killing Cuban Tree Frogs" which previously I couldn't bring myself to read as I abhor the thought of killing living creatures. Now, with a red face, I know that I should have dispatched that frog for the sake of all the living creatures it was gobbling up!

Where have all those threads gone??

If you do a search on your own GardenWeb name you'll get an idea of what we've lost. I admit I've been here a long time (since March 2001) and have probably accumulated more posts than most, so maybe it bothers me more, but I feel like I've lost part of my history. Before the crash I had over 600 posts! Now when I search for my name I come up with 33. (No, no, I didn't count them! It tells you have many postings were found.)

Maybe if we all send a request they'll try harder to reinstate our old posts. Go to the Home page and scroll down to the bottom. Click on "Contact Us" and send them an email. I know they listen to us, even if they don't respond. It's worth a try.

Kate (I guess this is post #34. I feel like a Newbie!)

Hey, that's great, Kate...for me, there are only 14!!! Hahahaha! I've posted more than that TODAY!

Seriously, it's really sad, isn't it? And sis3, the post you were looking for was called Thoughts On Killing Cuban Treefrogs (and boy, were there a lot of thoughts!). It's gone. Pretty much everything not included in the 67 pages below seems to be gone, though I keep hoping it will all show up someday.

Marcia

I just checked for my name and got 245! Either they are making their way back or I'm a "blabber-mouth"!

It may be that you frequent other forums; forums that didn't lose their archives. My Quilt forum messages are still there but the Florida ones were gone when I last checked.

I just checked and they are starting to come back! I've got 435 now!

Woooo and also hoooooooooo! I just checked and had over 600! That's quite a jump from yesterday's 14! And I found several specific threads I had been hunting for before the big meltdown. This is VERY good news, indeed!!

Again, kudos to GW for continuing to work on this problem.

Marcia

I haven't been around, so I don't know about the lost archives, but here is what's on the Wayback Machine.

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gardenweb.com

Oh Girl, you have found something wonderful! I didn't know this site existed. I just browsed one page and found a post I made on June 5, 2001. Thank you!!!!!

(BTW, glad to see you back.)

Kate
Click here to get to the link Junkyardgirl posted: GardenWeb Archive on The Wayback Machine