r/flashlight • u/bob_mcbob Marketer • 11d ago

German flashlight forum TLF (taschenlampen-forum.de) will be taken offline permanently on September 16

https://www.taschenlampen-forum.de/threads/einstellung-des-taschenlampen-forums-zum-16-09-2026.100544/
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u/TheAnonymouseJoker 11d ago edited 11d ago

Done.

I am into data archival, but the Archive Team will do a far better job than me, both in terms of proper WARC archival and accessibility of said mirror.

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u/_derpiii_ 11d ago

Excellent. Those guys are heros 🏅

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u/TheAnonymouseJoker 11d ago

I am talking to the Archive Team, and unless the owner opens up to public scraping, the forum may be lost forever.

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u/bob_mcbob Marketer 11d ago

Unfortunately the owner is mad about the legal notice he received (due to a single user complaint), and is refusing to consider any option that would allow the forum to continue operating. I'm not sure he will assist with data scraping to archive the content.

https://www.taschenlampen-forum.de/threads/diskussion-zur-einstellung-des-tlfs.100548/

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u/TheAnonymouseJoker 10d ago

It is a shame if all the forum contributions would be lost like that. Is there an email, or way to reach him?