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| description = Your neighborhood. Your news. | | description = Your neighborhood. Your news. | ||
| URL = <nowiki>http://www.patch.com/</nowiki> | | URL = <nowiki>http://www.patch.com/</nowiki> | ||
| project_status = {{ | | project_status = {{specialcase}} | ||
| source = https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/patch-grab | | source = https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/patch-grab | ||
| archiving_status = {{ | | archiving_status = {{saved}} - [https://archive.org/details/archiveteam_patch archives] | ||
| irc = cabbagepatch | | irc = cabbagepatch | ||
| tracker = [http://quilt.at.ninjawedding.org/patchy here] | | tracker = [http://quilt.at.ninjawedding.org/patchy here] | ||
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'''Patch.com''' is a "hyperlocal" news community which is [http://www.webcitation.org/6IrUArBiV being downsized] from its current ~900 sites to ~500. | '''Patch.com''' is a "hyperlocal" news community which is [http://www.webcitation.org/6IrUArBiV being downsized] from its current ~900 sites to ~500. | ||
== Current status == | |||
In progress. Warrior integration coming soon. | |||
== Patch.com will rate-limit you across all sites == | |||
Patch.com institutes a rate-limit (some unknown hundreds of requests/hour) across all sites. If you exceed this, all of your requests will be met with HTTP 420s. | |||
If the patch-grab script detects these, it hard-aborts. A kinder solution would be to sleep for some period of time (an hour?) and try again; suggestions appreciated. | |||
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Revision as of 02:13, 30 December 2014
| Patch.com | |
 Your neighborhood. Your news. | |
| URL | http://www.patch.com/ |
| Status | Special case |
| Archiving status | Saved! - archives |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| Project source | https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/patch-grab |
| Project tracker | here |
| IRC channel | #cabbagepatch (on hackint) |
Patch.com is a "hyperlocal" news community which is being downsized from its current ~900 sites to ~500.
Current status
In progress. Warrior integration coming soon.
Patch.com will rate-limit you across all sites
Patch.com institutes a rate-limit (some unknown hundreds of requests/hour) across all sites. If you exceed this, all of your requests will be met with HTTP 420s.
If the patch-grab script detects these, it hard-aborts. A kinder solution would be to sleep for some period of time (an hour?) and try again; suggestions appreciated.