In light of recent events regarding the repo discord and all that fun stuff (not hashing anything out), I just wanted to say that I intend to host and maintain my own backup of the repo in the event that it is weaponized or whatever and subsequently removed from FEU. As such, my backup will be divided into two sections, one called Old Repo and one called 6-20-onwards to ensure that it remains “clean” of any site or discord politics.
On that note, in order to ensure your peace of mind and the backup repo’s stability, I’m going to refrain from posting in any discussions here or on any FE forums from here on out (though I’m only on this one anyway), aside from asking for or offering technical help, or answering questions about the backup repo. This is to minimize risk of me/the backup repo being banned for any reason. Not that I plan on starting trouble or ever engaged in politicized discussions to begin with really, but it’s simpler if I just bar myself from it in the first place so nothing can happen at all. And I’m not in any discord servers aside from my FF14 free company one anyway so that’s a non-issue.
The old repo is a backup made of the repository as it exists today, right now, 11:45am Eastern US time on 6-19-24. It has had/will have any links to the repo discord removed from it, if any were missed please bring it to my attention. The 6-20-onwards folder will only begin adding resources starting tomorrow onwards, hence the name. If you want to make sure your submissions are kept backed up in case the worst should happen, I’d wait until tomorrow to submit any, or quote your post(s) and tag me here in this thread so I can easily find them.
A few miscellaneous things to note:
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I’m no gitwizard. The purpose of this backup is not to be as functional or pretty as the current one, it is to be a raw backup option and nothing more. I’ll keep the folders and things organized the way they currently are for consistency but I don’t know the first thing about how all the fancy previews and extensions and all that work. If this backup is ever used, you’ll just have to navigate the folders manually. I’m hoping it never has to be used, though.
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From what I understand, not all sections of the repo have been kept as up-to-date as some others have. If you have missing resources from any sections of the repo that aren’t in it currently (again, 6-19-24) you can quote your post submitting it and tag me in this thread and I’ll add them to the 6-20-onwards folder in the backup.
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I’m going to be crediting submitters from 6-20 forward as their name is written here on FEU. If you want to be credited by another name, please say so in your submission post! And please do it each submission. If you submit something and request a different credit, then 150 posts later just submit a resource by itself, I’m not likely to remember your altered credit by then. If credits are ever wrong though, all you have to do is let me know and I’ll try to get it all fixed up.
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Speaking of names, please continue to submit resources as outlined here. If the linked post/thread is deleted, the formatting details have been backed up and will be posted elsewhere when such a time is needed.
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As far as the “additional content contests” like CCC goes, I will not be adding those to the repo unless their resulting resources are submitted directly to the repo submissions thread. This is because I’ll be the sole operator for this backup, and I’m not going to scour the forums for resources to add to it, regardless of if they’re made specifically for the repo/F2E/F2U or not. Please submit them to the repo submissions thread.
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If the thread is ever removed, I’ll create a new one for this backup so submissions can continue, and it will resume the same division of submission and discussion threads.
I’ll post a link to the backup repo once it’s all set up just in case you’d ever like viewing access to it for any reason prior to it being used publicly. It likely won’t be for another day or two, but rest assured that I’ll be doing my backups as I said, from tomorrow onwards.
And lastly, I’d like to answer the obvious question of “why?” As in, why I’m doing this. It’s because I firmly believe a resource like this is too big and too important to leave purely in the hands of people who may not even be allowed on the site(s) it’s pulling from. This resource is bigger than the personal beefs of those who maintain it and I want to make sure no one person or group’s immaturity ruins it for everyone else. This repo should be a neutral resource meant for all of us to use and share.
Thank you all and have a pleasant day.