Should we use archived links instead of direct links?
There is nothing wrong with linking to the Internet Archive, or other archival services, but the full, original URL should either be a component of the address (e.g. …
Cloudflare blocking Wayback Machine from archiving Stack Exchange ...
May 8, 2025 · Recently, whenever I try to archive a question using the Wayback Machine, Cloudflare's been blocking the attempt: Given that any negative impact on the Wayback Machine's ability to …
Can I search the posts of a deleted user for specific keywords like I ...
Nov 12, 2023 · But of course all the posts are still available as part of the archival trove. I am trying to find a way to search for certain keywords among their answer. I have poked around on this site for …
Fabricated data in posts.xml for multiple/all data dumps
Aug 12, 2025 · Each quarter, someone downloads the data dump from Stack Overflow, and re-posts those dumps on the Internet Archive, for the purpose of archival, and promoting open data.
"Data Error Sub items Errors: 1" when ... - Meta Stack Exchange
Nov 19, 2015 · The Internet Archive, which Stack Exchange uses, is a terrible BitTorrent host for this kind of data. Their web seeds don't take into account that the torrents are updated, and will gladly …
All Stack Exchange data dump releases
Mar 10, 2014 · All known releases of the Stack Exchange Network's Creative Commons Community Data Dump, containing all non-deleted posts from non-beta communities, with links to download …
Announcing a change to the data-dump process
Jul 12, 2024 · There's no way around it anymore now that you [SE] have pushed this through in spite of internal warnings; you [SE] have made Stack Exchange, Inc. the biggest threat to the sustainability …
Is there a way to download an offline copy of the Stack Overflow ...
Nov 9, 2018 · Is there a way to download an offline copy of the Stack Overflow questions? I am hoping I can view it offline. Thanks guys. I have found the cc-wiki-dump for Stack Overflow. But the post in …
Could SE remove the "For inquiries about using the data for LLM ...
Jun 24, 2025 · This hasn't really been tested in any way, and frankly SE's guardrails feels like more of a hinderance to genuine archival than stopping LLM companies from using SE data.
Options for community data dump - Meta Stack Exchange
Amazon Glacier seems neat as an internal archival/backup service, but as far as understand it's not possible to make content stored in Glacier publicly accessible.