IRC Quotes
What's this, then?
Auguste, BlueMax and Dr-Spangle are currently scraping IRC quote databases (e.g. Bash.org). If you can help out or suggest other quote databases to scrape, please join them in #bashup.
Auguste is currently writing a generic Perl script to grab any QdbS-powered QDB (e.g. Auguste's ArchiveTeam QDB). As long as a website is using the default QdbS template and no major modifications, it works flawlessly. He'll release the script publicly once he gets it working with the other common QdbS templates.
Project Hosting
Auguste is currently hosting scrapes here. Everybody is encouraged to help mirror.
Helping Out
Scraping doesn't take a lot of work; the QDBs are all more or less the same. You only need to write one script, then make a few changes to adapt it to any other QDB you want to scrape. The actual scraping process should easily take under 10 minutes.
If you do want to help with the scraping, please follow the existing scrape format:
- Each quote has its own file
- Each file is named 'n.txt', where 'n' is the quote's ID number
- All quotes should be compressed into an archive
- The archive name should identify the original location (URL) and date of scraping (e.g. 'QuoteIRC.com Quote Collection 2011-04-04.7z', or 'DOMAIN.TLD Quote Collection YYYY-MM-DD.EXT').
- If the original location (URL) has subdirectories (e.g. 'Foobar.com/baz'), replace forward slashes with hyphens: 'Foobar.com-baz'.
Tips
- Scrape from the browse page (e.g. http://bash.org/?browse). This way you can scrape 10-50 quotes per page request, rather than cycling through thousands of individual quote pages.
Project Status
Database | Has been scraped | Scraper | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Bash.org | Yes | Dr-Spangle | The quote database that pretty much created all others. |
DeadDyingDamned.com/QDB/ | No | The unofficial ArchiveTeam QDB. I'll have the server automatically save these somewhere. --Auguste 13:36, 7 April 2011 (UTC) | |
I-Rox.com | Yes | Auguste | |
Mandaliet.com/furcqdb/ | Yes | Auguste | The Furcadia quote database |
QDB.MIT.edu | Yes | Auguste | The MIT quote database |
QDB.us | Yes | Auguste | |
QuoteIRC.com | Yes | Auguste | |
Quotes.BurntElectrons.org | Yes | Auguste | The IRC.Mozilla.org quote database |
WarpDrive.se | Yes | Auguste | Quotes are in Swedish |
WQDB.org | Yes | Auguste | The Worms quote database |
xkcdb.com | Yes | Auguste | The xkcd quote database |
german-bash.org | Yes (here) | Darkstar | German version of bash.org |
ibash.de | Yes (here) | Darkstar | Another german quotes DB |
JDL.Host.HK-DIY.net/Quote | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
MoarPupr.com/Quotes | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
Frostfall-Guild.com/FF/QDB | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
FreqBase.com/QDB | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
LolImBanned.com | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
BombLol.net/OrNot | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
NotSafeForSanity.com/Quotes | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
QDB.PesterChum.net | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
DeanyDerkheiser.net/QDB | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
Pilkipedia.co.uk/QDB | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
LinuxCult.org/Quotes | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
QDBS.ChanOps.org | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |
QDB.Honk-Honk.org | Yes | Auguste | Generic QdbS QDB |