On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 02:08:15PM -0400, James Carlson wrote:
> Nicolas Williams writes:
> > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 01:37:25PM -0400, James Carlson wrote:
> > > (In general, we may need an archive somewhere for long-since-completed
> > > projects that have materials not archived elsewhere.)
> > 
> > Deleting content strikes me as the wrong thing to do.
> 
> Leaving inactive projects around strikes me as wrong as well.  :-/

Why would that be wrong if they are clearly marked so?  Because it might
produce lousy web search results?  (If so, I'm willing to risk that.)

Historical information is useful.  (Even the IETF, though it hides
expired I-Ds, nowadays lets you access expired I-Ds by using the diff
tool.)

> For any other archeological expedition, I recommend the WayBackMachine
> at www.archive.org.

True, that will work.  But there's no guarantee that it will be around.

Nico
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