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AlexThePrettyGood Could be worse from Feeding the cat Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#1: Feb 2nd 2011 at 5:23:18 PM

Okay, either I am missing a very obvious button somewhere, of my version of Firefox (3.6.13) isn't displaying everything on these pages, but I can only see the first page of both Ask The Tropers and Lost And Found. And this has been so since I first visited those pages weeks ago.

Is there a way to actually browse to the older items on those lists? I would like to find back my older queries, but I can't search for them with my handle (no results). I also don't know for sure the wording I used for every query, so it's difficuly to use the search function.

Everything can be found on the Internet... except common sense.
Glowsquid Since: Jul, 2009
#2: Feb 2nd 2011 at 5:31:25 PM

Under the new system, older entries are just deleted after they're solved or rot for too long. There's an archive for pre-move Ask The Tropers, if that's what you are asking.

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#3: Feb 2nd 2011 at 5:37:47 PM

They are not deleted, they just fall out of view. I could rig up something for people who want to see older items, like the OP. I'll move this to Tech Wishlist.

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AlexThePrettyGood Could be worse from Feeding the cat Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Could be worse
#4: Feb 2nd 2011 at 5:38:32 PM

[up] The current page for Lost And Found contains "353 entries" and if you search for a term that actually appears in the query, you get results from several weeks ago. However, the first page only contains the last few days.

So I don't think this is related to older examples getting "retired"

Edit: Ninja'd by the aptly named one.

edited 2nd Feb '11 5:39:25 PM by AlexThePrettyGood

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#5: May 22nd 2011 at 11:36:17 AM

So, any news on this item's progress? I too think such a feature would be of great help for tropers who might need to rebrowse older entries when they can't remember specific keywords to for the search function. How far does the search function look into the list, BTW?

edited 22nd May '11 11:38:24 AM by MarqFJA

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#8: Mar 17th 2015 at 10:19:36 AM

It is rather annoying, particularly when you can't remember the right keywords. It would also be nice to be able to search for your items there to find an older query.

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#9: Mar 17th 2015 at 10:38:33 AM

Yeah, that was the main reason I suggested this.

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