# Recovering poll results from pre-Discouse era

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**Created:** [January 16, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-poll-results-from-pre-discouse-era/930699 "2021-01-16T22:43:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-poll-results-from-pre-discouse-era/930699/1 "2021-01-16T22:43:13Z")

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Five years ago I created a poll thread, and the thread is still there, but the post with the poll and results is gone. Is there any way to recover that information? Is the vB version of SDMB archived somewhere?

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-poll-results-from-pre-discouse-era/930699/2 "2021-01-17T00:33:36Z")

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> [@commasense](#):
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> Is the vB version of SDMB archived somewhere?

Maybe check the [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20170701000000*/boards.straightdope.com)?