Comments on: How to recover your Yahoo! Groups from the Internet Archive https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/ Join the Horde! Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Michael https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-32191 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:34:47 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-32191 For readers of this article who want to cut to the chase and simply find any existing archive of their former, open (public) Yahoo Group:

1. Simply take this url:
https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22yahoo%20groups%22%20handle
and replace [handle] with the exact name of their former group, as found in the group’s old Yahoo web address. If the official Yahoo Group was located at yahoo.com/groups/abrahamlincolnofficial or groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/abrahamlincolnofficial, then the group handle was “abrahamlincolnofficial”. Former group owners and admins would hopefully remember the handle.

2. If there is a search result with the Yahoo logo, then click on the result. If there is no result and you are certain of the handle,

3. Click on “Web Archive GZ” to download the compressed archive of your group.

4. Choose decompression tools to extract and display the archive.

]]> By: Michael https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-32189 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:52:18 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-32189 Once you navigate the initial maze to find an open group’s WARC file, it appears that anyone with some Python coding skills can convert the archive back into a readable Yahoo Group, either as a website or as a Markdown or e-book document collection.

I will join the tech team that seems to be working on this.

https://yahoogroups.dreamwidth.org/profile

]]> By: SPACE WAVES https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-30611 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:26:38 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-30611 This is such a helpful guide! I had almost lost hope of recovering my Yahoo! Groups, but your step-by-step instructions on using the Internet Archive made it so much easier. Thank you for sharing this valuable info!

]]> By: Anonymous https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-30152 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:59:12 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-30152 where can I find a list of your groups

]]> By: Doranwen https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-28566 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:16:42 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-28566 If people are wondering how to get the ACTUAL group data, well, they should probably be pointed in the direction of the Yahoo Groups (Fandom) Rescue Project: https://yahoogroups.dreamwidth.org/profile

We’re still working on organizing the data, and saved a lot of groups which were Restricted for spam prevention reasons. But we are happy to confirm which groups are saved, and volunteers who help with the tagging can request specific group data to be dug out of the disorganized pile a bit early.

]]> By: winpkr https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-27732 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:09:19 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-27732 This is such a helpful guide! I had given up hope of retrieving those old Yahoo! Groups discussions. Thank you for showing us how to navigate the Internet Archive and recover our sentimental data. I can’t wait to dive back into those memories!

]]> By: Simon https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-24296 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 04:42:40 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-24296 In reply to themadprogramer.

Hi themadprogramer,

Thank you so much for this post. Quick query: If I get to the part of your post where you say:

“Raw data collections are stored in assorted, non-alphabetic, batches. To see if a group has its raw data available on the Internet Archive, simply query:”

… and no result appears ~ is there a workaround, or someone to contact to see when the OPEN group I have found (using the previous parts of your blog) posts might be uploaded again?

Thank you so much.
Simon

]]> By: caro https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-21944 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 22:07:06 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-21944 In reply to Victoria kightlinger.

Awesome.

]]> By: Anonymous https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-21943 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 22:05:52 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-21943 In reply to Victoria kightlinger.

That would be great even if just to read.

]]> By: Anonymous https://datahorde.org/how-to-recover-your-yahoo-groups-from-the-internet-archive/#comment-21942 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 22:04:57 +0000 https://datahorde.org/?p=2293#comment-21942 In reply to Victoria kightlinger.

That would be awesome, but so far have not heard anything. Thanks. Would love seeing the yahoo groups return even if we can’t post but can read.

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