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"Update: Due to a forums outage over the weekend of April 22-24th, we've extended the time before the forums will be locked into read-only mode. The new date for that is Tuesday, May 3rd."
"Update: Due to a forums outage over the weekend of April 22-24th, we've extended the time before the forums will be locked into read-only mode. The new date for that is Tuesday, May 3rd."
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|colspan="3"|<center>'''Main <i>forums.starwars.com</i> Page Types and Preliminary Counts'''</center>
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! Page Type !! File Name !! Preliminary Count Estimate
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| <tt>Announcements :</tt> || <tt>ann.jspa?annID=#</tt> || Uncertain (probably under 10)
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| <tt>Category :</tt> || <tt>category.jspa?categoryID=# <br />category.jspa?categoryID=#&start=## <br />(## = 0, 15, 30, 45, etc.)</tt> || 1 thru 20 each with multiple start values
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| <tt>Forum :</tt> || <tt>forum.jspa?forumID=#<br />forum.jspa?forumID=#&start=##</tt> || 1 thru ~193 (don't seem to be sequential)<br />Highly used forumID=61 has at least 1102 pages start=16515
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| <tt>Messages :</tt> || <tt>message.jspa?messageID=#</tt> || ~2 million : according to stats on main forum page<br />quick scrap found a high value of 17965717
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| <tt>Profiles :</tt> || <tt>profile.jspa?userID=#</tt> || ???? : quick scrape found a high value of 9782310<br />Seem to be sequential [earlier # have earlier creation date]
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| <tt>RSS :</tt> || <tt>rss.jspa?feed=rss%2Frssmessages.jspa?forumID=#</tt> || Please confirm if these are scrape worthy
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| <tt>Tag :</tt> || <tt>tag.jspa?tagName=__NAME__</tt> || Main Star Wars terms each have their own __NAME__ tag
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| <tt>Thread Message :</tt> || <tt>thread.jspa?messageID=#</tt> || ???? : quick scrape found a high value of 17966647
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| <tt>Thread Thread :</tt> || <tt>thread.jspa?threadID=#</tt> || 50,574 according to stats of main forum page<br />???? : quick scrape found a high value of 275287
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| <tt>Other :</tt> ||colspan="2"| <tt>Folder 'dwf', 'resources' & 'scripts' have JavaScript (.js)<br />Folders 'images' & 'share' have .gifs<br />File types 'index' and a few other misc. types</tt>
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|colspan="3"|Note: these are the main categories found from a quick scrape.<br />Possible repetition : File type 'messages' might be the same as 'thread message'
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Revision as of 13:38, 3 May 2011

FORUMS.STARWARS.COM
ForumsStarWarsCom.jpg
URL http://forums.starwars.com
Status Closing on 2011-06-03 announcement tf.n report
Archiving status Not saved yet
Archiving type Unknown
IRC channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint)

Forums.StarWars.Com Shutdown

StarWars.Com announced the closure of their forums on 03 June 2011. (Forum will lock on 3rd May 2011) tf.n report

"The StarWars.com forums have been online since October 2001 and have featured conversations with various Star Wars VIPs. Lucas Licensing's Sue Rostoni had an ongoing dialog with Del Rey customers where she responded to fan questions and concerns. The forums received a facelift in July 2010 that gave users several new features."

Closure Update :

"Update: Due to a forums outage over the weekend of April 22-24th, we've extended the time before the forums will be locked into read-only mode. The new date for that is Tuesday, May 3rd."


Main forums.starwars.com Page Types and Preliminary Counts
Page Type File Name Preliminary Count Estimate
Announcements : ann.jspa?annID=# Uncertain (probably under 10)
Category : category.jspa?categoryID=#
category.jspa?categoryID=#&start=##
(## = 0, 15, 30, 45, etc.)
1 thru 20 each with multiple start values
Forum : forum.jspa?forumID=#
forum.jspa?forumID=#&start=##
1 thru ~193 (don't seem to be sequential)
Highly used forumID=61 has at least 1102 pages start=16515
Messages : message.jspa?messageID=# ~2 million : according to stats on main forum page
quick scrap found a high value of 17965717
Profiles : profile.jspa?userID=# ???? : quick scrape found a high value of 9782310
Seem to be sequential [earlier # have earlier creation date]
RSS : rss.jspa?feed=rss%2Frssmessages.jspa?forumID=# Please confirm if these are scrape worthy
Tag : tag.jspa?tagName=__NAME__ Main Star Wars terms each have their own __NAME__ tag
Thread Message : thread.jspa?messageID=# ???? : quick scrape found a high value of 17966647
Thread Thread : thread.jspa?threadID=# 50,574 according to stats of main forum page
???? : quick scrape found a high value of 275287
Other : Folder 'dwf', 'resources' & 'scripts' have JavaScript (.js)
Folders 'images' & 'share' have .gifs
File types 'index' and a few other misc. types
Note: these are the main categories found from a quick scrape.
Possible repetition : File type 'messages' might be the same as 'thread message'