This might already be known but Blob's Thesis Archive [1] appears to have left this realm. It was not captured on the wayback machine. Luckily, PSS has captured all of the theses that were stored there [2]. In the future we might consider creating a proper taskforce or office for ensuring record preservation. In the meantime there's some steps we can autonomously take to prevent something from being truly lost:
* Upload any privately held records you have to somewhere public, so they can survive your absence * Create wayback snapshots [3] or new public records for any aging archives. If the owner of an archive is not an active player, we should consider those records at risk of disappearing at any time. * Consider downloading copies of documents and git repositories. More copies means more chances of preservation. Thanks to PSS for eir foresight, and pre-thanks to everyone that does their part in preservation efforts. [1] ftp://ftp.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/users/malcolmr/nomic/articles/agora-theses/library.html [2] https://github.com/AgoraNomic/Library [3] https://web.archive.org/ --- Nch
