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== Archive Team recruiting ==
== Archive Team recruiting ==
* Help us: '''[[ArchiveTeam_Warrior|☞ Download and run your warrior ☜]]'''.
* What's on: [https://tracker.archiveteam.org/ online tracker].
* [[Donate|Donate to keep our projects going]].
* [[Dev|Want to code for Archive Team? Here's a starting point.]]
* [[Dev|Want to code for Archive Team? Here's a starting point.]]


== Warrior based projects ==
== Warrior-based projects ==
* [[URLTeam]]: URL shorteners were a fucking awful idea. IRC channel '''#urlteam'''. ''(Currently broken, coders wanted!)''
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* [[Justin.tv]]: Deleting all archived videos on June 8, 2014. IRC channel '''#justouttv'''.
 
=== Short-term, urgent projects ===
<!-- Urgent projects -->
<!-- sorted by deadline (soonest on top) -->
* [[DeviantArt]]: Archiving custom widgets, favorites, group affiliations, countdown timers, admin forums, and admin announcements. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|devianttart}}'''
* [[Roblox]]: Robbing people of marketplace comments on {{datetime|2024-04-09}}. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|robloxd}}'''
 
=== Medium-term projects ===
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Help us: '''[[warrior|☞ Download and run your warrior ☜]]'''.
(none currently)
What's on: [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/ online tracker].
 
=== Long-term projects ===
<!-- sorted alphabetically -->
* [[Blogger]]: Grabbing inactive Blogger blogs since Google began a mass purge of inactive Google accounts on or after {{datetime|2023-12-01}}. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|frogger}}'''.
* [[GitHub]]: Embraced-uh, I mean, bought by Microsoft. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|gitgud}}'''.
* [[Imgur]]: Unregistered users' "old" and "inactive" images will be purged, and all NSFW content is being shown the door on {{datetime|2023-05-15}}. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|imgone}}'''.
* [[MediaFire]]: [https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/1349516443654758401 Not 'at-risk' but grabbing speculatively to save historic files] '''IRC Channel {{IRC|mediaonfire}}'''.
* [[Pastebin]]: Archiving the pastas. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|pastalavista}}'''.
* [[Reddit]]: Banning communities that generate bad PR for Reddit Inc. Restricted access to APIs and data on {{datetime|2023-06-19}}.  '''IRC Channel {{IRC|shreddit}}'''.
* [[Telegram]]: Archiving public messages in various newsworthy and/or otherwise notable Telegram channels. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|telegrab}}'''.
* [[URLs|Tor URLs]]: A random collection of stuff, but from Tor <code>.onion</code> URLs. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|//}}'''.
* [[URLTeam]]: URL shorteners were a fucking awful idea. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|urlteam}}'''.
* [[URLs]]: A random collection of stuff. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|//}}'''.
* [[YouTube]]: Archiving [[YouTube#Scope|selected videos]]. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|down-the-tube}}'''.
 
''An [[ArchiveTeam_Warrior|updated Warrior virtual appliance (v3.2)]] is now available with better support for newer projects that utilize wget-at.''


== Manual projects ==
== Manual projects ==
* [[FTP]]: Download all the FTP sites!
* [[ArchiveBot]]: For those with lots of disk space, bandwidth and long-term commitment. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|archivebot}}'''.
* [[WikiTeam]]: permanent effort, [http://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/wiki/NewTutorial#I_have_no_shell_access_to_server everyone can help] (you choose the size of your downloads).
* [[Codearchiver]]: Dumping and archival of source code repositories and associated version control systems. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|codearchiver}}'''.
* [[Puu.sh]]: Expiring inactive files after 1 month; now in continuous mode. IRC Channel '''#pushharder'''.
* Dead people: When people die, their webpages and/or social media might go "Poof!" due to fees and other knick-knack. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|archiveteam}}'''
* [[WikiTeam]]: Saving wikis dumps (XML). And their external links for the Wayback Machine (WARC) as well as exporting MediaWiki databases. Permanent effort, [https://github.com/WikiTeam/wikiteam/wiki/Tutorial#I_have_no_shell_access_to_server everyone can help] (you choose the size of your downloads). '''IRC Channel {{IRC|wikiteam}}'''.
 
== Upcoming & proposed projects ==
<!-- Websites you would like to have archived. Please create a wikipage about the project with information about the website (shutting down? (when), why should it be archived, etc.). -->
<!-- Top priority: could disappear anytime now -->
<!-- Shutting down, definite deadline given -->
* [[Chrome Web Store]]: Google has announced a timeline of policy changes that will lead to content being removed between {{datetime|2021-12-01}} and 2025. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|chromeweblore}}'''.
<!-- Shutting down, vague deadline given -->
* [[Photobucket]]: Finally following through on over a year of email threats that free accounts are going to be mass deactivated if they don't pay up. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|photosucket}}'''.
* Abandoned iOS App Store & Google Play apps: Both Apple and Google are slimming down on abandoned apps, [https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/one-third-of-apple-and-google-apps-are-so-outdated-they-could-get-removed/ with an estimated ~1.5M of them at risk]. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|appocalypse}}'''.
* [[Twitter]]: General instability; deleting inactive accounts <s>{{datetime|2019-12-11}}</s> sometime. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|twitterdead|EFnet|abandoned}}'''.
<!-- Shutting down, no deadline given -->
<!-- Archiving the archives -->
<!-- Misc. projects (unmaintained sites, distrust in owners) -->
* [[VKontakte]]: A Russian equivalent of Facebook carries the risk of tumbling down under the weight of sanctions as a result of the government's invasion of Ukraine. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|lostkontakt}}'''.
* [[JamiiForums]]: the Tanzanian government would like this gone. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|jammedforums|EFnet|abandoned}}'''.
* [[LiveJournal]]: Very old, widely regarded as in decline, and has a lot of important stuff buried in it. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|recordedjournal|EFnet|abandoned}}'''.
* [[The Pirate Bay]]: Recently came back up, grabbing an archive for sanity's sake. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|yarharfiddlededee|EFnet|abandoned}}'''.
* [[Valhalla]]: Where to store what even the [[Internet Archive]] doesn't have space for? '''IRC Channel {{IRC|huntinggrounds}}'''.
* [[Giphy]]: Bought by <s>Facebook</s>Shutterstock, to be "integrated" (assimilated) into <s>Instagram</s> https://news.knowyourmeme.com/news/facebook-to-buy-giphy
 
== Recently finished projects ==
<!-- projects that have finished in the last 30 days go here in reverse-chronogical order to be found easily and showcase recent work. additionally, keep projects here that are still in the tracker but not yet deleted so it won't confuse people. -->
* [[Taringa!]]: Shut down on {{datetime|2024-03-24}} with barely two weeks lead time. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|mataringa}}'''. <!-- finished: 2024-03-25 -->


== Upcoming projects ==
* Four genealogy-themed websites (and their many sub-domains and message boards) that are being sunsetted by [[Ancestry.com]]
* Saving Verizon customer pages, [http://www.verizon.com/support/residential/internet/fiosinternet/general+support/essentials+and+extras/questionsone/85372.htm shutting down] on September 2014.
* [[MLKSHK]]: Shutting down September 1, 2014. '''IRC Channel #totheyard'''.
* [[Helium]]: 1 million articles to be deleted on December 15, 2014.


== Recently finished ==
== On Hiatus ==
<!-- put projects here that are still in the tracker but not yet deleted so it won't confuse people -->
* [[Angelfire]]: Angelfire is a web hosting service that contains big chunks of early WWW history and has no proper backup. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|angelonfire}}'''.
* [[Canv.as]]: Saving the images before they go offline. IRC Channel '''#canvas'''.
* [[Audit2014|Audit 2014]]: It's time to verify our shit. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|auditteam}}'''.
* [[Mochi Media]]: Goodbye Flash games. Shanda-acquiree forced to shut down on March 31, 2014. IRC Channel '''#mochibaibai'''.
* [[Flickr]]: <s>[[Yahoo!]]</s> SmugMug decided to kill it after finding Yahoo!'s plans to do so before they were bought by Verizon. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|flickrfckr}}'''.
* [[Dogster|Catster & Dogster]]: Won't be putting communities to sleep on March 3, 2014, but we got a copy anyway. IRC Channel '''#rawdogster'''.
* [[FTP]]: Help us find and download all FTP sites! '''IRC Channel {{IRC|effteepee}}'''.
* [[Viddler]]: Won't be deleting personal and non-free account videos permanently. IRC Channel '''#fiddler'''.
* [[Google Drive]]: Same as MediaFire. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|googlecrash}}'''. Currently on haitus.
* [[My Opera]]: It's all over after 2014-03-03. IRC Channel '''#fatlady'''.
* [[Google Groups]]: "Gone within a year" ([[User:Jscott|SketchCow]], {{datetime|2016-06-07}}).
* [[Google News Archive]]: Let's store all newspapers at Google, WCGW? '''IRC Channel {{IRC|papersplease}}'''.
* [[INTERNETARCHIVE.BAK]]: Grab a slice of the big cake of [[Internet Archive|The Archive]]! '''IRC Channel {{IRC|internetarchive.bak}}'''.
* [[ISP Hosting]]: Finding ISP web hosting services before the Grim Reaper finds them. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|webroasting}}'''.
* [[Miraheze]]: <s>Shutting down sometime between {{datetime|2023-09-01}} and {{datetime|2023-10-31}}.</s> Rescued by new volunteers!
* [[Project Newsletter]]: Archiving e-newsletters, currently in development. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|projectnewsletter}}'''.
* [[Quizlet]]: Flashcards and other learning tools '''IRC Channel {{IRC|quizletusin}}'''.
* [[Tinkercad]]: Autodesk announced its intent to put designs from inactive OAuth accounts back into minds around {{datetime|2021-05-24}}. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|tinkerhad}}'''.
* [[Tumblr]]: [[Yahoo!]] considered killing it, now Yahoo has been acquired and Verizon declared war on NSFW blogs. Tumblr has since been sold to Automattic. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|tumbledown}}'''.


=== Hiatus / Missed the Mark ===
<small>ArchiveTeam uses the hackint IRC network – ircs://irc.hackint.org:6697 (TLS required) – webchat: https://webirc.hackint.org/ – [[Archiveteam:IRC|More info]]</small>
* [[Bebo]]: Trashed by [[AOL]] and Criterion Capital Partners. Saving the remains. IRC Channel '''#cockandballs'''.
* Saving [[BerliOS]].
* Bolt is imploding, and announced [http://boltagain.ning.com/ the death of their domain and a month left to live.]
* [[Slidecast]] has announced it is going read only at the end of February 2014 and Slidecasts will become Slideshares on April 30, 2014.

Latest revision as of 23:13, 4 April 2024

Archive Team recruiting

Warrior-based projects

ArchiveTeam's Choice: Telegram

Short-term, urgent projects

  • DeviantArt: Archiving custom widgets, favorites, group affiliations, countdown timers, admin forums, and admin announcements. IRC Channel #devianttart (on hackint)
  • Roblox: Robbing people of marketplace comments on 2024-04-09. IRC Channel #robloxd (on hackint)

Medium-term projects

(none currently)

Long-term projects

An updated Warrior virtual appliance (v3.2) is now available with better support for newer projects that utilize wget-at.

Manual projects

  • ArchiveBot: For those with lots of disk space, bandwidth and long-term commitment. IRC Channel #archivebot (on hackint).
  • Codearchiver: Dumping and archival of source code repositories and associated version control systems. IRC Channel #codearchiver (on hackint).
  • Dead people: When people die, their webpages and/or social media might go "Poof!" due to fees and other knick-knack. IRC Channel #archiveteam (on hackint)
  • WikiTeam: Saving wikis dumps (XML). And their external links for the Wayback Machine (WARC) as well as exporting MediaWiki databases. Permanent effort, everyone can help (you choose the size of your downloads). IRC Channel #wikiteam (on hackint).

Upcoming & proposed projects

Recently finished projects

  • Taringa!: Shut down on 2024-03-24 with barely two weeks lead time. IRC Channel #mataringa (on hackint).


On Hiatus

ArchiveTeam uses the hackint IRC network – ircs://irc.hackint.org:6697 (TLS required) – webchat: https://webirc.hackint.org/ – More info

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