BionicMartin

Yes but someone has my username here which is why you'll rarely see me on ATRL.

From the looks of it I'd imagine it's completely gone. When the last goodbye message went up users could still see their account. But going to log in now it says user is not found, so I figure he's gutting it as we speak. I think there were just a lot legalities that came into play, something about data and information sharing being under his name due to the agreements we sign when we join the forum. It's not as easy as passing it to someone else or archiving it because the problems that would arise if someone were to ask for their data removed would be more hassle than it is worth. But none of this was specifically said, we kinda just had to fill the blanks in ourself.

I think some fans on the Girls Aloud reddit were making an effort to archive most of their threads, maybe you'd have some luck asking over there or seeing what their plan is!

Any archiving that was done would've been for personal use, not anything associated with the new forum. Sorry I can't help in that regard!

For those of you that are curious, the Pop section of the forum will be readable to everyone, not just members, in due time. It's officially Day One post-PJ and we are simply getting our bearings. Membership will open at a later date (think months not years hopefully) but I'm not on ATRL trying to promote the forum, just clearly up some misinfo.

Now how the hell do you embed videos on this forum, I can't do this!

Mother.