# How does the board backlog work in GQ? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 22, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612 "2005-04-22T15:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/1 "2005-04-22T15:38:46Z")
By that I mean that when you look at GQ, you can go back 2,119 pages at this present time to June of 99. I assume it changes every time new posts add up to make a new page in GQ, so then does the 2,119 page you can go back to become the next page up, like the one after the page that’s last now? Is 2,119 always the number pgs. you can go back? I understand the limitations of a server and how you can only keep so many pages available. Also, when I search the archives of questions, they can go back further than the last page showing currently in that section, whether GQ or Cafe or other, so where do old posts go? In other words, I guess what I’m asking is- how many SD threads still exists (just for GQ) somewhere out there in your dungeons and what is the entire number of these GQ threads availabe- is it 103,440 or does searching the archive yield threads from further back than 6-99? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/2 "2005-04-22T16:17:12Z")
All threads visible on the board are able to be accessed; that goes back to our earliest postings in June of 1999, when this board first opened for business. It’s not a good idea to resurrect old threads, though, unless there’s compelling reason to do so. We occasionally consider archiving older threads. We have thought it might be a better idea to make everything older than a certain point “read only,” but for the present time, it’s all in one place. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/3 "2005-04-22T16:35:14Z")
June? How 'bout March? Time sure flies, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/4 "2005-04-22T16:49:38Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > All threads visible on the board are able to be accessed Shouldn’t that be ‘ **All threads visible on board are able to be access** ’? Clarity improves many happy searching. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/5 "2005-04-22T23:09:08Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > June? How 'bout March? Time sure flies, eh? Isn’t it February? I seem to remember seeing someone’s join date being 2/99 and thinking, “Damn! Just missed being in the very first group!” - **jjtm** , User 239. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/6 "2005-04-22T23:40:46Z")
No, I think the earliest join date is March 09, 1999, and that is **Lynn Bodoni** , user number 2 (user number 1 is not valid). Her profile is here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=2) My join date is a couple of days later, on March 11, 1999, as you can see here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=121](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=121) I was out of town on business for a couple of days just as this web board started up, so I was a little late signing up. And your ( **Troy McClure SF** ’s) join date is just a very few days after that, March 16, 1999, as shown here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=239](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=239) So you are among the early users (user number 239). But I’m not sure there are any posts going all the way back, I sort of remember we lost a few during one of the updates. It may be the oldest posts are from June 99. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/7 "2005-04-23T00:24:13Z")
> [@RJKUgly](#): > > It may be the oldest posts are from June 99. 3/11/99-ATMB: [Offline Reading](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=340) 3/27/99-CoCC: [What does “DLUR, TRKE” mean?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=5) ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/8 "2005-04-23T00:50:31Z")
> [@RJKUgly](#): > > No, I think the earliest join date is March 09, 1999, and that is **Lynn Bodoni** , user number 2 (user number 1 is not valid). Eutychus and C.K. Dexter Haven both have join dates in February 1999. ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/9 "2005-04-23T00:54:32Z")
[QUOTE=RJKUgly] No, I think the earliest join date is March 09, 1999, and that is **Lynn Bodoni** , user number 2 (user number 1 is not valid). /QUOTE] Oddly enough, though, user number 3 registered 19 days before **Lynn** did, on February 18, 1999. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=3). I see on preview that **Berkut** beat me to it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/10 "2005-04-23T01:11:22Z")
Yeah, user IDs below 29 registered in February, except for Lynn Bodoni. It was probably changed manually at some point. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/11 "2005-04-23T04:45:17Z")
Dang! I’m pretty sure the boards weren’t officially open until March, which fits pretty well with Lynn’s date, and I didn’t check the others. Sloppy! Maybe Lynn had to re-register or something, and it changed her date. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-board-backlog-work-in-gq/300612/12 "2005-04-24T04:31:24Z")
Y’all are right. Memory is the second thing that goes, you know that. your humble TubaDiva I forget what the first one is.