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Warrior based projects

• Zetaboards: Migrating all forums to Tapatalk "in the coming weeks" as of early May. Content will get lost in the migration, and some forums are moving elsewhere, i.e. disappearing from Zetaboards entirely. IRC Channel #zetatheplank (on hackint).
• NewsGrabber: Saving all news articles. Help with server power or by finding more newssites. IRC Channel #newsgrabber (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).

Scripts only

• FTP: Download all the FTP sites! IRC Channel #effteepee (on hackint).

Manual projects

• 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).
• 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).

Upcoming projects

• 500px: Grabbing a metric fuckton of photos in just a few days. Project starts ~4 AM PDT/1100 UTC. Be there. IRC Channel #archiveteam (on hackint).

Proposed projects

• GitHub: Reportedly embraced-uh, I mean, bought by Microsoft. IRC Channel #getgit (on hackint).
• Toys "R" Us: On chapter 11 life support after tripping into a pile of debt, old age complications made its US arm flatline. Babies and children weep. IRC Channel TBD.
• The Escapist: Staff activity dwindling due to layoffs, remaining supporters are doing it for free. IRC Channel TBD.
• LiveJournal: Very old, widely regarded as in decline, and has a lot of important stuff buried in it. IRC Channel #recordedjournal (on hackint).
• DevPort: This portfolio SaaS provider has reportedly been having infrastructure issues, and removed their social media accounts. Possible impending shutdown.
• Tumblr: Yahoo! considered killing it, now Yahoo has been acquired. IRC Channel #stumblr (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).
• The Pirate Bay: Recently came back up, grabbing an archive for sanity's sake. IRC Channel #yarharfiddlededee (on hackint).

Recently finished

• Storify: Now this is the story all about how Storify wants us to take a minute to preserve their content before they pack their suitcase on May 16, 2018. IRC Channel #horrify (on hackint).

Hiatus / Missed the Mark

• yuku: Lately yuku is very unstable and hosting thousands of forums. Project currently paused. IRC Channel #archiveteam (on hackint).
• Flickr: Yahoo! decided to kill it, now Yahoo has been acquired and then Verizon flicked it to SmugMug. IRC Channel #flickrfckr (on hackint).

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