Bring Back a Site

[R I S S Y]

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I was looking to bring back this site. I had put it on Maintenance Mode before I deleted the forum, so I was hoping you'd be able to bring it back regardless.

I also have another question: if I deleted a site a long time ago and forgot the URL, are you able to look into my account to see the old site URLs that were attached to it? I had a site that I vaguely remember had the words "angels and demons" in the URL, but it was back when I had a different email (it should still be the same account, though), so I can't look through my emails to get the proper URL. If you can't, that's totally okay--thought I'd ask anyway!

Thanks for your help!

[Kami]

As long as the error on the site you have linked to (which I can't see the link since I am not staff) says that the admin opted to remove it from service, you should be fine — it will be in whatever state it was when you deleted, so as long as you only put it on MM and didn't delete any individual content (threads, posts, members, boards, etc) it should be fine.

However, if you receive an error that says that the URL can't be found, that means that it got swept up in some inactivity deletions about 8 or so years ago and wouldn't be recovered.

Either way, a PB admin will be in during business hours (M-F, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm pacific / -8gmt) and can either restore or confirm that it's not recoverable.

For the second question, it's likely not possible to find a URL that way, especially if the email is different. Email is the only way PB verifies an owner's identity, as well, so even if it could be found you would need access to the old email to prove you owned it in order to bring it back. Sorry. :(

[R I S S Y]

Thanks for letting me know about question #2. The url was attached to this current global account (but at the time I had another email linked which I had updated after the site had been closed and deleted. It was worth a shot!

[Michael]

Hi Rissy,

Unfortunately we don't have any sort of logs for forums that may have been previously attached to your account. If you find a URL I can look and see if we can restore the forum.

As for the other forum I have confirmed your ownership and restored the forum.

[R I S S Y]

Thanks for letting me know. It was worth a shot! Thanks for your help!