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<div>Like many sites before them, these places indicate a sunny outlook, a clean bill of health and a total sense of "all systems go". But as we've found out from those many sites before them, fortunes can change overnight.<br />
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Archive Team considers these sites specifically of interest because they solicit so much content, contain so many works and projects by a wide group of people, or have the internet particularly dependent on them. Consider this a fire drill.. know what you can do to get your data off these sites and back them off for later.<br />
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=== Sites ===<br />
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* '''[[Facebook]]''' seems stable at the moment.<br />
* '''[[Friendfeed]]''' is a happy clam.<br />
* '''[[Google]]''' wants you to think they will be here forever.<br />
* '''[[Twitter]]''' is tweaking away.<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]''' will surely be here forever and ever!<br />
* '''[[Delicious]]''' loves to change their API, which has a side effect of making it difficult to back up.<br />
* '''[[whitehouse.gov]]''' is up and running for #44, but we've lost all info for #43. (See also: [http://www.kottke.org/09/01/old-whitehousegov-down-the-memory-hole kotke] and [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/whitehousegov_president_web_presence.php Read Write Web].) We also want to watch out for site changes / disappeared pages that were embarassing or whatnot.<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' The site is functioning again. Might be worth backing up, though. For months, a simple database error that could be fixed with one command KO'd this site unexpectedly with a wealth of P2P information lost. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Alive..._OR_ARE_THEY&diff=361Alive... OR ARE THEY2009-01-23T20:01:13Z<p>Ross: infoanarchy move</p>
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<div>Like many sites before them, these places indicate a sunny outlook, a clean bill of health and a total sense of "all systems go". But as we've found out from those many sites before them, fortunes can change overnight.<br />
<br />
Archive Team considers these sites specifically of interest because they solicit so much content, contain so many works and projects by a wide group of people, or have the internet particularly dependent on them. Consider this a fire drill.. know what you can do to get your data off these sites and back them off for later.<br />
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=== Sites ===<br />
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* '''[[Facebook]]''' seems stable at the moment.<br />
* '''[[Friendfeed]]''' is a happy clam.<br />
* '''[[Google]]''' wants you to think they will be here forever.<br />
* '''[[Twitter]]''' is tweaking away.<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]''' will surely be here forever and ever!<br />
* '''[[Delicious]]''' loves to change their API, which has a side effect of making it difficult to back up.<br />
* '''[[whitehouse.gov]]''' is up and running for #44, but we've lost all info for #43. (See also: [http://www.kottke.org/09/01/old-whitehousegov-down-the-memory-hole kotke].) We also want to watch out for site changes / disappeared pages that were embarassing or whatnot.<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' The site is functioning again. Might be worth backing up, though. For months, a simple database error that could be fixed with one command KO'd this site unexpectedly with a wealth of P2P information lost. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=360Deathwatch2009-01-23T19:59:39Z<p>Ross: infoanarchy move</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
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=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
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* '''Windows Live''' has announced that they are shutting down the '''MSN Groups''' on February 21, 2009. They are offering a migration tool so group owners can bring their sites to '''Multiply'''. [http://msngroupsresourcecenter.spaces.live.com/?_c11_BlogPart_BlogPart=blogview&_c=BlogPart&partqs=cat%3d%253e%2bWhy%2bis%2bMSN%2bGroups%2bclosing%253f] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/15/confirmed-microsoft-gives-up-on-msn-groups-hands-it-off-to-multiply/]<br />
* '''[[Lycos Europe]]''' have announced they are shutting down their '''Tripod''' hosting service on February 15, 2009. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/18/AR2009011800224.html] [http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-lycos-europe-killing-tripod-customers-warned-to-back-up/] <strike>Lycos also owns Angelfire - they haven't announced that they're shutting that down yet, but look out for it.</strike> Note that Lycos Europe are distinct from Lycos.com. '''[[Lycos Europe]]''' is also shuttering the social networking site '''Jubii''' as of February 15, 2009. [http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/18/lycos-kills-jubii-while-theyre-at-it/] A Danish version of the site will remain open for the time being. <br />
* '''Several Google services''' have announced that they will be shutting down. [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_giveth_and_it_taketh_away.php]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[[JPG Magazine]]''' announced it would shut down on January 5, 2009 [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html], but the site still lives and [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/a_future_for_jpg.html there is hope].<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
*'''Electronic Gaming Monthly''' has recently shut its doors. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
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=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
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====2009====<br />
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* '''[[totse]].com''' [http://www.totse.com/ closed its doors] on January 17, 2009. As of Jan 20th, a mirror [http://totse.danladds.com/ exists], alongside a [http://totse.danladds.com/text/ repository of the totse text files].<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
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====2008====<br />
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* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
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''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
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''Other deaths of 2008''<br />
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* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* '''[http://wallop.com/ Wallop]''', Microsoft's attempt at starting a social network, died on September 18, 2008. All that remains is a few Facebook apps. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10041856-36.html] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/15/wallop-takes-a-leap-into-the-deadpool/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html] The amount of broken hearts and anguish over this move was amazing, and a warning sign to any family-oriented site that encourages families to join up.<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
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====2007====<br />
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''Deaths of 2007''<br />
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* '''[http://oink.cd/ OiNK's Pink Palace]''' Music Bittorrent tracker site with huge user community which cared greatly about digital content and music. Would have been a great resource for the industry to research. Shutdown October 23, 2007. [http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/10/oink]<br />
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=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
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* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
*[http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica] is the most comprehensive collection of the history of space travel. '''Period.''' Seriously, the official NASA history folks will refer you this website if they can't answer your questions. However, Mark Wade (the sole creator/maintainer) abandoned his blog at the end of 2007, and the Encyclopedia has not been updated since May of 2008, despite much happening in the space exploration world since then.<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties were bought by UGO recently, and should be watched carefully. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
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=== Just When You Least Expect It ===<br />
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* Archive Team keeps a list of [[Fire_Drill|Healthy Sites]] that could be fine today and not so hot tomorrow. We focus on ways to back your personal data off these sites so you don't put yourself at unnecessary risk.<br />
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=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
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* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
* [http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/ Techcrunch's Deadpool] is an excellent archive of stories about site closings.<br />
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=== Tragic ===<br />
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* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
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=== Humorous ===<br />
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* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650 "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" - article at New Zealand Herald]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Projects&diff=358Projects2009-01-22T13:15:01Z<p>Ross: update status</p>
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<div>Here's where Archive Teamsters can list the projects they are currently working on and organize new projects.<br />
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== Active Projects ==<br />
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* '''[[User:Jscott|Jason Scott]]''' is running [http://www.textfiles.com Textfiles.com] and archiving a ton of things.<br />
* '''[[User:Ross|Ross]]''' is interviewing the sites of 2008.<br />
* '''[[User:LesOrchard|l.m.orchard]]''' is starting work on some self-hosted web apps that will migrate and archive from other sites. (ie. [http://github.com/lmorchard/friendfeedarchiver FriendFeed], [http://github.com/lmorchard/memex/ Delicious])<br />
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== Ideas for Projects ==<br />
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* '''Set up''' an FTP hub which AT members can access and up/down finished projects.<br />
* Track the 100+ top twitter feeds, as designated by one of these idiot Twitter grading sites, and back up on a regular basis the top twitter people, for posterity.<br />
* '''[http://www.groklaw.net/ Groklaw]''' has a [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090105033126835 project proposal] that we could help with. - [[User:Jscott|Jason]]<br />
* '''Archive''' the shutdown announcement pages on dead sites.<br />
* '''RSS Feed''' with death notices. - [[User:Jscott|Jason]]<br />
* '''Twitter profile''' might be a good way to broadcast new site obituaries. - psicom<br />
* '''[[TinyURL]]''' and similar services, scraping/backup - [[User:scumola|Steve]]<br />
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== Finished Projects ==<br />
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* [[User:Jscott|Jason]] founded the Archive Team.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Delicious&diff=342Delicious2009-01-20T13:18:08Z<p>Ross: formatting</p>
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<div>Delicious is a social bookmarks site where you can post and tag sites using Yahoo's servers.<br />
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== Backup Tools ==<br />
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* [http://rentzsch.com/notes/backingUpDelicious General Overview] of backing up Delicious. Up to date as of Sept 2008.<br />
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* [http://del.icio.us/api/posts/all XML Dump] (requires user/pass)<br />
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== Vital Signs ==<br />
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Stable?</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Delicious&diff=341Delicious2009-01-20T13:16:54Z<p>Ross: added content</p>
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<div>Delicious is a social bookmarks site where you can post and tag sites using Yahoo's servers.<br />
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== Backup Tools ==<br />
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* '''[http://rentzsch.com/notes/backingUpDelicious General Overview]''' of backing up Delicious. Up to date as of Sept 2008.<br />
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* '''[http://del.icio.us/api/posts/all XML Dump]''' (requires user/pass) <br />
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== Vital Signs ==<br />
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Stable?</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Alive..._OR_ARE_THEY&diff=340Alive... OR ARE THEY2009-01-20T12:58:04Z<p>Ross: formatting</p>
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<div>Like many sites before them, these places indicate a sunny outlook, a clean bill of health and a total sense of "all systems go". But as we've found out from those many sites before them, fortunes can change overnight.<br />
<br />
Archive Team considers these sites specifically of interest because they solicit so much content, contain so many works and projects by a wide group of people, or have the internet particularly dependent on them. Consider this a fire drill.. know what you can do to get your data off these sites and back them off for later.<br />
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=== Sites ===<br />
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* '''[[Facebook]]''' seems stable at the moment.<br />
* '''[[Friendfeed]]''' is a happy clam.<br />
* '''[[Google]]''' wants you to think they will be here forever.<br />
* '''[[Twitter]]''' is tweaking away.<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]''' will surely be here forever and ever!<br />
* '''[[Delicious]]''' loves to change their API, which has a side effect of making it difficult to back up.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Alive..._OR_ARE_THEY&diff=339Alive... OR ARE THEY2009-01-20T12:56:25Z<p>Ross: add detail</p>
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<div>Like many sites before them, these places indicate a sunny outlook, a clean bill of health and a total sense of "all systems go". But as we've found out from those many sites before them, fortunes can change overnight.<br />
<br />
Archive Team considers these sites specifically of interest because they solicit so much content, contain so many works and projects by a wide group of people, or have the internet particularly dependent on them. Consider this a fire drill.. know what you can do to get your data off these sites and back them off for later.<br />
<br />
=== Sites ===<br />
<br />
* '''[[Facebook]]''' seems stable at the moment.<br />
* '''[[Friendfeed]]''' is a happy clam.<br />
* '''[[Google]]''' wants you to think they will be here forever.<br />
* '''[[Twitter]]''' is tweaking away.<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]''' will surely be here forever and ever!<br />
* '''[[Delicious]] loves to change their API, which has a side effect of making it difficult to back up.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Alive..._OR_ARE_THEY&diff=338Alive... OR ARE THEY2009-01-20T12:54:32Z<p>Ross: delicious</p>
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<div>Like many sites before them, these places indicate a sunny outlook, a clean bill of health and a total sense of "all systems go". But as we've found out from those many sites before them, fortunes can change overnight.<br />
<br />
Archive Team considers these sites specifically of interest because they solicit so much content, contain so many works and projects by a wide group of people, or have the internet particularly dependent on them. Consider this a fire drill.. know what you can do to get your data off these sites and back them off for later.<br />
<br />
=== Sites ===<br />
<br />
* '''[[Facebook]]''' seems stable at the moment.<br />
* '''[[Friendfeed]]''' is a happy clam.<br />
* '''[[Google]]''' wants you to think they will be here forever.<br />
* '''[[Twitter]]''' is tweaking away.<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]''' will surely be here forever and ever!<br />
* '''[[Delicious]]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=333Main Page2009-01-18T17:37:51Z<p>Ross: m</p>
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=== HISTORY IS OUR FUTURE ===<br />
''And we've been trashing our history''<br />
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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.<br />
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Feel free to join us on IRC! We're on the EFnet network in a channel called '''#archiveteam''', where we say truly awful things.<br />
<br />
===What's here===<br />
<br />
''Archive Team''<br />
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* [[Who We Are]] and how you can join our cause!<br />
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* [[Deathwatch]] is where we keep track of sites that are sickly, dying or dead.<br />
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* [[Fire Drill]] is where we keep track of sites that seem fine but a lot depends on them.<br />
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* [[Projects]] is to keep track of AT endeavors.<br />
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* [[Philosophy]] describes the ideas underpinning our work.<br />
<br />
''DIY Data Rescue''<br />
<br />
* [[Introduction|The Introduction]] is an overview of basic archiving methods.<br />
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* [[Why Back Up?]] Because they don't care about you.<br />
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* [[Software]] will assist you in regaining control of your data by providing tools for information backup, archiving and distribution. <br />
<br />
* [[Storage Media]] is about where to get it, what to get, and how to use it.<br />
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* [[Recommended Reading]] links to others sites for further information.<br />
<br />
The site is still very new. Please be patient with the missing bits or help us fill them in.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Who_We_Are&diff=332Who We Are2009-01-18T17:37:28Z<p>Ross: m</p>
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<div>This project is composed of volunteers, currently coordinated by [[User:Jscott|Jason Scott]].<br />
<br />
If you're wondering where to stick your nose in, we could use:<br />
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* '''Writers''', who can create clear essays and instructions for archivers and concerned parties.<br />
* '''People with Lots of Hosted Disk Space''' who have a proper hosted webserver and fat pipe, who are willing (when asked) to consider hosting mirrored dead sites or archives.<br />
* '''People who love setting up torrents''' who can do the same as the mirror folks, but do so hosting torrents.<br />
* '''OCD-rich individuals who want to download things''' who will respond to our alerts and call outs and download entire sites or diagnose ways to get at obfuscated data.<br />
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Mirror and torrent people should write [[User:Jscott|Jason]] at jason@textfiles.com. Press people looking for an easy, quote-filled interview about this important subject can contact Jason as well.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Who_We_Are&diff=331Who We Are2009-01-18T16:59:08Z<p>Ross: formatting</p>
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<div>[[Image:Archiveteam.jpg|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
This project is composed of volunteers, currently coordinated by [[User:Jscott|Jason Scott]].<br />
<br />
If you're wondering where to stick your nose in, we could use:<br />
<br />
* '''Writers''', who can create clear essays and instructions for archivers and concerned parties.<br />
* '''People with Lots of Hosted Disk Space''' who have a proper hosted webserver and fat pipe, who are willing (when asked) to consider hosting mirrored dead sites or archives.<br />
* '''People who love setting up torrents''' who can do the same as the mirror folks, but do so hosting torrents.<br />
* '''OCD-rich individuals who want to download things''' who will respond to our alerts and call outs and download entire sites or diagnose ways to get at obfuscated data.<br />
<br />
Mirror and torrent people should write [[User:Jscott|Jason]] at jason@textfiles.com. Press people looking for an easy, quote-filled interview about this important subject can contact Jason as well.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Who_We_Are&diff=330Who We Are2009-01-18T16:58:46Z<p>Ross: moving logo</p>
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<div>[[Image:Archiveteam.jpg|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
This project is composed of volunteers, currently coordinated by [[User:Jscott|Jason Scott]].<br />
<br />
If you're wondering where to stick your nose in, we could use:<br />
<br />
* '''Writers''', who can create clear essays and instructions for archivers and concerned parties.<br />
* '''People with Lots of Hosted Disk Space''' who have a proper hosted webserver and fat pipe, who are willing (when asked) to consider hosting mirrored dead sites or archives.<br />
* '''People who love setting up torrents''' who can do the same as the mirror folks, but do so hosting torrents.<br />
* '''OCD-rich individuals who want to download things''' who will respond to our alerts and call outs and download entire sites or diagnose ways to get at obfuscated data.<br />
<br />
Mirror and torrent people should write [[User:Jscott|Jason]] at jason@textfiles.com. Press people looking for an easy, quote-filled interview about this important subject can contact Jason as well.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=329Main Page2009-01-18T16:58:11Z<p>Ross: moving logo</p>
<hr />
<div>=== HISTORY IS OUR FUTURE ===<br />
''And we've been trashing our history''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
Feel free to join us on IRC! We're on the EFnet network in a channel called '''#archiveteam''', where we say truly awful things.<br />
<br />
===What's here===<br />
<br />
''Archive Team''<br />
<br />
* [[Who We Are]] and how you can join our cause!<br />
<br />
* [[Deathwatch]] is where we keep track of sites that are sickly, dying or dead.<br />
<br />
* [[Fire Drill]] is where we keep track of sites that seem fine but a lot depends on them.<br />
<br />
* [[Projects]] is to keep track of AT endeavors.<br />
<br />
* [[Philosophy]] describes the ideas underpinning our work.<br />
<br />
''DIY Data Rescue''<br />
<br />
* [[Introduction|The Introduction]] is an overview of basic archiving methods.<br />
<br />
* [[Why Back Up?]] Because they don't care about you.<br />
<br />
* [[Software]] will assist you in regaining control of your data by providing tools for information backup, archiving and distribution. <br />
<br />
* [[Storage Media]] is about where to get it, what to get, and how to use it.<br />
<br />
* [[Recommended Reading]] links to others sites for further information.<br />
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The site is still very new. Please be patient with the missing bits or help us fill them in.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Why_Back_Up%3F&diff=328Why Back Up?2009-01-18T16:34:07Z<p>Ross: added more</p>
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<div>=== Because They Don't Care About You ===<br />
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Technology is business, and in business, money often takes priority over ethics. With the law perpetually lagging behind technology and business, there is often nothing between you and getting screwed over besides your own volition.<br />
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Corporations do not contemplate their own inevitable end. At least, they don't do it in public, unless they are in really bad shape. When times are good, those thoughts are pushed away, and end users are encouraged to do the same. '''But your data is never totally safe. Backup is a constant need.'''<br />
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=== Disaster will strike === <br />
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Entropy will rear its head, if you leave things up to chance. You will lose 4 years worth of email, including communications from the early days of your marriage and the receipt to that flat panel monitor you bought online that now has tons of dead pixels.<br />
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There is real convenience to web services like [[Google]] Apps. It's tempting to get wrapped up in that convenience and never take a step outside of it. With a little work, convenience can be evenly matched with user control and agency. <br />
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Businesses can be extremely helpful, but they are also self-interested. As benevolent as Web services present themselves to be, your data is valuable to them. And it should be valuable to ''you'', too.<br />
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=== But there is still hope ===<br />
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Luckily, '''[[Introduction|a few basic (and cheap) precautions]]''' can bring the long-term care of your data into your own hands, away from the short-term world of the Internet.<br />
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In information theory, entropy is often defined as "the loss of useful information." [http://books.google.com/books?id=oUnzaEDO1yYC&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=entropy&source=web&ots=abZfwAl4lN&sig=whhqna8q-c6amYq_H_DBCogr2qs&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result] In historical research, all information is useful. For the historical benefit of future generations it is essential to organize a concentrated effort against information entropy. <br />
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Despite our best efforts, some information will always be lost, but what is saved may help form the foundations of future cultures.<br />
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--[[User:Ross|Ross]] 14:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC) is currently wrangling this page.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=321Talk:Main Page2009-01-17T20:17:27Z<p>Ross: </p>
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<div>Maybe we should tell each other what sites we have archived on ours boxes ? I just started on http://ficlets.com/ . Joseph 12/01/09 5:20pm<br />
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== oop ==<br />
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i see that you noticed this, but each site page has a place for you to put your sig if you are working on it :)<br />
--[[User:Ross|Ross]] 02:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Logo ideas ==<br />
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Some logo/banner ideas I came up with when I had a bit of spare time. I'd appreciate it if people let me know what they think. --Josef K.<br />
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[[Image:Archiveteam1.png|200px|thumb|left|Large logo (note 80s pseudo-neon text]] [[Image:Archiveteamsmall.png|200px|thumb|left|Small Logo]] [[Image:Archiveteamlogo1.png|200px|thumb|left|Logo with text only]]<br />
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NICE --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 20:17, 17 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=312Recommended Reading2009-01-15T20:07:46Z<p>Ross: deathspace</p>
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<div>Closer to the top are links to sites directly related to Archive Team projects and Internet preservation, while links towards the bottom are more general.<br />
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== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. These articles are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
* [http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
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== Online Archives of Interest ==<br />
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* '''[http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Gutenberg Project]''' produces free electronic books.<br />
* '''[http://www.webharvest.gov/collections/ Federal Web Harvest]''' gathers material from federal government websites and archives them online.<br />
* '''[http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.htm The CyberCemetery]''' is "an archive of government websites that have ceased operation."<br />
* '''[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/ Pandora]''' is Australia's web archive.<br />
* '''[http://asv.vatican.va/en/doc/1_doc.htm The Vatican]''' has an interesting online library.<br />
* '''[http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?page_id=47 Space Rogue]''' maintains a museum of his old websites.<br />
* '''[http://yourdeathspace.blogspot.com/ Deathspace]''': a collection of dead Myspace users.<br />
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New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=309Deathwatch2009-01-15T12:53:45Z<p>Ross: google services</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
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=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
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* '''Several Google services''' have announced that they will be shutting down. [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_giveth_and_it_taketh_away.php]<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[[JPG Magazine]]''' announced it would shut down on January 5, 2009. [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html]<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
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=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
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* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
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''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
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''Deaths of 2008''<br />
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* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* '''[http://wallop.com/ Wallop]''', Microsoft's attempt at starting a social network, died on September 18, 2008. All that remains is a few Facebook apps. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10041856-36.html] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/15/wallop-takes-a-leap-into-the-deadpool/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html] The amount of broken hearts and anguish over this move was amazing, and a warning sign to any family-oriented site that encourages families to join up.<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' A simple database error that could be fixed with one command KO'd this site unexpectedly with a wealth of P2P information lost. moeller@scireview.de could bring it back or transfer it, if he was so inclined. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
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''Deaths of 2007''<br />
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* '''[http://oink.cd/ OiNK's Pink Palace]''' Music Bittorrent tracker site with huge user community which cared greatly about digital content and music. Would have been a great resource for the industry to research. Shutdown October 23, 2007. [http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/10/oink]<br />
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=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
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* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
*[http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica] is the most comprehensive collection of the history of space travel. '''Period.''' Seriously, the official NASA history folks will refer you this website if they can't answer your questions. However, Mark Wade (the sole creator/maintainer) abandoned his blog at the end of 2007, and the Encyclopedia has not been updated since May of 2008, despite much happening in the space exploration world since then.<br />
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=== Just When You Least Expect It ===<br />
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* Archive Team keeps a list of [[Fire_Drill|Healthy Sites]] that could be fine today and not so hot tomorrow. We focus on ways to back your personal data off these sites so you don't put yourself at unnecessary risk.<br />
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=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
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* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
* [http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/ Techcrunch's Deadpool] is an excellent archive of stories about site closings.<br />
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=== Tragic ===<br />
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* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
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=== Humorous ===<br />
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* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650 "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" - article at New Zealand Herald]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=308Recommended Reading2009-01-15T04:11:11Z<p>Ross: added intro</p>
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<div>Closer to the top are links to sites directly related to Archive Team projects and Internet preservation, while links towards the bottom are more general.<br />
<br />
== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. These articles are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
* [http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
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== Online Archives of Interest ==<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Gutenberg Project]''' produces free electronic books.<br />
* '''[http://www.webharvest.gov/collections/ Federal Web Harvest]''' gathers material from federal government websites and archives them online.<br />
* '''[http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.htm The CyberCemetery]''' is "an archive of government websites that have ceased operation."<br />
* '''[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/ Pandora]''' is Australia's web archive.<br />
* '''[http://asv.vatican.va/en/doc/1_doc.htm The Vatican]''' has an interesting online library.<br />
* '''[http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?page_id=47 Space Rogue]''' maintains a museum of his old websites.<br />
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New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=307Recommended Reading2009-01-15T04:00:36Z<p>Ross: reword</p>
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<div>== Online Archives of Interest ==<br />
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* '''[http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Gutenberg Project]''' produces free electronic books.<br />
* '''[http://www.webharvest.gov/collections/ Federal Web Harvest]''' gathers material from federal government websites and archives them online.<br />
* '''[http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.htm The CyberCemetery]''' is "an archive of government websites that have ceased operation."<br />
* '''[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/ Pandora]''' is Australia's web archive.<br />
* '''[http://asv.vatican.va/en/doc/1_doc.htm The Vatican]''' has an interesting online library.<br />
* '''[http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?page_id=47 Space Rogue]''' maintains a museum of his old websites.<br />
<br />
== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. These articles are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
* [http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
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New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=306Recommended Reading2009-01-15T03:50:57Z<p>Ross: reword</p>
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<div>== Archives of Interest ==<br />
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* '''[http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.webharvest.gov/collections/ Federal Web Harvest]''' gathers material from federal government websites and archives them online.<br />
* '''[http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.htm The CyberCemetery]''' is "an archive of government websites that have ceased operation."<br />
* '''[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/ Pandora]''' is Australia's web archive.<br />
* '''[http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?page_id=47 Space Rogue]''' maintains a museum of his old websites.<br />
<br />
== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. These articles are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
* [http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
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New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=305Recommended Reading2009-01-15T03:48:51Z<p>Ross: added</p>
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<div>== Archives of Interest ==<br />
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* '''[http://www.archive.org The Famous Archive.org]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.webharvest.gov/collections/ Federal Web Harvest]''' gathers material from federal government websites and archives them online.<br />
* '''[http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.htm The CyberCemetery]''' is "an archive of government websites that have ceased operation."<br />
* '''[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/ Pandora]''' is Australia's web archive.<br />
* '''[http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?page_id=47 Space Rogue]''' maintains a museum of his old websites.<br />
<br />
== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. These articles are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
* [http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
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New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=304Recommended Reading2009-01-15T03:45:01Z<p>Ross: added pandora</p>
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<div>== Archives of Interest ==<br />
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* '''[http://www.archive.org The Famous Archive.org]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?page_id=47 Space Rogue]''' maintains a museum of his old websites.<br />
* '''[http://www.webharvest.gov/collections/ Federal Web Harvest]''' gathers material from federal government websites and archives them online.<br />
* '''[http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.htm The CyberCemetery]''' is "an archive of government websites that have ceased operation."<br />
* '''[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/ Pandora]''' is Australia's web archive.<br />
<br />
== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. These articles are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
* [http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
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New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=303Recommended Reading2009-01-15T03:42:59Z<p>Ross: archives added</p>
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<div>== Archives of Interest ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.archive.org The Famous Archive.org]<br />
* [http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?page_id=47 Space Rogue] maintains a museum of his old websites.<br />
* [http://www.webharvest.gov/collections/ Federal Web Harvest] gathers material from federal government websites and archives them online.<br />
* [http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.htm The CyberCemetery] is "an archive of government websites that have ceased operation."<br />
<br />
== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. These articles are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
* [http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
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New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=302Recommended Reading2009-01-15T03:33:33Z<p>Ross: reword</p>
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<div>== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. These articles are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
* [http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
<br />
New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=297Deathwatch2009-01-13T12:52:07Z<p>Ross: removed</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
<br />
=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[[JPG Magazine]]''' announced it would shut down on January 5, 2009. [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html]<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
<br />
=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
<br />
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
<br />
''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2008''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* '''[http://wallop.com/ Wallop]''', Microsoft's attempt at starting a social network, died on September 18, 2008. All that remains is a few Facebook apps. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10041856-36.html] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/15/wallop-takes-a-leap-into-the-deadpool/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html] The amount of broken hearts and anguish over this move was amazing, and a warning sign to any family-oriented site that encourages families to join up.<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' A simple database error that could be fixed with one command KO'd this site unexpectedly with a wealth of P2P information lost. moeller@scireview.de could bring it back or transfer it, if he was so inclined. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
<br />
=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
<br />
* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
*[http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica] is the most comprehensive collection of the history of space travel. '''Period.''' Seriously, the official NASA history folks will refer you this website if they can't answer your questions. However, Mark Wade (the sole creator/maintainer) abandoned his blog at the end of 2007, and the Encyclopedia has not been updated since May of 2008, despite much happening in the space exploration world since then.<br />
<br />
=== Just When You Least Expect It ===<br />
<br />
* Archive Team keeps a list of [[Fire_Drill|Healthy Sites]] that could be fine today and not so hot tomorrow. We focus on ways to back your personal data off these sites so you don't put yourself at unnecessary risk.<br />
<br />
=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
* [http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/ Techcrunch's Deadpool] is an excellent archive of stories about site closings.<br />
<br />
=== Tragic ===<br />
<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
<br />
=== Humorous ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650 "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" - article at New Zealand Herald]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=296Deathwatch2009-01-13T12:50:44Z<p>Ross: added who</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
<br />
=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[[JPG Magazine]]''' announced it would shut down on January 5, 2009. [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html] - Jason and Lore have the archives.<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
<br />
=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
<br />
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
<br />
''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2008''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* '''[http://wallop.com/ Wallop]''', Microsoft's attempt at starting a social network, died on September 18, 2008. All that remains is a few Facebook apps. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10041856-36.html] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/15/wallop-takes-a-leap-into-the-deadpool/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html] The amount of broken hearts and anguish over this move was amazing, and a warning sign to any family-oriented site that encourages families to join up.<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' A simple database error that could be fixed with one command KO'd this site unexpectedly with a wealth of P2P information lost. moeller@scireview.de could bring it back or transfer it, if he was so inclined. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
<br />
=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
<br />
* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
*[http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica] is the most comprehensive collection of the history of space travel. '''Period.''' Seriously, the official NASA history folks will refer you this website if they can't answer your questions. However, Mark Wade (the sole creator/maintainer) abandoned his blog at the end of 2007, and the Encyclopedia has not been updated since May of 2008, despite much happening in the space exploration world since then.<br />
<br />
=== Just When You Least Expect It ===<br />
<br />
* Archive Team keeps a list of [[Fire_Drill|Healthy Sites]] that could be fine today and not so hot tomorrow. We focus on ways to back your personal data off these sites so you don't put yourself at unnecessary risk.<br />
<br />
=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
* [http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/ Techcrunch's Deadpool] is an excellent archive of stories about site closings.<br />
<br />
=== Tragic ===<br />
<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
<br />
=== Humorous ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650 "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" - article at New Zealand Herald]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Ficlets&diff=292Ficlets2009-01-13T02:26:31Z<p>Ross: joseph</p>
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<div>From the site: "Tiny fictional snippets that tell a short story. Each author adds to the larger narrative." It will [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/ shut down] on January 15, 2009.<br />
<br />
== Backup Tools ==<br />
<br />
* [[Wget]]<br />
<br />
'''Also of note:'''<br />
<br />
[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/#c15939294 Comment from creator of Ficlets (Dec. 3 2008)] ''I've already written an exporter and have all the stories (the ones not marked "mature" anyway). I have pretty much all of the author bios too. Since I was smart enough to insist that AOL license all the content under Creative Commons, I'll be launching a "ficlets graveyard" on 1/16 so at least the stories that people worked so hard one will live on.'' [http://lawver.net/ This guy might be worth contacting]<br />
<br />
== Vital Signs ==<br />
<br />
Soon to be dead.<br />
<br />
== Who's Working On It? ==<br />
<br />
Lore is grabbing it.<br />
<br />
[[User:Joseph|Joseph]] is grabbing it.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=291Talk:Main Page2009-01-13T02:23:18Z<p>Ross: /* oop */ new section</p>
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<div>Maybe we should tell each other what sites we have archived on ours boxes ? I just started on http://ficlets.com/ . Joseph 12/01/09 5:20pm<br />
<br />
== oop ==<br />
<br />
i see that you noticed this, but each site page has a place for you to put your sig if you are working on it :)<br />
--[[User:Ross|Ross]] 02:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Projects&diff=289Projects2009-01-13T02:09:08Z<p>Ross: attributions</p>
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<div>Here's where Archive Teamsters can list the projects they are currently working on and organize new projects.<br />
<br />
== Active Projects ==<br />
<br />
* '''[[User:Jscott|Jason Scott]]''' is running [http://www.textfiles.com Textfiles.com] and archiving a ton of things.<br />
* '''[[User:Ross|Ross]]''' is gathering information for [[Deathwatch]] on the dead sites of 2008. December was a rough month.<br />
<br />
== Ideas for Projects ==<br />
<br />
* '''Set up''' an FTP hub which AT members can access and up/down finished projects.<br />
* '''[http://www.groklaw.net/ Groklaw]''' has a [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090105033126835 project proposal] that we could help with. - [[User:Jscott|Jason]]<br />
* '''Archive''' the shutdown announcement pages on dead sites.<br />
* '''RSS Feed''' with death notices. - [[User:Jscott|Jason]]<br />
* '''Twitter profile''' might be a good way to broadcast new site obituaries. - psicom<br />
<br />
== Finished Projects ==<br />
<br />
* [[User:Jscott|Jason]] founded the Archive Team.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=285Deathwatch2009-01-13T00:32:30Z<p>Ross: deadpool added</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
<br />
=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[http://jpgmag.com/ Jpgmag]''' is a collaborative photo magazine that [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html announced it would shut down] on January 5, 2009. It seems to have gained little more steam from community support, but it's still advisable that we [http://www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html download the archives].<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
<br />
=== When the Big Guys Cough, their Subsites get The Flu ===<br />
<br />
* '''[[Flickr]]''' (owned by Yahoo) dumped significant staff, including prominent developers.<br />
* '''[[Livejournal]]''' is not looking so hot, (..but let's give it a 8 out of 10 score for now; it looks ''better''.)<br />
<br />
=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
<br />
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
<br />
''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2008''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* '''[http://wallop.com/ Wallop]''', Microsoft's attempt at starting a social network, died on September 18, 2008. All that remains is a few Facebook apps. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10041856-36.html] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/15/wallop-takes-a-leap-into-the-deadpool/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html]<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' A simple database error that could be fixed with one command KO'd this site unexpectedly with a wealth of P2P information lost. moeller@scireview.de could bring it back or transfer it, if he was so inclined. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
<br />
=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
<br />
* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
*[http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica] is the most comprehensive collection of the history of space travel. '''Period.''' Seriously, the official NASA history folks will refer you this website if they can't answer your questions. However, Mark Wade (the sole creator/maintainer) abandoned his blog at the end of 2007, and the Encyclopedia has not been updated since May of 2008, despite much happening in the space exploration world since then.<br />
<br />
=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
* [http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/ Techcrunch's Deadpool] is an excellent archive of stories about site closings.<br />
<br />
=== Tragic ===<br />
<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
<br />
=== Humorous ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650 "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" - article at New Zealand Herald]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=284Deathwatch2009-01-13T00:29:50Z<p>Ross: wallop added</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
<br />
=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[http://jpgmag.com/ Jpgmag]''' is a collaborative photo magazine that [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html announced it would shut down] on January 5, 2009. It seems to have gained little more steam from community support, but it's still advisable that we [http://www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html download the archives].<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
<br />
=== When the Big Guys Cough, their Subsites get The Flu ===<br />
<br />
* '''[[Flickr]]''' (owned by Yahoo) dumped significant staff, including prominent developers.<br />
* '''[[Livejournal]]''' is not looking so hot, (..but let's give it a 8 out of 10 score for now; it looks ''better''.)<br />
<br />
=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
<br />
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
<br />
''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2008''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* '''[http://wallop.com/ Wallop]''', Microsoft's attempt at starting a social network, died on September 18, 2008. All that remains is a few Facebook apps. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10041856-36.html] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/15/wallop-takes-a-leap-into-the-deadpool/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html]<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' A simple database error that could be fixed with one command KO'd this site unexpectedly with a wealth of P2P information lost. moeller@scireview.de could bring it back or transfer it, if he was so inclined. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
<br />
=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
<br />
* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
*[http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica] is the most comprehensive collection of the history of space travel. '''Period.''' Seriously, the official NASA history folks will refer you this website if they can't answer your questions. However, Mark Wade (the sole creator/maintainer) abandoned his blog at the end of 2007, and the Encyclopedia has not been updated since May of 2008, despite much happening in the space exploration world since then.<br />
<br />
=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
<br />
=== Tragic ===<br />
<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
<br />
=== Humorous ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650 "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" - article at New Zealand Herald]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=281Recommended Reading2009-01-12T23:57:00Z<p>Ross: move</p>
<hr />
<div>== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. The articles below are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
* [http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
<br />
New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=280Deathwatch2009-01-12T23:56:21Z<p>Ross: move</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
<br />
=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[http://jpgmag.com/ Jpgmag]''' is a collaborative photo magazine that [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html announced it would shut down] on January 5, 2009. It seems to have gained little more steam from community support, but it's still advisable that we [http://www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html download the archives].<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
<br />
=== When the Big Guys Cough, their Subsites get The Flu ===<br />
<br />
* '''[[Flickr]]''' (owned by Yahoo) dumped significant staff, including prominent developers.<br />
* '''[[Livejournal]]''' is not looking so hot, (..but let's give it a 8 out of 10 score for now; it looks ''better''.)<br />
<br />
=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
<br />
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
<br />
''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2008''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html]<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' A simple database error that could be fixed with one command KO'd this site unexpectedly with a wealth of P2P information lost. moeller@scireview.de could bring it back or transfer it, if he was so inclined. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
<br />
=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
<br />
* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
*[http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica] is the most comprehensive collection of the history of space travel. '''Period.''' Seriously, the official NASA history folks will refer you this website if they can't answer your questions. However, Mark Wade (the sole creator/maintainer) abandoned his blog at the end of 2007, and the Encyclopedia has not been updated since May of 2008, despite much happening in the space exploration world since then.<br />
<br />
=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
<br />
=== Tragic ===<br />
<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
<br />
=== Humorous ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650 "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" - article at New Zealand Herald]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=278Main Page2009-01-12T23:06:52Z<p>Ross: added explanation who we are</p>
<hr />
<div>[[Image:Archiveteam.jpg|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
=== HISTORY IS OUR FUTURE ===<br />
''And we've been trashing our history''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
Feel free to join us on IRC! We're on the EFnet network in a channel called '''#archiveteam''', where we say truly awful things.<br />
<br />
===What's here===<br />
<br />
''Archive Team''<br />
<br />
* [[Who We Are]] and how you can join our cause!<br />
<br />
* [[Deathwatch]] is where we keep track of sites that are sickly, dying or dead.<br />
<br />
* [[Fire Drill]] is where we keep track of sites that seem fine but a lot depends on them.<br />
<br />
* [[Projects]] is to keep track of AT endeavors.<br />
<br />
* [[Philosophy]] describes the ideas underpinning our work.<br />
<br />
''DIY Data Rescue''<br />
<br />
* [[Introduction|The Introduction]] is an overview of basic archiving methods.<br />
<br />
* [[Why Back Up?]] Because they don't care about you.<br />
<br />
* [[Software]] will assist you in regaining control of your data by providing tools for information backup, archiving and distribution. <br />
<br />
* [[Storage Media]] is about where to get it, what to get, and how to use it.<br />
<br />
* [[Recommended Reading]] links to others sites for further information.<br />
<br />
The site is still very new. Please be patient with the missing bits or help us fill them in.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Who_We_Are&diff=277Who We Are2009-01-12T23:03:58Z<p>Ross: move who we are</p>
<hr />
<div>This project is composed of volunteers, currently coordinated by [[User:Jscott|Jason Scott]].<br />
<br />
If you're wondering where to stick your nose in, we could use:<br />
<br />
* '''Writers''', who can create clear essays and instructions for archivers and concerned parties.<br />
* '''People with Lots of Hosted Disk Space''' who have a proper hosted webserver and fat pipe, who are willing (when asked) to consider hosting mirrored dead sites or archives.<br />
* '''People who love setting up torrents''' who can do the same as the mirror folks, but do so hosting torrents.<br />
* '''OCD-rich individuals who want to download things''' who will respond to our alerts and call outs and download entire sites or diagnose ways to get at obfuscated data.<br />
<br />
Mirror and torrent people should write [[User:Jscott|Jason]] at jason@textfiles.com. Press people looking for an easy, quote-filled interview about this important subject can contact Jason as well.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=276Main Page2009-01-12T23:03:24Z<p>Ross: move</p>
<hr />
<div>[[Image:Archiveteam.jpg|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
=== HISTORY IS OUR FUTURE ===<br />
''And we've been trashing our history''<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
Feel free to join us on IRC! We're on the EFnet network in a channel called '''#archiveteam''', where we say truly awful things.<br />
<br />
===What's here===<br />
<br />
''Archive Team''<br />
<br />
* [[Who We Are]]<br />
<br />
* [[Deathwatch]] is where we keep track of sites that are sickly, dying or dead.<br />
<br />
* [[Fire Drill]] is where we keep track of sites that seem fine but a lot depends on them.<br />
<br />
* [[Projects]] is to keep track of AT endeavors.<br />
<br />
* [[Philosophy]] describes the ideas underpinning our work.<br />
<br />
''DIY Data Rescue''<br />
<br />
* [[Introduction|The Introduction]] is an overview of basic archiving methods.<br />
<br />
* [[Why Back Up?]] Because they don't care about you.<br />
<br />
* [[Software]] will assist you in regaining control of your data by providing tools for information backup, archiving and distribution. <br />
<br />
* [[Storage Media]] is about where to get it, what to get, and how to use it.<br />
<br />
* [[Recommended Reading]] links to others sites for further information.<br />
<br />
The site is still very new. Please be patient with the missing bits or help us fill them in.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=275Recommended Reading2009-01-12T22:46:24Z<p>Ross: explanation added</p>
<hr />
<div>== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. The articles below are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
<br />
New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=271Recommended Reading2009-01-12T20:36:44Z<p>Ross: added web 2.0</p>
<hr />
<div>== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
<br />
New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=270Recommended Reading2009-01-12T16:36:25Z<p>Ross: signature</p>
<hr />
<div>* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
<br />
New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Twitter&diff=269Twitter2009-01-12T16:34:56Z<p>Ross: move</p>
<hr />
<div>Twitter is a microblogging service.<br />
<br />
== Backup Tools ==<br />
<br />
* [http://tweetake.com/ Tweetake] Using this tool you can back up any public Twitter account. Nice.<br />
* [https://www.tweetscan.com/data.php Tweetscan Data] downloads your Twitter archive from 12/2007 onward in CSV format (requires Twitter account login/password)<br />
<br />
== Vital Signs == <br />
<br />
Stable?</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Software&diff=268Software2009-01-12T16:32:12Z<p>Ross: reorganize</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
== General Tools ==<br />
<br />
* [[Wget|GNU WGET]]<br />
* [http://curl.haxx.se/ cURL]<br />
* [http://www.httrack.com/ HTTrack]<br />
* [http://crawler.archive.org/ Heritrix] -- what archive.org use<br />
* [http://pavuk.sourceforge.net/ Pavuk] -- a bit flaky, but very flexible<br />
<br />
== Site-Specific ==<br />
<br />
* [[Google]]<br />
* [[Livejournal]]<br />
* [[Twitter]]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=267Deathwatch2009-01-12T16:25:58Z<p>Ross: reword</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
<br />
=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[http://jpgmag.com/ Jpgmag]''' is a collaborative photo magazine that [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html announced it would shut down] on January 5, 2009. It seems to have gained little more steam from community support, but it's still advisable that we [http://www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html download the archives].<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
<br />
=== When the Big Guys Cough, their Subsites get The Flu ===<br />
<br />
* '''[[Flickr]]''' (owned by Yahoo) dumped significant staff, including prominent developers.<br />
* '''[[Livejournal]]''' is not looking so hot, (..but let's give it a 8 out of 10 score for now; it looks ''better''.)<br />
<br />
=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
<br />
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
<br />
''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2008''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html]<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' faded into obscurity starting in 2006. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2007''<br />
<br />
[http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
<br />
=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
<br />
* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
<br />
=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
<br />
=== Tragic ===<br />
<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
<br />
=== Humorous ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650 "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" - article at New Zealand Herald]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=266Deathwatch2009-01-12T15:43:44Z<p>Ross: formatting</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
<br />
=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[http://jpgmag.com/ Jpgmag]''' is a collaborative photo magazine that [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html announced it would shut down] on January 5, 2009. It seems to have gained little more steam from community support, but it's still advisable that we [http://www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html download the archives].<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
<br />
=== When the Big Guys Cough, their Subsites get The Flu ===<br />
<br />
* '''[[Flickr]]''' (owned by Yahoo) dumped significant staff, including prominent developers.<br />
* '''[[Livejournal]]''' is not looking so hot, (..but let's give it a 8 out of 10 score for now; it looks ''better''.)<br />
<br />
=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
<br />
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
<br />
''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2008''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html]<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' faded into obscurity starting in 2006. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2007''<br />
<br />
[http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting: Peerflix cuts workforce, carnage mounting elsewhere" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
<br />
=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
<br />
* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
<br />
=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
<br />
=== Tragic ===<br />
<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
<br />
=== Humorous ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650 "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" - article at New Zealand Herald]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=265Deathwatch2009-01-12T15:42:38Z<p>Ross: formatting</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
<br />
=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[http://jpgmag.com/ Jpgmag]''' is a collaborative photo magazine that [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html announced it would shut down] on January 5, 2009. It seems to have gained little more steam from community support, but it's still advisable that we [http://www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html download the archives].<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
<br />
=== When the Big Guys Cough, their Subsites get The Flu ===<br />
<br />
* '''[[Flickr]]''' (owned by Yahoo) dumped significant staff, including prominent developers.<br />
* '''[[Livejournal]]''' is not looking so hot, (..but let's give it a 8 out of 10 score for now; it looks ''better''.)<br />
<br />
=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
<br />
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
<br />
''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2008''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html]<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' faded into obscurity starting in 2006. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2007''<br />
<br />
[http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting: Peerflix cuts workforce, carnage mounting elsewhere" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
<br />
=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
<br />
* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
<br />
=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
<br />
=== Tragic ===<br />
<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
<br />
=== Humorous ===<br />
<br />
* "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=264Deathwatch2009-01-12T15:41:34Z<p>Ross: formatting</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
<br />
=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[http://jpgmag.com/ Jpgmag]''' is a collaborative photo magazine that [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html announced it would shut down] on January 5, 2009. It seems to have gained little more steam from community support, but it's still advisable that we [http://www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html download the archives].<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
<br />
=== When the Big Guys Cough, their Subsites get The Flu ===<br />
<br />
* '''[[Flickr]]''' (owned by Yahoo) dumped significant staff, including prominent developers.<br />
* '''[[Livejournal]]''' is not looking so hot, (..but let's give it a 8 out of 10 score for now; it looks ''better''.)<br />
<br />
=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
<br />
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
<br />
''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2008''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html]<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' faded into obscurity starting in 2006. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
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''Deaths of 2007''<br />
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[http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting: Peerflix cuts workforce, carnage mounting elsewhere" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
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=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
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* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
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=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
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* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
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=== Tragic ===<br />
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* "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html]<br />
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=== Humorous ===<br />
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* "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=263Deathwatch2009-01-12T15:40:57Z<p>Ross: 2007</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
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=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
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* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[http://jpgmag.com/ Jpgmag]''' is a collaborative photo magazine that [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html announced it would shut down] on January 5, 2009. It seems to have gained little more steam from community support, but it's still advisable that we [http://www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html download the archives].<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
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=== When the Big Guys Cough, their Subsites get The Flu ===<br />
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* '''[[Flickr]]''' (owned by Yahoo) dumped significant staff, including prominent developers.<br />
* '''[[Livejournal]]''' is not looking so hot, (..but let's give it a 8 out of 10 score for now; it looks ''better''.)<br />
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=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
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* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
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''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
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''Deaths of 2008''<br />
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* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html]<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' faded into obscurity starting in 2006. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
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''Deaths of 2007''<br />
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[http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting: Peerflix cuts workforce, carnage mounting elsewhere" - article at VentureBeat<br />
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=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
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* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
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=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
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* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
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=== Tragic ===<br />
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* "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html]<br />
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=== Humorous ===<br />
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* "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=262Main Page2009-01-12T15:37:52Z<p>Ross: recommended reading</p>
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=== HISTORY IS OUR FUTURE ===<br />
''And we've been trashing our history''<br />
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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.<br />
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Feel free to join us on IRC! We're on the EFnet network in a channel called '''#archiveteam''', where we say truly awful things.<br />
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===What's here===<br />
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''Archive Team''<br />
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* [[Deathwatch]] is where we keep track of sites that are sickly, dying or dead.<br />
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* [[Fire Drill]] is where we keep track of sites that seem fine but a lot depends on them.<br />
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* [[Projects]] is to keep track of AT endeavors.<br />
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* [[Philosophy]] describes the ideas underpinning our work.<br />
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''DIY Data Rescue''<br />
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* [[Introduction|The Introduction]] is an overview of basic archiving methods.<br />
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* [[Why Back Up?]] Because they don't care about you.<br />
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* [[Software]] will assist you in regaining control of your data by providing tools for information backup, archiving and distribution. <br />
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* [[Storage Media]] is about where to get it, what to get, and how to use it.<br />
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* [[Recommended Reading]] links to others sites for further information.<br />
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===Who We Are===<br />
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This project is composed of volunteers, currently coordinated by [[User:Jscott|Jason Scott]].<br />
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If you're wondering where to stick your nose in, we could use:<br />
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* '''Writers''', who can create clear essays and instructions for archivers and concerned parties.<br />
* '''People with Lots of Hosted Disk Space''' who have a proper hosted webserver and fat pipe, who are willing (when asked) to consider hosting mirrored dead sites or archives.<br />
* '''People who love setting up torrents''' who can do the same as the mirror folks, but do so hosting torrents.<br />
* '''OCD-rich individuals who want to download things''' who will respond to our alerts and call outs and download entire sites or diagnose ways to get at obfuscated data.<br />
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Mirror and torrent people should write [[User:Jscott|Jason]] at jason@textfiles.com. Press people looking for an easy, quote-filled interview about this important subject can contact Jason as well.<br />
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The site is still very new. Please be patient with the missing bits or help us fill them in.</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=261Recommended Reading2009-01-12T15:36:44Z<p>Ross: formatting</p>
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<div>* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]</div>Rosshttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=260Recommended Reading2009-01-12T15:36:14Z<p>Ross: new</p>
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<div>* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - Article by The Atlantic]</div>Ross