Make old user number estimates available again

users-q-and-a.txt links to

• https://metrics.torproject.org/data/old-user-number-estimates.tar.gz But that link is now 404. I know some stuff formerly at metrics.torproject.org moved to collector.torproject.org, but I can't find where this file has gone.

added component::metrics/website priority::medium resolution::fixed severity::normal status::closed type::defect labels

Oops, sorry for that. I'll have to look where to put it, but until then, here's the file:

https://people.torproject.org/~karsten/volatile/old-user-number-estimates.tar.gz

I wonder if this is still an issue, with current user number estimates reaching back to September 2011, which is 5.5 years ago. (Though following that logic it might not have been an issue 2.5 years ago, which it was.)

If this is an issue, we should consider making these files available as (single) CSV file provided and specified on https://metrics.torproject.org/stats.html. We would provide it similar to how we provide deprecated files, except that we wouldn't remove it after stopping to update it. However, merging and specifying this file would cause a non-trivial amount of work that we should only invest if this matters.

If this is not an issue, let's just close this ticket.

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Description: users-q-and-a.txt links to

• https://metrics.torproject.org/data/old-user-number-estimates.tar.gz But that link is now 404. I know some stuff formerly at metrics.torproject.org moved to collector.torproject.org, but I can't find where this file has gone.

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users-q-and-a.txt links to

• https://metrics.torproject.org/data/old-user-number-estimates.tar.gz But that link is now 404. I know some stuff formerly at metrics.torproject.org moved to collector.torproject.org, but I can't find where this file has gone.
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  Status: new to needs_information

It doesn't really matter to me if the file is merged and specified. I only care that (1) the file doesn't get deleted forever and (2) the link to it in users-q-and-a.txt works. If it's just a .tar.gz file with no support or documentation, that's fine. It doesn't need a separate web page. If nothing else, I'll upload a copy to archive.org.

Tweak summary, still unclear what to do.

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Summary: old-user-number-estimates.tar.gz no longer at linked location to Make old user number estimates available again

How does this look?

• https://archive.org/details/tor_metrics_old_user_number_estimates_2008_2013
• https://archive.org/download/tor_metrics_old_user_number_estimates_2008_2013/old-user-number-estimates.tar.gz

If you like, I can add anything to the description, like a disclaimer that the files are deprecated and not supported.

Thanks, dcf! I updated the link in the Q&A document to point to archive.org. I think this is a good fix. Resolving. Thanks again!

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Status: needs_information to closed
Resolution: N/A to fixed

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