Yeah I asked them a few times over the last few years to remove the block, and they finally did so the most recent time I asked.

Great news! It is very useful to use the Wayback Machine to say dig through the LinuxGames archives.

Oh.
I always thought it was Liam trying to hide something.

Oh.
I always thought it was Liam trying to hide something.

What would I be trying to hide? Bit weird.

What would I be trying to hide? Bit weird.

It was a joke, geez.

Oh.
I always thought it was Liam trying to hide something.

What would I be trying to hide? Bit weird.

You know which weird stuff you're hiding. You monster.

What would I be trying to hide? Bit weird.

It was a joke, geez.

Well it wasn't clear, seemed like a statement of thought rather than a joke ;)

I had no idea, Wayback made arbitrary exclusions like that; that's really stupid considering some of the literal filth they've included in the past.

If you ever want to need your brain bleached from conspiracy-laden/political/gross/far-beyond-adult content, take a look at the archive's hidden collections sometime. That's the kind of stuff that shouldn't be allowed, if anything.

I had no idea, Wayback made arbitrary exclusions like that; that's really stupid considering some of the literal filth they've included in the past.

If you ever want to need your brain bleached from conspiracy-laden/political/gross/far-beyond-adult content, take a look at the archive's hidden collections sometime. That's the kind of stuff that shouldn't be allowed, if anything.

There's an argument to be made that trying to filter content based on how offensive it is defeats the purpose of archiving. Part of preservation is ensuring that we learn from our mistakes. If some shocking political website with asinine views doesn't get archived, that doesn't necessarily make them go away, rather it just makes the dumb things they say harder to retrieve and therefore more difficult to criticize.

I had no idea, Wayback made arbitrary exclusions like that; that's really stupid considering some of the literal filth they've included in the past.

If you ever want to need your brain bleached from conspiracy-laden/political/gross/far-beyond-adult content, take a look at the archive's hidden collections sometime. That's the kind of stuff that shouldn't be allowed, if anything.

There's an argument to be made that trying to filter content based on how offensive it is defeats the purpose of archiving. Part of preservation is ensuring that we learn from our mistakes. If some shocking political website with asinine views doesn't get archived, that doesn't necessarily make them go away, rather it just makes the dumb things they say harder to retrieve and therefore more difficult to criticize.

True enough. As E.B. Hall once wrote, summarizing Voltaire, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". Though I was mostly thinking, why archive literal p*** when there's already so much of it out there?

I had no idea, Wayback made arbitrary exclusions like that; that's really stupid considering some of the literal filth they've included in the past.

As I recall, Liam asked them to exclude GOL initially. But then they didn't stop doing that when Liam subsequently asked for that repeatedly.

Correct. I won't get into why, as I don't want the issue dragged up again. But it was at my request. I tried over years to get it reversed, again at my request, and this time they finally did.

As E.B. Hall once wrote, summarizing Voltaire, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6jB3YTA1MM

“Ah, there speaks my noble old friend. Prepare to die!”