Archive.org

Welcome to the holy greek temple of the Internet!

An excellent trolling resource.

Archive.org (formal name: Internet Archive) is a [[site]] that tries to save the entire [[Internets]]. It allows people to look at saved versions of websites from years ago and comes greatly in handy when writing [[ED]] articles about sites that no longer exist, or digging up past lulz that is otherwise being removed from the Internets. When it's working, that is. The thing craps out a dozen times a week.

The Wayback Machine

ED main page from [[at least 100

When a [[re-re]] decides to delete their [[LiveJournal]] after the [[troll]]s descend and they just can't take it any more, the Wayback Machine allows us to [[Lulz|laugh at their stupidity for all eternity.]] Unfortunately it is possible for websites to request exclusion from the Wayback Machine's archives by putting the file robots.txt in your home directory. This prevents websites from getting robo-stalked (such is the case with [[MySpace]]) which tampers with [[E|Encyclopedia Dramatica|ED]] writers' trolling arsenals.

Apparently the name of the site is a reference to an episode of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. While this reference to a shitty TV show that died before anyone can remember makes the website look like garbage; Do not be fooled, the site is in fact quite useful. Unless you're looking up a [[MySpace]]; In that case, use [[Archive.is]] - for Archive.is doesn't care about robots.txt.

Pages pulled up by Archive.org can be used as blackmail, as demonstrated by professional webcomics [[troll]] Scott Kurtz when he bitched about another web cartoonist re-publishing a [[blog]] post he wrote. Ironically, he has now apparently deleted that post, thus making the circle of [[lulz]] complete.

Deleted from the archives

Unfortunately, Archive.org is not truly dedicated to [[ARCHIVE FUCKING EVERYTHING|archiving the entire web]]. Notably, [[KiwiFarms]] was https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/7/23341051/kiwi-farms-internet-archive-backup-removal" class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 hover:underline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sorried into the ground (excluded) after causing too much [[lulz]].

The Sorry List

Other services

Archive.org also has a huge archive of 1900-1989 [[snuff|B movies]]. When you see them, you'll [[shit bricks]]. Hundreds of [[Mujahideen Video]]s and [[An Hero]] Videos are also submitted every day to the archive, only a handful being deleted. Another reason to go to Archive.org is the massive population of [[shit|experimental musicians]].

See Also

* [[Archive.is]]
* [[4chanarchive]]
* [[Googlecash]]
* [[Ghettoditto]]

External Links

* http://www.archive.org/index.php" class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 hover:underline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Official Website
** http://web.archive.org/web/*/http:/www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Main_Page" class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 hover:underline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Archive.org's archive of EncyclopediaDramatica.com's main page from 2007 to 2011
* https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/04/wayback_machine_legit/" class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 hover:underline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WBM archived webpages are now court-admissible evidence!

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