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| source = https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/xanga-grab
| source = https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/xanga-grab
| archiving_status = {{inprogress}}
| archiving_status = {{lost}} majority, some {{saved}}
| irc = jenga
| irc = jenga
| tracker = [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/xanga/ here]
| tracker = [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/xanga/ here]
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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.
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. Unfortunately, a significant amount of work was still in queue. As of October 7, 2013, no news has occurred. Archive Team stands by.
== 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://ia601604.us.archive.org/12/items/archiveteam_xanga_index/ User name lookup]
* [https://archive.org/details/archiveteam-xanga-userlist-20130142 User name list]


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Revision as of 00:01, 8 October 2013

Xanga
The Blogging Community
The Blogging Community
URL http://www.xanga.com/
Status Closing
Archiving status Lost majority, some Saved!
Archiving type Unknown
Project source https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/xanga-grab
Project tracker here
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. Unfortunately, a significant amount of work was still in queue. As of October 7, 2013, no news has occurred. Archive Team stands by.

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