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-Web archiving is the attempt to collect and preserve content available on the internet AKA World Wide Web.
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-Unlike paper documents or digital media on physical carriers like CD or DVD, information presented on websites are not only easily accessible via internet but also easy to change and prone to erosion of many kinds from hacker attacks to any possible reason why a server may be damaged or a project may fail. In order to counteract those chances for loss of information once available, there have been numerous attempts to build archives to preserve content in digital form and make those content available via internet and other channels.
+<b>Web-archiving</b> is the attempt of and process used in order to collect and {{tag|Digital preservation|preserve digital content}} that is already available on the {{tag|internet}} and/or the 'world wide web' (WWW).
-Since WikiIndex is not only meant to act as a kind of yellow pages for available wikis on the net, but also for collecting information about the [[Wikisphere]] in general and its history, we do keep entries about wikis that got lost and if possible about how their rise and fall has happened. This kind of wiki history shall help wiki people to build better wikis in more stable projects.
+Unlike paper documents, or digital media on physical carriers like CD or [[:Category:DVD|DVD]], information that is presented on {{tag|website}}s (including [[What is a Wiki|wiki-websites]]) is not only easily accessible via the internet; they are also easy to change, and prone to erosion of many kinds: from [[vandal|hacker attacks]], to any possible reason why a [[:Category:Server|server]] may be damaged, or a project may fail. In order to counteract those chances for loss of information once available, there have been numerous attempts to build {{tag|archives}} to preserve content in digital form, and to make said {{tag|archived}} content available via the internet and other channels.
-Regarding wikis we got a page about we therefore do not simply throw them into the [[:Category:Dead]] after they became unavailable. If possible we add links to an archiving project where at least parts of that wiki have been preserved and shift that wiki article from '''Active''' to [[Category:Archived]]. Naturally this requires, that someone had done something to add those information about that wiki to any of those archives while the wiki content was still available on the net. Therefore it is good practice to make sure that at least one archive project knows about that wiki, whenever You create a new article about another wiki here.
+===Archiving wiki-websites===
+Becuz [[WikiIndex]] is not only meant to act as a kind of 'yellow pages' for <big><b>[[:Category:All|all]]</b></big> available [[wiki]]-websites on the internet, but also for collecting information about the '[[wikisphere]]' in general and its history, we <u>do</u> keep [[article]]-pages about wikis that succumbed to [[:Category:Dead|failure]], and if possible, document how their rise <u>and</u> fall has happenned. This kind of wiki-history will hopefully help [[:Category:Wiki people|wiki-people]] to build better wikis in more stable projects in the immediate future.
-==List of web archiving services==
+Regarding any wiki-websites that we do already have an article-page about, we do <u>not</u> delete said wiki-article of a failed wiki. We keep their article here on WikiIndex after they became unavailable. However, we do not simply (and only) move them into [[:category:Dead]]. If possible, we add to our wiki-article URLs and/or [[interwiki]] links to an archiving project for that dead wiki-website; where at least meaningful parts of that wiki have been preserved. We at WikiIndex then go on to re-categorize that wiki-article from [[:category:Active]] (or similar) to, hopefully, [[:category:Archived]].  Naturally, this requires that someone had previously done something to add actual information about that wiki-website to any of those archiving services while the wiki-website was still alive and publicly available on the internet; and crucially, some or all of the actual <u>content</u> of the wiki-website is archived (rather than just its [[wiki main page]] and similar 'headline' pages).  Accordingly, it is therefore a good practice to make sure that at least one [[#List of web and/or wiki archiving services|archive project]] is 'informed' about that wiki-website, ideally, whenever you create a new article-page here on WikiIndex about another wiki-website.
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Web_archiving_initiatives Web archiving initiatives on Wikipedia]
+===List of web and/or wiki archiving services===
-* [[Archive.org]] the service we use most
+*[[Archive.org]] — also known as the Internet Archive WaybackMachine; the service we use most
-* [[archive.today]]
+*[[archive.is]] — also known as archive.today, formerly known as Webpage Archive; a similar website, with slightly differing and lesser (though equally valuable) features than Archive.org
-* [[wp:WebCite]] science oriented
+*[[Archive Team]] — helps creating and storing full [[:Category:Wiki database backup|backups]] of wikis
+===See also===
+*[[WikiIndex: How do you categorize a wiki that is no longer]]
-[[Category:WikiIndex]]
+===External links===
+*{{Wp|Category:Web archiving initiatives|Web archiving initiatives}} — category of articles at the [[English Wikipedia]]
+*{{Wp|WebCite}} — science-oriented archiving service, at the English Wikipedia
+[[Category:Digital preservation| ]]
+[[Category:Internet| ]]
+[[Category:Website| ]]
+[[Category:Archives| ]]
+[[Category:Archived|*]]
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