Where did all the unitetowin.org records go?
It bothered us all at least a little when unitetowin.org disappeared and was replaced by that static, uninspiring Change to Win site.
But what happened to all the internet archive snapshots of the site? I had foolishly forgotten to keep an archived version of the site, and now apparently a robots.txt file keeps the Web Archive from seeing any of the old content. This little bit is all I could find left (though some of the links there still work).
Anyone have any thoughts about where an archive of posts, or even just a shot of the old site, could be? What a loss of history, especially to us researchers who are trying to put all this into context.
SEIU must have a UnitetoWin archive
When I was looking at unitetowin for a website review, I was surprised to find that they had blocked the robot of the internet archive. It seems almost unethical to me for owners of a site to block archiving, certainly of a site like that which aimed to collect debate and discussion.
My guess is that SEIU kept copies of everything. Will they be willing to share it? Will the digital records be preserved for future use? Only SEIU knows for sure.
It would also be important to get Stern's Blog for the Future, much of which did end up archived I think.