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HISTORY IS OUR FUTURE 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. 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. Currently Active Projects (Get Involved Here!) Archive Team recruiting Want to code for Archive Team? Here's a starting point. Warrior based projects MLKSHK: We're going in for round 2. IRC Channel #totheyard. Flickr: Yahoo! decided to kill it, now Yahoo has been acquired. IRC Channel #flickrfckr. ftp-gov: Oh, just everything the United States government hosts on FTP. Part of the wider Government Backup efforts. IRC Channel #cheetoflee. NewsGrabber: Saving all news articles. Help with server power or by finding more newssites. IRC Channel #newsgrabber. Ipernity: Partnership talks remain rocky, fate remains unclear through February 2017. IRC Channel #ipfinite. Yahoo! Answers: It's Yahoo. It's been acquired. More questions? IRC Channel #noanswers. Google Code: Google likes Github more. Shut down on January 26, 2016, but we got a chance to go on saving. IRC Channel #googlecodeblue. PDF 2016: We've been given a long list of PDF files. We'll get'em. IRC Channel #pdflush. yuku: Lately yuku is very unstable and hosting thousands of forums. IRC Channel #archiveteam. URLTeam: URL shorteners were a fucking awful idea. IRC Channel #urlteam. WikiTeam (WARC format): Saving wikis and their external links for the Wayback Machine. IRC Channel #wikiteam. Scripts only FTP: Download all the FTP sites! IRC Channel #effteepee. Help us: ☞ Download and run your warrior ☜. What's on: online tracker. Manual projects AOL: Climbing into the decaying walled garden. IRC Channel #aohell ArchiveBot: For those with lots of disk space, bandwidth and long-term commitment. IRC Channel #archivebot. Audit 2014: It's time to verify our shit. IRC Channel #auditteam. Froogle: Let's do a census of all of Google's products. IRC Channel #froogle. FTP: Help us find all FTP sites! IRC Channel #effteepee. INTERNETARCHIVE.BAK: Grab a slice of the big cake of The Archive! IRC Channel #internetarchive.bak. ISP Hosting: Finding ISP web hosting services before the Grim Reaper finds them. IRC Channel #webroasting. Project Newsletter: Archiving e-newsletters, currently in development. IRC Channel #projectnewsletter. Valhalla: Where to store what even the Internet Archive doesn't have space for? IRC Channel #huntinggrounds. WikiTeam (XML dumps): Exporting Mediawiki databases. Permanent effort, everyone can help (you choose the size of your downloads). IRC Channel #wikiteam. Woohoo: Yahoo is untrustworthy, let's do a census of all their products. IRC Channel #woohoo. Upcoming projects Proposed projects DeviantART: Being bought by Wix, users may be unhappy with "access to that work to use in their own site building" on Wix. IRC Channel #devianttart. LiveJournal: Very old, widely regarded as in decline, and has a lot of important stuff buried in it. IRC Channel #recordedjournal. Vine: Twitter killed the app, but videos likely won't last forever. IRC Channel #vinewhine. DevPort: This portfolio SaaS provider has reportedly been having infrastructure issues, and removed their social media accounts. Possible impending shutdown. Tumblr: Yahoo! considered killing it, now Yahoo has been acquired. IRC Channel #stumblr. Ownlog: Ownlog is losing popularity and support from its owners. IRC Channel #pwnlog. Google Groups: "Gone within a year" (SketchCow, 2016-06-07). SoundCloud: Might get blown away by Hurricane Debt and Hurricane Copyright. IRC Channel #soundclown. The Pirate Bay: Recently came back up, grabbing an archive for sanity's sake. IRC Channel #yarharfiddlededee. Recently finished ArchiveTeam uses the EFnet IRC network – irc://irc.efnet.org – webchat: http://chat.efnet.org:9090 – More info

What is What Who We Are and how you can join our cause! Deathwatch is where we keep track of sites that are sickly, dying or dead. Fire Drill is where we keep track of sites that seem fine but a lot depends on them. Projects is a comprehensive list of AT endeavors. Philosophy describes the ideas underpinning our work. Some Starting Points The Introduction is an overview of basic archiving methods. Why Back Up? Because they don't care about you. Back Up your Facebook Data Learn how to liberate your personal data from Facebook. Software will assist you in regaining control of your data by providing tools for information backup, archiving and distribution. Formats will familiarise you with the various data formats, and how to ensure your files will be readable in the future. Storage Media is about where to get it, what to get, and how to use it. Recommended Reading links to others sites for further information. Frequently Asked Questions is where we answer common questions. Quote of the Moment "[Yahoo!] found the way to destroy the most massive amount of history in the shortest amount of time with absolutely no recourse" Internet Atrocity! GeoCities' Demise Erases Web History By Dan Fletcher, TIME Magazine, Monday, Nov. 09, 2009 In The Media Digital Amnesia Bregtje van der Haak, VPRO Backlight, 2014-09-11 (Also available at the Internet Archive) Hyves-redders redden het niet óf nipt Jasper Bakker, Webwereld, 2013-11-29 isoHunt shuts down a day early to avoid becoming part of online archive Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 2013-10-21 ArchiveTeam Works Hard to Avert isoHunt Data Massacre Ernesto, TorrentFreak, 2013-10-20 Cyfrowi archeolodzy WWW Hieronim Walicki, CHIP.pl, 2013-06-18 And the Winner Is… Announcing the 2013 NDSA Innovation Award Winners Trevor Owens, The Signal, Library of Congress, 2013-06-11 Archive Team: los superhéroes que evitan que las webs caigan en el olvido Alvaro Ibanez, rtve.es, 2013-05-27. (Rough translation: Archive Team: superheroes that prevent us from falling into oblivion.) Want To Help Archive Upcoming.org Before Yahoo Shuts It Down? Try This. Sarah Perez, TechCrunch, 2013-04-22 Jason Scott's Archive Team Is Saving The Web From Itself (And Rescuing Your Stuff) Bianca Bosker, The Huffington Post, 2013-03-27 Archive Team races to preserve Posterous before it goes dark Kris Holt, The Daily Dot, 2013-03-13 More...

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