Debate.org historical archive

Author: USBurning 2 years ago

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---- Debate.org Historical Archive ----

Debates: https://www.USBurning.com/DDO/debates.zip
Forums: https://www.USBurning.com/DDO/forums.zip
Polls: https://www.USBurning.com/DDO/polls.zip
Profiles: https://www.USBurning.com/DDO/ddo.zip

A full site back-up with graphics was unfortunately not possible. All the information is unformatted text in html files.

I posted these links in a related forum, but figured a dedicated forum would be best. These archives captured "everything" that isn't a graphics file. Every user profile, every debate, every forum post and every poll (if anyone even cares about polls).

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@USBurning

Nice

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@USBurning

How large are the file sizes, and can the files be used to view the old content as it was, or at least well enough to gather data from?

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@Mharman

it's unformatted text, but easy enough to read. I think the largest files is 106 MB.

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@USBurning

This topic has been featured in the new edition of the DART Bard. Read about it here: https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/7647-dart-bard-5th-edition-ddo-dies-6-12-2022?page=1&post_number=1

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@USBurning

So the entire thing will look like lines of text?

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@Mharman

Yes. It’s just text.

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@USBurning

Hi, thank you so much for posting that.

Did you download and upload all those files from debate.org ?

How did you manage to do that?

Anyway, seems like there's some missing debates, like this one: https://www.debate.org/opinions/should-women-be-allowed-to-vote

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@joeljos

Yes. I used software that scans the server and then attempts to copy every file.

Since it’s a 200+ hour process, I focused only on the raw text.

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07.14.2022 08:51PM

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I was a legend on that website years ago.

Sad to see it not exist anymore.

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@USBurning

It looks like the file is not available... Do you still have access to the file?