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* [[500px]]: Grabbing a metric fuckton of photos in just a few days. Start your Warriors and spread the word. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|500pieces}}'''.
* [[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 {{IRC|zetatheplank}}'''.
* [[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 {{IRC|zetatheplank}}'''.
* [[NewsGrabber]]: Saving all news articles. Help with server power or by finding more newssites. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|newsgrabber}}'''.
* [[NewsGrabber]]: Saving all news articles. Help with server power or by finding more newssites. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|newsgrabber}}'''.
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== Upcoming projects ==
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* [[500px]]: Grabbing a metric fuckton of photos in just a few days. Project starts ~4 AM PDT/1100 UTC. Be there. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|500pieces}}'''.
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Revision as of 18:52, 29 June 2018

Archive Team recruiting

Warrior based projects

ArchiveTeam's Choice: Telegram
  • 500px: Grabbing a metric fuckton of photos in just a few days. Start your Warriors and spread the word. IRC Channel #500pieces (on hackint).
  • 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

Upcoming projects

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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