https://www.straightdope.com/archive/
Both changes for the worse, I think. The bibliographies of all five of my Staff Reports are now gone, and I didn’t see any in a random selection of Cecil’s columns or other Staff Reports, either.
Hope this can be fixed. Thanks!
Using the search box on The Straight Dope front page and putting your name in the field I obtained the following:
Not a perfect solution but this should help.
The search box is located between Today’s Column and the New Column for the week; allow a second or two for the page to fully load, it’s apparently the last thing that gets in there, or at least that’s how it’s rendering on my old machine.
Thanks, Tuba. It’d be nice to have a search box on the Archive page, too.
Any chance of restoring the bibliographies / source listings?
Can’t say for sure; I am no authority, I’m not management and nothing I might say should be taken as such, ever. I am interested in developments going forward, of course, like everyone else, and I could point you to the search engine on the Front Page, so I did that.
Bibliophage’s fine 2002 Staff Report on “Who invented pi?,” now back on the SD front page, includes three books under “Further reading,” but all of my past Staff Reports still lack their bibliographies.
Upvote bringing back the bibliographies.
It’s not personal.
Most of your reports were filed using the “Reference” section on the old form. When all the old columns and staff reports were pulled over to the new site, that section didn’t carry over.
What will have to happen is that the material will have to be searched for on the old server. Then it will have to be pasted in to the new site.
It’s going to take a while. Your patience is appreciated.
Ah, thanks for the update. Good to know. I’d be glad to send them to you again if that would make it any easier for you, Tuba.
If you have them handy, yes, that would help. And I’m sorry this didn’t come out right to begin with. (Always something goes wrong when new stuff comes in, dammit.)