Difference between revisions of "Current Projects"

Revision as of 19:48, 7 June 2016

Olympe: French webhosting provider out of money, on the way to Taygetus. IRC Channel #archiveteam (on hackint).
ZippCast: Owner has had enough, zipping up servers on June 5, 2016. IRC Channel #archiveteam (on hackint).
Arto: First social media platform of Denmark shut down on June 1, 2016. We've got afterlife access to finish. IRC Channel #archiveteam (on hackint).
Fotolog.com: Photo sharing and social networking site ~~closing on February 20, 2016~~. Still saving. IRC Channel #fotologout (on hackint).
Google Code: Google likes Github more. Shut down on January 26, 2016, but we got a chance to go on saving. IRC Channel #googlecodeblue (on hackint).
LiveJournal: Very old, widely regarded as in decline, and has a lot of important stuff buried in it. IRC Channel #recordedjournal (on hackint).
RuTracker: Considerable Russian bittorrent tracker in considerable danger. IRC Channel #rutrasher (on hackint).
PDF 2016: We've been given a long list of PDF files. We'll get'em. IRC Channel #pdflush (on hackint).
GameFront: Inactive, and tends to delete old stuff.
yuku: Lately yuku is very unstable and hosting thousands of forums. IRC Channel #archiveteam (on hackint).
URLTeam: URL shorteners were a fucking awful idea. IRC Channel #urlteam (on hackint).
WikiTeam (WARC format): Saving wikis and their external links for the Wayback Machine. IRC Channel #wikiteam (on hackint).

myVIP: Second most popular Hungarian social network now on the verge of disappearing. IRC Channel #byevip (on hackint).
FTP: Download all the FTP sites! IRC Channel #effteepee (on hackint).

Blingee: >130 million images and 9 years of user content ~~will be deleted on August 25, 2015.~~ IRC Channel #tragedee (on hackint). (Status: started banning us, paused.)
SourceForge: Old, ad supported, adware supported. IRC Channel #coldstorage (on hackint). (Status: Paused on staff request.)
Halo: Downloading all the read-only data from Halo. IRC Channel #yolohalo (on hackint). (Status: Halo3 game stats saved, other versions coming up.)
Blogger: Google was to restrict public access to adult blogs, but they backed down. We're backing up Blogger anyway. IRC Channel #frogger (on hackint). (Status: We collected a list of blogs, content grab coming up.)

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

DevPort: This portfolio SaaS provider has reportedly been having infrastructure issues, and removed their social media accounts. Possible impending shutdown.
Picasa Web Albums: Merging into Google Photos on May 1, 2016. IRC Channel #picasso (on hackint).
Google Drive web hosting to be discontinued on August 31, 2016.
Orkut: Orkut got kut on September 30, 2014. It lives on as a public archive until September 2016. IRC Channel #throatkut (on hackint).
Panoramio: Google is migrating photos only (no metadata!) to Maps. IRC Channel #paranormio (on hackint).
RadioShack: RadioShack is going bankrupt. IRC Channel #unshackled (on hackint).
Ownlog: Ownlog is losing popularity and support from its owners. IRC Channel #pwnlog (on hackint).
Google Groups: "Gone within a year" (SketchCow, 2016-06-07).
SoundCloud: Might get blown away by Hurricane Debt and Hurricane Copyright. IRC Channel #soundclown (on hackint).
The Pirate Bay: Recently came back up, grabbing an archive for sanity's sake. IRC Channel #yarharfiddlededee (on hackint).
Blipfoto: ~~Went into liquidation on March 11, 2015, future uncertain.~~ Acquired on March 25, 2015, we're still grabbing it anyway. IRC Channel #fotofinish (on hackint).

Virgin Media: Discontinuing personal web space service on April 28, 2016. IRC Channel #virginsacrifice (on hackint).

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 * [[RadioShack]]: RadioShack is going bankrupt. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|unshackled}}'''.
 * [[Ownlog]]: Ownlog is losing popularity and support from its owners. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|pwnlog}}'''.
+* [[Google Groups]]: "Gone within a year" ([[User:Jscott|SketchCow]], 2016-06-07).
 * [[SoundCloud]]: Might get blown away by Hurricane Debt and Hurricane Copyright. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|soundclown}}'''.
 * [[The Pirate Bay]]: Recently came back up, grabbing an archive for sanity's sake. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|yarharfiddlededee}}'''.