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@Santiblocks  
It seems like that python scrypt doesn’t neeed an accaunt. I didn’t entered my accaunt information anywhere yet it works.

@Tazool  
The dates were copied from a previous post, and just means the date at which they were added to that post.
 
You can ignore them since they aren’t relevant for archiving purposes, except as some kind of “chapter title”.
 
It’s best to download everything, which is easy if you use TumblThree. If you can’t use that, then just save whatever pony pictures you want, nsfw or sfw, since it seems tumblr is being dumb and flagging even sfw posts.

@furrypony  
Possibly my final question, what do the dates on the spreadsheet supposed to represent?
 
Also, these clop tumblrs, many upload both nsfw and sfw; only archive and upload nsfw content?

It is not only porn blogs that will be hit by this. Tumblrs system has been flagging up all things furry and pony regardless of the actual content as explicit.
 
We can be pretty sure that Tumblr will leave the removal of things to their clearly broken automated system.
 
Save as much pony as you can. Not just the NSFW stuff.
 
Treat this as if Tumblr is shutting down.

@Tazool  
No, just that they are clop tumblrs that should be uploaded to derpibooru.
 
Anything that’s already in derpibooru will not be affected.

@furrypony  
So these are all the accounts that have images linked to DB, but not actually saved within the servers?
 
If so, there is a lot of work to be done.

@Tazool
 
I recommend following this spreadsheet.  
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UN2cVWkCSF6dMMo5aMzVwXVSZonVAYH4IGXLUmf9gc0/edit?usp=sharing
 
The first thing to do would be to download the pictures, then there’ll be time to upload to derpi
 
When uploading, leave a name if you can, use anonymous uploading if you must.

So when archiving, I should be looking for tumblr accounts that are not on the list?
 
And if I do find one that isn’t on the list, archive it and upload it (using the script and the tumblr user’s tag) anonymously to Derpibooru?

@Takashi.0
 
I made a google spreadsheet to help with organizing the effort
 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UN2cVWkCSF6dMMo5aMzVwXVSZonVAYH4IGXLUmf9gc0/edit?usp=sharing

Good luck to the scholars who attempt such a feat.  
I’ll cheer ya on.

Is there a list on what’s already been done?

@Background Pony #1F33  
Why not?

Keep discussion in this thread focused on the archival effort; anything else will be removed.
 
@Background Pony #1F33  
Yes.

Will the already uploaded stuff stay here?

Currently going through quicksilverv2’s tumblr, will try to upload all pony related stuff.

@The Smiling Pony  
That python alternative you are linking needs an account to work? Because you know… safe mode

@Santiblocks
 
 
@Brokedownandmadeone estimation is only most important ones. For absolute completeness see @The Smiling Pony. That list of course includes a fair amount of deleted tumblrs, but if we can get organized I think it’s doable to download however many of them (3000? 10000?) are still alive.

@Santiblocks  
Check here, here, and here.  
Note: this is only what’s listed. If you come across any that aren’t listed, feel free to list them in a post or upload them.

Like… someone has an approximation of how much stuff we are talking about?

I made a google spreadsheet to help with organizing the effort
 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UN2cVWkCSF6dMMo5aMzVwXVSZonVAYH4IGXLUmf9gc0/edit?usp=sharing

@kuren247
 
Don’t complain, go and archive. The time to complain is later. We don’t have much time.

There’s so many things Tumblr could change, yet instead they’re banning all NSFW stuff, and getting rid of most, if not all, of their biggest blogs. If it wasn’t for how easy it was to view NSFW stuff on it, Tumblr would have disappeared long ago.I mean It’s not just the fact that they’re getting rid of pron blogs but they’re getting rid of innocent bloggers who post sfw art and flagging innocent post. You could have a picture of flower and they’ll call it explicit.Tumblr has given users and the site tools to filter off nsfw images, videos, and pages. Like, for over a few months or something they implemented the auto safe mode that’s on by default across all platforms as well as occasionally filtering out the different tags, those that are nsfw entirely from the normal day to day stuff. They switch every account to show safe posts and so on as well as the ability to have a self filter for the artist, writer, page owner, what have you so that these people can set themselves to be seen without safe mode on. So why completely fucking purge the entire site of those who are mostly artists and writers? Sure what was found is horrendously unacceptable but you have the tools and have had the occasional filtering that kept two very different world’s apart.

@CMC Scootaloo  

 
That’s no guarantee. From what I’ve seen even SFW content is getting flagged because Tumblr is relying on a very rudimentary image bot that looks for outlines that seemingly suggest NSFW imagery. So even if your character is a basic SFW pony, or a humanized pony properly covered in a bikini or underwear, the bot can wrongfully flag it as NSFW as if it believes they look like a naked human.
 
Despite me typically not publishing explicit nudity, I have 62 posts flagged because they have the vague appearance of what the bot could confuse as explicit. Some of them are even fully-clothed drawings. The kicker is that the flagging isn’t even consistent because I have plenty similar images that were unscathed. Somehow this isn’t among the posts flagged. Anyway, I’ve managed to archive my entire Tumblr catalog, images and HTMLs. I’ll have to trawl the post dates as well to be thorough.
 
Never leave anything to chance.

I really do wish I could help, but my laptop is several years old and has this weird issue where I can only upload files to any site that had existed on it before it crashed and nearly died in February, literally none of which that are pony related are not already on here.
 
I’m just glad all the pony art I ever made was uploaded years ago. Godspeed gentlemen.

@Background Pony #4E7C  
Tumblr only DNPs on NSFW content have already been stated to be null in this event.