# Old forum data available?
**URL:** https://discourse.igkt.net/t/old-forum-data-available/7334
**Category:** Help and Site Feedback
**Created:** [2 July 2021 16:35 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/old-forum-data-available/7334 "2021-07-02T16:35:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@fidian](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/fidian)
#### Post date: [2 July 2021 16:35 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/old-forum-data-available/7334/1 "2021-07-02T16:35:53Z")
I’ve seen links to the IGKT forum using yaBB, but they are to a version of the software that I believe was running before SMF. I presume that there was a changeover from one forum software to the other for the members in about 2005, but that means there were a couple years of yaBB posts. Is that information still available? I have interest in reading it. If even database dumps are around, then I could write tools to convert it to static HTML and they could still be hosted on the IGKT website.
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### Author:  [@SS369](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/SS369)
#### Post date: [10 July 2021 20:48 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/old-forum-data-available/7334/2 "2021-07-10T20:48:34Z")
Good day Fidian.
They only data that I can find that early is at [http://web.archive.org/web/20020101000000\*/http://igkt.net/](http://web.archive.org/web/20020101000000*/http://igkt.net/), starting date 2002.
Good luck sifting through it all.
You might try contacting the website admin.
SS
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### Author:  [@fidian](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/fidian)
#### Post date: [12 July 2021 13:35 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/old-forum-data-available/7334/3 "2021-07-12T13:35:14Z")
That was the first place I checked, which did give me some information about when the forum started and a list of some post titles, but none of the posts are actually indexed by the Wayback Machine.
I’ve taken your advice and tried to figure out who to contact. I didn’t see a clear list of people and their roles, so I started the ball rolling by using the contact form on the IGKT website.
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### Author:  [@SS369](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/SS369)
#### Post date: [12 July 2021 19:16 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/old-forum-data-available/7334/4 "2021-07-12T19:16:04Z")
That?s the best route to try.
Let us know how it goes.
SS