# Airtable forums in read only for 1 week starting Feb 21

**URL:** <https://air.tableforums.com/t/airtable-forums-in-read-only-for-1-week-starting-feb-21/1443>\
**Category:** Airtable Questions\
**Created:** [February 21, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/airtable-forums-in-read-only-for-1-week-starting-feb-21/1443 "2025-02-21T05:14:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![itoldusoandso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@itoldusoandso](https://air.tableforums.com/u/itoldusoandso)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/airtable-forums-in-read-only-for-1-week-starting-feb-21/1443/1 "2025-02-21T05:14:19Z")

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Well I think they should send people here not just put useless annoucement there.

he Community will be undergoing maintenance from Friday February 21 - Friday, February 28 and will be “read only” during this time. To learn more, check out our [Announcements blog post.](https://community.airtable.com/t5/announcements/wip-airtable-community/ba-p/209773)

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**Author:** ![itoldusoandso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@itoldusoandso](https://air.tableforums.com/u/itoldusoandso)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/airtable-forums-in-read-only-for-1-week-starting-feb-21/1443/2 "2025-03-08T12:41:59Z")

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For almost like 2-3 weeks Airtable forums are inaccessible. This is ridiculous what they are doing. Incompetent. So if they move to a new platform, which is unsurprising, they should make a backup copy of the old one and leave it read-only.  
If you looking for old information, the old Airtable forums are still accessible via the Internet Archive site:

> **[Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/)**

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**Author:** ![alxwlfe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/alxwlfe/32/529_2.png) [@alxwlfe](https://air.tableforums.com/u/alxwlfe)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/airtable-forums-in-read-only-for-1-week-starting-feb-21/1443/3 "2025-03-10T18:19:28Z")

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Worst part is when you google to try to solve an Airtable problem, and the results are all community forums, and you can’t load them 🥲

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**Author:** ![brastedhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@brastedhouse](https://air.tableforums.com/u/brastedhouse)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/airtable-forums-in-read-only-for-1-week-starting-feb-21/1443/4 "2025-03-11T00:38:38Z")

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It is understandable that one gets annoyed due to the loss of this resource. But a little compassion and patience are in order here. It cannot be easy to do all they are doing and still change out a help system. I agree that they should have planned to have a read only copy available for research. But I know that I cannot produce the product they produce. I use it every day and I am in awe of what they have accomplished. I am sure that there are things that can be improved and I have a long lists of wants. But all in all, if you spent your life using MS Access, you would thank your lucky stars that Airtable exists. As I said, this world could use a littel more compassion. Best, Scott

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**Author:** ![billh](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/billh/32/1147_2.png) [@billh](https://air.tableforums.com/u/billh)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/airtable-forums-in-read-only-for-1-week-starting-feb-21/1443/5 "2025-03-14T12:38:14Z")

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It looks like they’re back up, [https://community.airtable.com/](https://community.airtable.com/)