# Stack Overflow - Documentation **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 8, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276 "2017-10-08T04:13:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/1 "2017-10-08T04:13:04Z")
## šŸš© **EDIT:** 4 days later and Itā€™s now gone, [updated below](http://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/10). šŸš© * * * Hey K-ville folks, So I have been wondering what is gonna happen to the Stack Overflow Documentation ? They declared itā€™s no longer going to be contributed to or edited. But in reading the page and comments about its demise, I canā€™t really make heads or tales **what happens to the overall resource, anyone know?** > Does anyone here peruse the documentation at Stack Overflow? Do you like it, not like it? I mean sure there are some conflicts and issues, but overall its a pretty good collection nuggets. But again what will happen to it? I mean for instance: * * * Javascript - **106 Topics** : > **[Documentation](https://stackoverflow.com/documentation/javascript/topics)** > > Stack Overflow | The Worldā€™s Largest Online Community for Developers NodeJS - **111 Topics** : > **[Documentation](https://stackoverflow.com/documentation/node.js/topics)** > > Stack Overflow | The Worldā€™s Largest Online Community for Developers **Etc.** * * * Just two examples of a lot of content, and some good nuggets of shared knowledge in there. I scrape the internet pretty hard and dumpster dive, google drive by search etc., wherever I can to learn and gain nuggets of knowledge and insight, sometimes to dizzying effect. So what say you, do you like the Stack Overflow Docs ? Or understand what will come of it ? **PS:** Anyone have any contributions within it ? šŸ¤” @senocular, @krilnon, etc., the usual suspects. šŸ¤“ ---
**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/2 "2017-10-08T21:45:31Z")
> [@prg9](#): > > what happens to the overall resource, anyone know? I think itā€™s all licensed under Creative Commons (CC2-Attr-ShareAlike) like the other written content on Stack Overflow. So someone could copy and archive it elsewhere. Itā€™s probably on [web.archive.org](http://web.archive.org) already. > [@prg9](#): > > PS: Anyone have any contributions within it ? šŸ¤” @senocular, @krilnon, etc., the usual suspects. šŸ¤“ None there, but Iā€™m doing some cool :write: elsewhere! ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/3 "2017-10-08T22:38:52Z")
Stack overflow has documentation? ---
**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/4 "2017-10-09T16:22:56Z")
I suspect much of it will become quickly dated if they leave it present, given its officially ceased and wont be updated. Thatā€™s true, I guess for prosperity sake it can always be had via archive. šŸ—ƒ Thanks for responding @krilnon & @senocular . ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/5 "2017-10-10T03:46:24Z")
Does it mean this content can be copied and archived anywhere with attribution? Wonder if it would make sense to host them here since documentation is sort of what this site does? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/6 "2017-10-10T22:39:49Z")
@senocular , I donā€™t believe ya. šŸ˜€ * * * @kirupa, There is certainly some good information there, depending on topic. How would you achieve archiving it though, there are millions of links leading every which way. I would be interested to know how you would dump it efficiently. They mention **MIT** so you should be golden being an esteemed Alumni šŸ˜œ > ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/7 "2017-10-10T23:28:11Z")
I wouldnā€™t do a straight-up copy. Instead, I would create something like a ā€œbite-sizedā€ content section where relevant information is provided without the beginner-friendly context that the tutorials on this site try to provide šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/8 "2017-10-12T14:06:51Z")
Oh ok. I just wondered, because I tried and its a pretty convoluted download when attempting. šŸ¤Ŗ ---
**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/9 "2017-10-12T14:26:11Z")
Actually I just came across some further info: > ^ talk of **Attribution** in this one, and active as of yesterday. > ---
**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/10 "2017-10-12T14:39:36Z")
WOW. šŸ˜³ šŸ˜Æ Well that was quick, **4 days later and its now gone**. ![Whelp its gone](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/2X/e/eb0e05219def9708b8f10fbe586b0ed6ac77252d.png) Amazing they just ceased it like that and removed it altogether. šŸ˜” šŸ‘Ž As slow as it is, it still works here: > **[Wayback Machine](http://web.archive.org/web/*/stackoverflow.com/documentation)** ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/11 "2017-10-12T17:06:21Z")
Based on the [attribution information details](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/356294/removing-documentation-reputation-archive-and-links), I think it is totally feasible for some of the relevant JS content to live on this site. Am I reading it correctly? ---
**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/12 "2017-10-12T17:14:18Z")
Iā€™ve never played a lawyer on TV, but I think I would concur. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/13 "2017-10-14T05:41:35Z")
I managed to catch the plague last week, but I will try to get one article from the archive posted! Let us see how it goes šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/14 "2017-10-14T08:10:58Z")
The plague? Thatā€™s disconcertingā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/15 "2017-10-14T17:19:03Z")
Wow, catches the plague and still writes articles. Iā€™m impressed. šŸ˜· ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/16 "2017-10-15T05:27:00Z")
Yeah! I was in Vegas last week to accompany my wife who was presenting at a conference, and I managed to catch something in the airport on the way there itself. Still not fully recovered yet šŸ© ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/17 "2017-10-17T15:40:20Z")
I just answered a question on SO this morning and got `Privileges > Documentation Votes`! ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/18 "2017-10-17T18:57:36Z")
Nice! Iā€™m sure that ā€œprivilegeā€ will be a source of joy and rewards for many years to come. ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/19 "2017-10-17T20:00:40Z")
Yeah, still need to figure out what this Documentation thing is aboutā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276/20 "2017-10-18T13:04:10Z")
> [@senocular](#): > > got Privileges \> Documentation Votes! I wonder why that would be since Documentation has been shutdown and removed? Tagging posts for future iterations perhaps? [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stack-overflow-documentation/637276.md?page=2)