Welcome to Gwulo

Here you'll find over 50,000 pages about old Hong Kong to explore, including over 30,000 photos. The content is added by a friendly community of people who enjoy sharing what we know about Hong Kong's history, and you are very welcome to join us.

Kind regards, David

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Gwulo's 2018 Top Ten

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A look at ten of the most popular pages that were added to Gwulo in 2018. (I've skipped a couple of duplicates - eg there were three Jurors Lists - which is why we start at #13.)

 

#13 - Francis Parkman Knight (4,572 views)

Follow the investigations into this man's history. The story begins:

Gwulo forever: backups and archives

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This website holds a lot of valuable information, representing tens of thousands of hours of work. To recreate it would take literally years, and in some cases the information is irreplaceable as the original contributors have already passed away.

As a website is a surprisingly fragile thing, this newsletter looks at some of the steps that are in place to keep the Gwulo's information available for the long term.

 

1. Backups: Coping with short-term damage

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