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* [[Chrome Web Store]]: Google has announced a timeline of policy changes that will lead to content being removed between December 1, 2020 and 2023. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|chromeweblore}}'''. | * [[Chrome Web Store]]: Google has announced a timeline of policy changes that will lead to content being removed between December 1, 2020 and 2023. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|chromeweblore}}'''. | ||
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* 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Google are slimming down on abandoned apps, [https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/one-third-of-apple-and-google-apps-are-so-outdated-they-could-get-removed/ with an estimated ~1.5M of them at risk].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}}'''. | |||
* [[Kinja]]: Deleting all user pages, maybe? '''IRC Channel {{IRC|gokinjagokinjago}}'''. | * [[Kinja]]: Deleting all user pages, maybe? '''IRC Channel {{IRC|gokinjagokinjago}}'''. | ||
* [[Twitter]]: Deleting inactive accounts <s>2019-12-11</s> sometime. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|twitterdead|EFnet|abandoned}}'''. | * [[Twitter]]: Deleting inactive accounts <s>2019-12-11</s> sometime. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|twitterdead|EFnet|abandoned}}'''. | ||
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* [[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}}'''. | |||
* [[YouTube]]: Archiving all YouTube metadata and selected videos afterwards soon. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|down-the-tube}}'''. | * [[YouTube]]: Archiving all YouTube metadata and selected videos afterwards soon. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|down-the-tube}}'''. | ||
* [[Imgur]]: Image hoster decided that using it for hosting images is not permitted. (Now it's been bought by MediaLab.) '''IRC Channel {{IRC|imgone}}'''. | * [[Imgur]]: Image hoster decided that using it for hosting images is not permitted. (Now it's been bought by MediaLab.) '''IRC Channel {{IRC|imgone}}'''. | ||
Revision as of 22:34, 3 July 2022
Archive Team recruiting
- Want to code for Archive Team? Here's a starting point.
- Help us: ☞ Download and run your warrior ☜.
- What's on: online tracker.
Warrior-based projects
- Ukraine/Russian invasion: Archiving various .ua sites in the wake of the Russian government's invasion. IRC Channel #ucryne (on hackint).
- Classic Google Sites: Making more sites inaccessible to the public starting
September 1, 2021January 1, 2023 with Workspace accounts. IRC Channel #nearlylostmygoogles (on hackint). - Telegram: Archiving public messages in various newsworthy and/or otherwise notable Telegram channels. IRC Channel #telegrab (on hackint).
- GitHub: Embraced-uh, I mean, bought by Microsoft. IRC Channel #gitgud (on hackint).
- MediaFire: Not 'at-risk' but grabbing speculatively to save historic files IRC Channel #mediaonfire (on hackint).
- Google Drive: Same as MediaFire. IRC Channel #googlecrash (on hackint).
- Reddit: Banning communities that generate bad PR for Reddit Inc. Currently grabbing new material. IRC Channel #shreddit (on hackint).
- URLs: A random collection of stuff. IRC Channel #// (on hackint).
- URLTeam: URL shorteners were a fucking awful idea. IRC Channel #urlteam (on hackint).
An updated Warrior virtual appliance (v3.2) is now available with better support for newer projects that utilize wget-at. Please download it using the link above.
Manual projects
- 2019-202? coronavirus outbreak: Documenting and preserving data, events, and impacts of the virus on society. IRC Channel #coronarchive (on hackint)
- ArchiveBot: For those with lots of disk space, bandwidth and long-term commitment. IRC Channel #archivebot (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).
- 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)
Upcoming & proposed projects
- Chrome Web Store: Google has announced a timeline of policy changes that will lead to content being removed between December 1, 2020 and 2023. IRC Channel #chromeweblore (on hackint).
- Abandoned iOS App Store & Google Play apps: Both Apple and Google are slimming down on abandoned apps, with an estimated ~1.5M of them at risk. IRC Channel #appocalypse (on hackint).
- Kinja: Deleting all user pages, maybe? IRC Channel #gokinjagokinjago (on hackint).
- Twitter: Deleting inactive accounts
2019-12-11sometime. IRC Channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint). - 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 #lostkontakt (on hackint).
- YouTube: Archiving all YouTube metadata and selected videos afterwards soon. IRC Channel #down-the-tube (on hackint).
- Imgur: Image hoster decided that using it for hosting images is not permitted. (Now it's been bought by MediaLab.) IRC Channel #imgone (on hackint).
- JamiiForums: the Tanzanian government would like this gone. IRC Channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint).
- LiveJournal: Very old, widely regarded as in decline, and has a lot of important stuff buried in it. IRC Channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint).
- Ownlog: Ownlog is losing popularity and support from its owners. IRC Channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint).
- The Pirate Bay: Recently came back up, grabbing an archive for sanity's sake. IRC Channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint).
- Valhalla: Where to store what even the Internet Archive doesn't have space for? IRC Channel #huntinggrounds (on hackint).
- Giphy: Bought by Facebook, to be "integrated" (assimilated) into Instagram https://news.knowyourmeme.com/news/facebook-to-buy-giphy
Recently finished projects
- Coub: Coub's looping videos will loop
no more come April 1, 2022for some time longer after an aborted shutdown. IRC Channel #coup (on hackint). - Radikal: Panic grab of a Russian image host with "a billion" images and "a million" videos which shut down on 2022-03-10. IRC Channel #deradikalize (on hackint).
- Game Jolt: Deleting games it thinks are adult, with poor accuracy. IRC Channel #gamejilt (on hackint).
Hiatus / Missed the Mark
- Webs: Vistaprint is killing off the Freewebs you knew from the 2000s on
March 31June 30, 2021sometime, unless you pay up. IRC Channel #webbed (on hackint). - Tinkercad: Autodesk announced its intent to put designs from inactive OAuth accounts back into minds around May 24, 2021. IRC Channel #tinkerhad (on hackint).
- Angelfire: Angelfire is a web hosting service that contains big chunks of early WWW history and has no proper backup. IRC Channel #angelonfire (on hackint).
- Audit 2014: It's time to verify our shit. IRC Channel #auditteam (on hackint). THIS PROJECT IS ON HIATUS AND WILL BE RETURNED TO AS AUDIT2018.
- Flickr:
Yahoo!SmugMug decided to kill it after finding Yahoo!'s plans to do so before they were bought by Verizon. IRC Channel #flickrfckr (on hackint). - FTP: Help us find and download all FTP sites! IRC Channel #effteepee (on hackint).
- Google Groups: "Gone within a year" (SketchCow, 2016-06-07).
- Google News Archive: Let's store all newspapers at Google, WCGW? IRC Channel #papersplease (on hackint).
- DevPort: This portfolio SaaS provider has reportedly been having infrastructure issues, and removed their social media accounts. Possible impending shutdown.
- 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. Currently paused. IRC Channel #newsgrabber (on hackint).
- Project Newsletter: Archiving e-newsletters, currently in development. IRC Channel #projectnewsletter (on hackint).
- Quizlet: Flashcards and other learning tools IRC Channel #quizletusin (on hackint).
- 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 #tumbledown (on hackint).
- yuku: Lately yuku is very unstable and hosting thousands of forums. Project currently paused. IRC Channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint).
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