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| image = Xanga screenshot.png
| image = Xanga screenshot.png
| description = The Blogging Community
| description = The Blogging Community
| URL =
| URL = http:// www.xanga.com/
| project_status = {{closing}}
| project_status = {{online}} http:// thexangateam.xanga.com/2013/09/03/welcome-to-xanga-2-0/
| archiving_status = {{inprogress}}
| source = https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/xanga-grab
| archiving_status = {{partiallysaved}}; private 25 TB copy {{saved}} by itself http:// thexangateam.xanga.com/2013/08/29/xanga-2-0-2-million-blogs-and-25-terabytes-of-photos-backed-up-and-ready-to-go/
| irc = jenga
| irc = jenga
| tracker = [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/xanga/ here]
| tracker = http://tracker.archiveteam.org/xanga/
}}
}}
Another fucking forum, another fucking bullshit we are going to make you pay but we don't really want to honest.
'''Xanga''' is a blogging community which is [http://xanga.crowdhoster.com/relaunch-xanga going to be relaunched] as a paid service. The users will be able to download archives of their current blogs until July the 31st, after which the site will either shut down due to fundraising failure, or get relaunched as a WordPress-powered version. It is not clear whether existing blogs will be preserved on this new platform.


=== Prior work ===
== Prior work ==


Previously a minor grab was done to test the feasibility of grabbing Xanga. This can be seen [http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aarchiveteam_xanga&sort=-publicdate on the Internet Archive].
Previously a minor grab was done to test the feasibility of grabbing Xanga. This can be seen [http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aarchiveteam_xanga&sort=-publicdate on the Internet Archive].


=== What now? ===
== What now? ==


The project for the warriors has been resurrected.
The project for the warriors has been resurrected.


The userlist that is present on IA has been loaded and is currently being crunched while we try to collect as many usernames as possible.
The [http://archive.org/details/archiveteam-xanga-userlist-20130142 list of usernames] that is present on IA has been loaded and is currently being crunched while we try to collect as many usernames as possible.


Current upload location is on GLados' dedi server hosted in Paris; the megawarc system is setup and running under smiley's username.
Current upload location is only IA.
 
== How can I help? ==
 
1. Run the task in the [[warrior]]
 
2. Help collect usernames:
 
<pre>
mkdir ./xanga
cd ./xanga
wget https://raw.github.com/Cameron-D/xanga-usernames/master/fetchusernames.py
chmod +x ./fetchusernames.py
./fetchusernames.py
</pre>
 
Allow the script to run, it'll continue to grab files until you kill it, or touch ./STOP in the directory the script is in.
 
== Xanga 2.0 ==
 
On August 31, 2013, the website was taken down and a [http://web.archive.org/web/20131002153037/http://xanga.com/ new homepage] announcing Xanga 2.0 was put up.
 
== Archives ==
 
* WARC file [https://archive.org/details/archiveteam_xanga Collection]
** January 22, 2013 to February 16, 2013
** June 21, 2013 to August 31, 2013
* [https://archive.org/download/archiveteam_xanga_index/ User name lookup]
* [https://archive.org/details/archiveteam-xanga-userlist-20130142 User name list]
 
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Revision as of 16:10, 16 January 2017

Xanga
The Blogging Community
The Blogging Community
URL http:// www.xanga.com/
Status Online! http:// thexangateam.xanga.com/2013/09/03/welcome-to-xanga-2-0/
Archiving status Partially saved; private 25 TB copy Saved! by itself http:// thexangateam.xanga.com/2013/08/29/xanga-2-0-2-million-blogs-and-25-terabytes-of-photos-backed-up-and-ready-to-go/
Archiving type Unknown
Project source https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/xanga-grab
Project tracker http://tracker.archiveteam.org/xanga/
IRC channel #jenga (on hackint)

Xanga is a blogging community which is going to be relaunched as a paid service. The users will be able to download archives of their current blogs until July the 31st, after which the site will either shut down due to fundraising failure, or get relaunched as a WordPress-powered version. It is not clear whether existing blogs will be preserved on this new platform.

Prior work

Previously a minor grab was done to test the feasibility of grabbing Xanga. This can be seen on the Internet Archive.

What now?

The project for the warriors has been resurrected.

The list of usernames that is present on IA has been loaded and is currently being crunched while we try to collect as many usernames as possible.

Current upload location is only IA.

How can I help?

1. Run the task in the warrior

2. Help collect usernames:

mkdir ./xanga
cd ./xanga
wget https://raw.github.com/Cameron-D/xanga-usernames/master/fetchusernames.py
chmod +x ./fetchusernames.py
./fetchusernames.py

Allow the script to run, it'll continue to grab files until you kill it, or touch ./STOP in the directory the script is in.

Xanga 2.0

On August 31, 2013, the website was taken down and a new homepage announcing Xanga 2.0 was put up.

Archives