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TheEarthIsGone Since: May, 2014
#1: May 31st 2014 at 9:13:20 AM

I have a request and I don’t know where to go to ask this, but I just visited the Earth’s TV Tropes page for the first time in I don’t know how long, and it was gone. Completely replaced with a Douglas Adams quote.

That page was a treasure, it was long, it was unwieldy, it was easy to get lost in, but it was fun! I would challenge people to read it without clicking a single link in the page just to watch them fail!

But it is gone now. My question is: is there a backup or an archived version somewhere, that predates the “Mostly harmless.” change? I’m not asking you to put it back up, I just want a copy. I can post it somewhere else, off-site, fix all the links to point back to the site. I just want it to still exist somewhere... please.

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#2: May 31st 2014 at 9:34:12 AM

You mean JustForFun.Earth. It has always been like that.

edited 31st May '14 9:34:31 AM by SeptimusHeap

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Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#3: May 31st 2014 at 9:50:14 AM

Maybe not "always", but since October of 2012, at least.

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#4: May 31st 2014 at 9:53:56 AM

Nope, Septimus is right: "Always".

Here's the Wayback Machine's only snapshot of the page editing history It was made in August of 2012, with the content it has now. The only change that's ever been made to it is the wick to H 2 G 2 being namespaced.

The page at Main.Earth was made in February of 2010, again, with the only content being the H 2 G 2 quote.

edited 31st May '14 9:59:11 AM by Madrugada

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#5: May 31st 2014 at 10:00:30 AM

Are you sure you aren't thinking about the Real Life page? That's a delightful bit of bewildering, meandering stuff.

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
TheEarthIsGone Since: May, 2014
#6: Jun 1st 2014 at 2:19:54 AM

Madrugada, you are a lifesaver. Yes, Real Life! I thought it was Earth for some reason, but it has been a couple of years. I checked the Wayback Machine too and it struck me as odd that Earth’s page even as far back as 2010 wasn’t well, like I “remembered” it because I didn’t think it had been four years so that was really confusing.

Thank you again, and I’m sorry for the trouble.

Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#7: Jun 1st 2014 at 6:01:30 AM

No problem! It gave me a reason to re-read the Real Life page myself, and I'd forgotten how wonderful it is. Got quite a few laugh-out-loud moments from it.

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
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