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''And we've been trashing our history'' | ''And we've been trashing our history'' | ||
Archive Team is a loose collective of rogue archivists, programmers, writers and loudmouths dedicated to saving our digital heritage. Since 2009 this variant force of nature has caught wind of shutdowns, shutoffs, mergers, and plain old deletions - and done our best to save the history before it's lost forever. Along the way, we've gotten attention, resistance, press and discussion, but most importantly, we've gotten the message out: '''IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY'''. | Archive Team is a loose collective of rogue archivists, programmers, writers and loudmouths dedicated to saving our digital heritage. Since 2009 this variant force of nature has caught wind of shutdowns, shutoffs, mergers, and plain old deletions - and done our best to save the history before it's lost forever. Along the way, we've gotten attention, resistance, [[In_The_Media|press and discussion]], but most importantly, we've gotten the message out: '''IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY'''. | ||
This website is intended to be an offloading point and information depot for a number of archiving projects, all related to saving websites or data that is in danger of being lost. Besides serving as a hub for team-based pulling down and mirroring of data, this site will provide advice on managing your own data and rescuing it from the brink of destruction. | This website is intended to be an offloading point and information depot for a number of archiving projects, all related to saving websites or data that is in danger of being lost. Besides serving as a hub for team-based pulling down and mirroring of data, this site will provide advice on managing your own data and rescuing it from the brink of destruction. | ||
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===Currently Active Projects (Get Involved Here!) === | ===Currently Active Projects (Get Involved Here!) === | ||
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===Archive Team News === | ===Archive Team News === | ||
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* '''May, 2013''': Xanga announces a "rehash" in the form of paid accounts, and a kickstarter. | * '''July, 2013''': [[Snapjoy]] died. We grabbed what we could. | ||
* '''May, 2013''': [[Xanga]] announces a "rehash" in the form of paid accounts, and a kickstarter. | |||
* '''April, 2013''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Yahoo_Upcoming <span style="color:#000075">Yahoo still hasn't learned its lesson, and closes Upcoming.</span>] | * '''April, 2013''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Yahoo_Upcoming <span style="color:#000075">Yahoo still hasn't learned its lesson, and closes Upcoming.</span>] | ||
* '''April, 2013''': [http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Nwnyet <span style="color:#000075">Telinco, Nwnet deletes ALL the things.</span>] | * '''April, 2013''': [http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Nwnyet <span style="color:#000075">Telinco, Nwnet deletes ALL the things.</span>] | ||
* '''March, 2013''': [http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Google_Reader <span style:"color:#000075">Google decides RSS feeds is for hipsters, closes Reader.</span>] | |||
* '''March, 2013''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Formspring <span style="color:#000075">Formspring catches on fire.</span>] | * '''March, 2013''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Formspring <span style="color:#000075">Formspring catches on fire.</span>] | ||
* '''March, 2013''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Yahoo!_Messages <span style="color:#000075">Yahoo burns the messenger.</span>] | * '''March, 2013''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Yahoo!_Messages <span style="color:#000075">Yahoo burns the messenger.</span>] | ||
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* '''March, 2011''': [http://www.archive.org/details/personalarchiveconf <span style="color:#000075">The 2011 Personal Digital Archiving Conference talks are available.</span>] | * '''March, 2011''': [http://www.archive.org/details/personalarchiveconf <span style="color:#000075">The 2011 Personal Digital Archiving Conference talks are available.</span>] | ||
* '''February, 2011''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Yahoo!_Video <span style="color:#000075">Let's watch some Yahoo! Video</span>] | * '''February, 2011''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Yahoo!_Video <span style="color:#000075">Let's watch some Yahoo! Video</span>] | ||
* '''December, 2010''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Delicious <span style="color:#000075"> | * '''December, 2010''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Delicious <span style="color:#000075">Archive Team is Delicious!</span>] | ||
* '''October, 2010''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Geocities <span style="color:#000075">Archive Team offers Geocities as a torrent.</span>] | * '''October, 2010''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Geocities <span style="color:#000075">Archive Team offers Geocities as a torrent.</span>] | ||
* '''December 23, 2009''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=starwars.yahoo.com <span style="color:#000075">Yahoo shut down starwars.yahoo.com. We got a copy.</span>] | * '''December 23, 2009''': [http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=starwars.yahoo.com <span style="color:#000075">Yahoo shut down starwars.yahoo.com. We got a copy.</span>] | ||
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=== Recently Ended Projects === | === Recently Ended Projects === | ||
* '''[[MobileMe]]''' - Apple's file storage and sharing service, | * '''[[Google Reader]]''' - Grabbed 46M feeds before it closed July 1, 2013. | ||
** | ** [http://archive.org/details/archiveteam_greader Archives] | ||
* '''[[Posterous]]''' - Blogging platform acquired by Twitter on March 12, 2012. Closed April 30, 2013. | |||
** [http://archive.org/details/archiveteam_posterous Full archives] | |||
* '''[[MobileMe]]''' - Apple's file storage and sharing service, which hosted over 200 terabytes of data, shut down on June 30, 2012. | |||
** [http://ia700403.us.archive.org/30/items/archiveteam-mobileme-index/mobileme-20120817.html Username search], [http://archive.org/details/archiveteam-mobileme-hero full archives] | |||
* '''[[Tabblo]]''' - A site where users told stories with pictures. Closed May 30, 2012. | * '''[[Tabblo]]''' - A site where users told stories with pictures. Closed May 30, 2012. | ||
** | ** [http://ia601202.us.archive.org/3/items/test-memac-index-test/tabblo.html Username search], [http://archive.org/details/tabblo-archive full archives] | ||
* '''[[FanFiction.Net]]''' - Around 7 million fan-fiction stories hosted on what may be the largest site of its kind in the world. They're not shutting down but Archiveteam has a copy "just in case". | * '''[[FanFiction.Net]]''' - Around 7 million fan-fiction stories hosted on what may be the largest site of its kind in the world. They're not shutting down but Archiveteam has a copy "just in case". | ||
** | ** [http://archive.org/details/fanfic_download_2012_01 Archive] | ||
* '''[[Geocities]]''' - We archived most of | * '''[[Geocities]]''' - We archived most of GeoCities mother fuckers! | ||
** | ** [http://archive.org/details/archiveteam-geocities Full archives] | ||
* '''[[ | * '''[[FortuneCity]]''' - It may be gone but we've still got it | ||
** | ** [http://archive.org/details/archiveteam-fortunecity-list List of files], [http://archive.org/details/archiveteam-fortunecity full archives] | ||
[[:Category:Rescued Sites| More]] | [[:Category:Rescued Sites| More]] |
Revision as of 06:07, 29 August 2013
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