Re: [Ops] Etherpad cleanup, save your pads now!

Andy Mabbett via Wikitech-l <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:04:06 +0000
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Expecting people to read such boilerplate when they are busy
annotating a live conference presentation is little better than the
famed notice in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a
disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the
Leopard.”

On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 at 15:46, Amir Sarabadani via Wikitech-l
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Every time you try to create a new pad. You see this warning:
> >     Keep in mind as well that there is no guarantee that a pad's contents will always be available. A pad may be corrupted, deleted or similar. Please keep a copy of important data somewhere else as well.
>
> And this has been the case for many many years now.
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