Is it possible to recover previous edits?

[Liayra]

I mean, from a post/thread that you created. I'm thinking that no but... I'm asking just in case. The problem is that I had a thread of ideas, edited and removed them because they were all taken. Now they're available but I lost the file in my laptop where I saved them all :(

[Avis habilis]

Sorry to say, I don't think the system archives previous versions of individual posts.

It is just possible that they might still exist in Google's cache. The one-on-ones are in the public area of the site, so your request could have been crawled by their spider at some point. If you Google "site:elliquiy.com" plus some keywords from the request, you might find it. Good luck!

[Liayra]

Oh well. I had no luck with the google spider thingie, but thanks anyway Avis habilis!

[Haibane]

If you use Firefox there is a plug-in called "Lazarus Recovery" which keeps all text you input to web forms (of which the post reply area on E is one). This plug-in has saved me many hours of rewriting and the screaming ab-dabs from lost posts when things crashed or I pushed the wrong button. There's a similar plug-in for Chrome as well.

It won't help your current problem but it could well save you work and frustration in the future.

[Liayra]

I know, I use it too! It has saved me a couple of times too although it didn't help me this time... I guess that it can't be perfect!

[Vekseid]

The wiki maintains a history of all edits, so if you want to be certain you can recover things you can store stuff there.

[Liayra]

Thanks Veks, I will keep that in mind!

[JackWhite]

Aren't there websites that store older versions of websites?

[Oniya]

There's the Way Back Machine - it might be worth a go...  You'll need the URL of the page you edited, and at least a rough idea of when the information was there.

[Autumn Sativus]

I tried the wayback machine last night, it had no cached copies of your current Idea thread. If it was a different one you might have a chance.

[JackWhite]

There's the Way Back Machine - it might be worth a go...  You'll need the URL of the page you edited, and at least a rough idea of when the information was there.

It probably won't work with these secured pages though (Username + Password)

[Autumn Sativus]

It probably won't work with these secured pages though (Username + Password)

The Requests boards are public. You don't have to log in to view them.

[Liayra]

The Way Back Machine didn't have anything but it's ok, thanks anyway! :)

[JackWhite]

The Requests boards are public. You don't have to log in to view them.

You're smart, you know that?

[Phoenixrisen]

Another suggestion to avoid this issue in the future is what I do and have seen others do. When and idea is taken use the strikeout tag, or otherwise label it rather than removing it altogether. Sorry you lost it though, it's a pain in the butt when that happens.

[Oniya]

I recently cleaned up my request thread using spoilers to hide the taken ones.

[Liayra]

Thanks for the advices, I will keep them in mind! :)