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{{Infobox project
{{Infobox project
| title = Parodius Networking
| logo = Parodius.gif
| logo = Parodius.gif
| image = Parodius-snap.png
| image = Parodius-snap.png
| description = Website host with focus on classic videogame platforms
| URL = http://parodius.com
| URL = http://parodius.com
| project_status = {{closing}}
| project_status = {{closed}}
| archiving_status = {{nosavedyet}}
| archiving_status = {{nosavedyet}}
}}
}}


==Introduction==
The owner of Parodius has [http://www.parodius.com/#post_20120421T0205 made the decision] to stop providing free hosting services for nonprofit web sites about classic video gaming. What follows is a brief analysis of the content of the community.


The owner of Parodius has [http://www.parodius.com/#post_20120421T0205 made the decision] to stop providing free hosting services for nonprofit web sites about classic video gaming.
==Assessment==


However, the owner said in [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?p=92871#92871 this forum post]:
A preliminary assessment of the Parodius Network details what appears to various shared sites hosted under subdomains of parodius.com:
:Each and every hosted person here has a right to define whether or not they want their content archived. Some may have robots.txt in place, others may not but might have other conditionals (some technical, some via footers/agreements on their page). Their data is their data; I am not the owner of their data. I cannot decide for them if they are comfortable with that.
:If you feel comfortable with someone archiving your data like this, who is a third-party, I would recommend you contact them and offer/work out something. I'm fine with them archiving the home page, our FAQ, etc. -- sure, that's all public anyway. But our home page/etc. != users' content. Most of the site owners will be moving their stuff to other URLs, which means all the content/etc. will be available on the Internet just at a new URL.
:Bandwidth = not free. The last thing I need is to find my 95th percentile at 20mbit because someone thinks bandwidth grows on trees.


So if AT wants to help, these ground rules are in place:
{| class="wikitable"
# AT should get in touch with each site's owner.
|-
# The archiving shouldn't proceed too fast.
! Site Section
# Organize efforts so as not to duplicate.
! Archiving Notes
! Archiving Status
|-
| [http://blargg.parodius.com/gme_java/ blargg gme_java]
| moved to [http://slack.net/~ant/old/gme_java/]
|
|-
| [http://chojin.parodius.com chojin]
| Closed as of 2012-08-21
|
|-
| [http://blargg.parodius.com/index2.html blargg]
| moved to [http://slack.net/~ant/old slack.net/~ant/old]
| no index
|-
| [http://demiforce.parodius.com demiforce]
| access forbidden
|
|-
| [http://donut.parodius.com donut]
| requires authorization
|
|-
| [http://dowd.parodius.com dowd]
| Closed as of 2012-08-29
|
|-
| [http://ffxiquest.parodius.com ffxiquest]
| Closed as of 2012-08-14
|
|-
| [http://gaijin.parodius.com gaijin]
| Closed as of 2012-08-09
|
|-
| [http://haven.parodius.com haven]
| Closed as of 2012-08-14
|
|-
| [http://hd.parodius.com hd]
| Closed as of 2012-08-09
|
|-
| [http://jdc.parodius.com jdc]
| redirects to [http://jdc.koitsu.org jdc.koitsu.org]
|
|-
| [http://mv.parodius.com mv]
| Closed as of 2012-08-29
|
|-
| [http://nesdev.parodius.com nesdev]
| moved to [http://nesdev.com nesdev.com]
|  covered by [[User:Tepples|Tepples]]
|-
| [http://ps2pc.parodius.com ps2pc]
| Closed as of 2012-08-14
|
|-
| [http://pt.parodius.com pt]
| Closed as of 2012-08-09
| already has plans for migration
|-
| [http://sdlmame.parodius.com sdlmame]
|  moved to [http://sdlmame.lngn.net sdlmame.lngn.net]
|
|-
| [http://sl1me.parodius.com sl1me]
| moved to [http://parodius.suraimu.org parodius.suraimu.org]
|
|-
| [http://soulstream.parodius.com soulstream]
| Closed as of 2012-08-21
|
|-
| [http://spliceworld.parodius.com spliceworld]
| Closed as of 2012-08-21
|
|-
| [http://transcorp.parodius.com transcorp]
| moved to [http://transcorp.romhacking.net transcorp.romhacking.net]
|
|-
| [http://vice.parodius.com vice]
| closed in 2008
|
|-
| [http://zatos.parodius.com zatos]
| Closed as of 2012-08-14
|
|-
|}


*[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] is archiving nesdev.parodius.com, which consists of a static HTML site, a wwwThreads, and a phpBB 2. See the [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=8837 forum topic about this archiving effort].
and a few dedicated environments for the larger community sites:
*Tepples is also archiving wiki.nesdev.com, a MediaWiki site associated with nesdev.parodius.com.
 
*The news posts and information pages directly under www.parodius.com are open for AT.
{| class="wikitable"
*The owners of foxhack.net[http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?p=92876#92876] and nesworld.com[http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?p=92961#92961] do not want AT's help.
|-
! Site Section
! Archiving Notes
! Archiving Status
|-
| http://foxhack.net
| already moved
| already has plans for migration
|-
| http://joyelectric.com
| already moved
| already has plans for migration
|-
| http://kinox.org
| Closed 2012-08-12
| "I will see what I do with it sooner or later."
|-
| http://nesdev.com
| already moved
| covered by [[User:Tepples|Tepples]]
|-
| http://nesworld.com
| already moved
| already has plans for migration
|-
| http://rocknes.net
| moved to [http://rocknes.web.fc2.com/ rocknes.web.fc2.com]
|
|-
|}
 
There are also some personal sites:
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Site Section
! Archiving Notes
! Archiving Status
|-
| [http://www.parodius.com/~bpoint bpoint]
| Closed in 2010
|
|-
| [http://www.parodius.com/~chris Chris Hickman]
| Closed  as of 2012-08-10
|
|-
| [http://www.parodius.com/~memblers memblers]
| Closed as of 2012-08-14
|
|-
| [http://www.parodius.com/~roni roni]
| Moved to [http://lngn.net lngn.net]
|
|-
|}
 
Some of the sites appear more or less inactive, while others have continuous and sustained involvement. As per the discussion page, some of these communities already have [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=8837 comprehensive plans] in the works for migrations.
 
==Migrations and Scraping==
 
This community is not in any danger of sudden, irreversible disappearance. The operator has given [http://www.parodius.com/ ample time and advice] for migrations. He has also provided detailed information about how long URL and email redirects will be in place to minimize link rot and lost mail, and given a wonderfully detailed FAQ of all the types of questions users would be bound to have. He even makes recommendations for other hosts that I know --from having been a former employee of one of them-- are strong and solid recommendations. There is even an offer for the operator to back up a user's content and mail it to them --free of charge-- should the user's bandwidth not be sufficient to back up all of the data. All of this is wonderful to see. It is a breath of fresh air and a wonderful example that we all wish the big players --Yahoo, etc-- would strive to.
 
If any member of the ArchiveTeam is currently scraping content, it is advised to cease for the moment, seeing as much of the community already has plans in place to migrate and isn't going anywhere any time soon. And of course, any content already scraped is not to be publicly mirrored or otherwise available at this point. --[[User:Aggroskater|Aggroskater]] 21:35, 27 April 2012 (EDT)


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Parodius Networking
Parodius Networking logo
Parodius-snap.png
URL http://parodius.com
Status Offline
Archiving status Not saved yet
Archiving type Unknown
IRC channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint)

The owner of Parodius has made the decision to stop providing free hosting services for nonprofit web sites about classic video gaming. What follows is a brief analysis of the content of the community.

Assessment

A preliminary assessment of the Parodius Network details what appears to various shared sites hosted under subdomains of parodius.com:

Site Section Archiving Notes Archiving Status
blargg gme_java moved to [1]
chojin Closed as of 2012-08-21
blargg moved to slack.net/~ant/old no index
demiforce access forbidden
donut requires authorization
dowd Closed as of 2012-08-29
ffxiquest Closed as of 2012-08-14
gaijin Closed as of 2012-08-09
haven Closed as of 2012-08-14
hd Closed as of 2012-08-09
jdc redirects to jdc.koitsu.org
mv Closed as of 2012-08-29
nesdev moved to nesdev.com covered by Tepples
ps2pc Closed as of 2012-08-14
pt Closed as of 2012-08-09 already has plans for migration
sdlmame moved to sdlmame.lngn.net
sl1me moved to parodius.suraimu.org
soulstream Closed as of 2012-08-21
spliceworld Closed as of 2012-08-21
transcorp moved to transcorp.romhacking.net
vice closed in 2008
zatos Closed as of 2012-08-14

and a few dedicated environments for the larger community sites:

Site Section Archiving Notes Archiving Status
http://foxhack.net already moved already has plans for migration
http://joyelectric.com already moved already has plans for migration
http://kinox.org Closed 2012-08-12 "I will see what I do with it sooner or later."
http://nesdev.com already moved covered by Tepples
http://nesworld.com already moved already has plans for migration
http://rocknes.net moved to rocknes.web.fc2.com

There are also some personal sites:

Site Section Archiving Notes Archiving Status
bpoint Closed in 2010
Chris Hickman Closed as of 2012-08-10
memblers Closed as of 2012-08-14
roni Moved to lngn.net

Some of the sites appear more or less inactive, while others have continuous and sustained involvement. As per the discussion page, some of these communities already have comprehensive plans in the works for migrations.

Migrations and Scraping

This community is not in any danger of sudden, irreversible disappearance. The operator has given ample time and advice for migrations. He has also provided detailed information about how long URL and email redirects will be in place to minimize link rot and lost mail, and given a wonderfully detailed FAQ of all the types of questions users would be bound to have. He even makes recommendations for other hosts that I know --from having been a former employee of one of them-- are strong and solid recommendations. There is even an offer for the operator to back up a user's content and mail it to them --free of charge-- should the user's bandwidth not be sufficient to back up all of the data. All of this is wonderful to see. It is a breath of fresh air and a wonderful example that we all wish the big players --Yahoo, etc-- would strive to.

If any member of the ArchiveTeam is currently scraping content, it is advised to cease for the moment, seeing as much of the community already has plans in place to migrate and isn't going anywhere any time soon. And of course, any content already scraped is not to be publicly mirrored or otherwise available at this point. --Aggroskater 21:35, 27 April 2012 (EDT)