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Warrior based projects

• Roblox Forums: Roblox is blowing up all of the forums on December 11th. We're going in for round two. IRC Channel #robloxd (on hackint).
• Vidme: Newer products are better! So let's put the old one in the shredder on December 14th. IRC Channel #vidmeh (on hackint).
• NewsGrabber: Saving all news articles. Help with server power or by finding more newssites. IRC Channel #newsgrabber (on hackint).
• URLTeam: URL shorteners were a fucking awful idea. IRC Channel #urlteam (on hackint).
• WikiTeam (WARC format): Saving wikis and their external links for the Wayback Machine. IRC Channel #wikiteam (on hackint).

Scripts only

• FTP: Download all the FTP sites! IRC Channel #effteepee (on hackint).

ArchiveBot projects

• NCIX and DirectCanada: A saga of telltale signs of a demise by bankruptcy, including many closures and alarm bells rung by customers, vendors, and even YouTube hosts. IRC Channel #archivebot (on hackint).
• Raptr: AMD's cash went away, and now it's running out, closing on September 30th. IRC Channel #archivebot (on hackint).
• Sears Canada: Reinventing the bankruptcy process through early 2018. IRC Channel #archivebot (on hackint).
• Ars Technica UK: UK staff all laid off. Jason asked us to. IRC Channel #archivebot (on hackint).
• The Consumerist: Consumer Reports: "Having Lots of Loyal Readers is Greatly Overrated". IRC Channel #archivebot (on hackint).

Manual projects

• AOL: Climbing into the decaying walled garden. IRC Channel #aohell (on hackint)
• ArchiveBot: For those with lots of disk space, bandwidth and long-term commitment. IRC Channel #archivebot (on hackint).
• Audit 2014: It's time to verify our shit. IRC Channel #auditteam (on hackint).
• Froogle: Let's do a census of all of Google's products. IRC Channel #froogle (on hackint).
• FTP: Help us find all FTP sites! IRC Channel #effteepee (on hackint).
• INTERNETARCHIVE.BAK: Grab a slice of the big cake of The Archive! IRC Channel #internetarchive.bak (on hackint).
• ISP Hosting: Finding ISP web hosting services before the Grim Reaper finds them. IRC Channel #webroasting (on hackint).
• Project Newsletter: Archiving e-newsletters, currently in development. IRC Channel #projectnewsletter (on hackint).
• Valhalla: Where to store what even the Internet Archive doesn't have space for? IRC Channel #huntinggrounds (on hackint).
• WikiTeam (XML dumps): Exporting Mediawiki databases. Permanent effort, everyone can help (you choose the size of your downloads). IRC Channel #wikiteam (on hackint).
• Woohoo: Yahoo is untrustworthy, let's do a census of all their products. IRC Channel #woohoo (on hackint).

Upcoming projects

• DNAinfo and Gothamist: Abruptly ceased operations and was briefly taken offline after a unionization occurred. IRC Channel #archiveteam (on hackint).

Proposed projects

• NeoGAF: Currently undergoing reddit-like riots due to a sexual harassment scandal involving the site owner. IRC Channel #neogaffe (on hackint).
• The Escapist: Staff activity dwindling due to layoffs, remaining supporters are doing it for free. IRC Channel TBD.
• 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 (on hackint).
• LiveJournal: Very old, widely regarded as in decline, and has a lot of important stuff buried in it. IRC Channel #recordedjournal (on hackint).
• 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 (on hackint).
• Ownlog: Ownlog is losing popularity and support from its owners. IRC Channel #pwnlog (on hackint).
• Google Groups: "Gone within a year" (SketchCow, 2016-06-07).
• The Pirate Bay: Recently came back up, grabbing an archive for sanity's sake. IRC Channel #yarharfiddlededee (on hackint).

Recently finished

• Miiverse: Nintendo's Switching away from Miiverse on November 8th (UTC). IRC Channel #miiworse (on hackint).

Hiatus / Missed the Mark

• yuku: Lately yuku is very unstable and hosting thousands of forums. Project currently paused. IRC Channel #archiveteam (on hackint).
• Flickr: Yahoo! decided to kill it, now Yahoo has been acquired. IRC Channel #flickrfckr (on hackint).

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