Re: [sysreq #7079] Re: missing archives, broken links, incorrect permissions...

On Jun 19, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Ian Jacobs via RT wrote:

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> On Jun 19, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Ted Thibodeau Jr <tthibodeau@openlinksw.com> wrote:
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>> Hi --
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>>  <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/>
>> 
>> points to an "archive of activity on this list when SIMILE 
>> hosted it, prior to Spring 2008" which is supposed to be at --
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>>  <http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/linking-open-data>
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>> That now delivers a 404.
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> Hi Ted,
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> You would need to contact mit.edu to ask them to maintain their published URIs.
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> In the meantime, I find on http://simile.mit.edu/:
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> "Please visit http://simile-widgets.org for current information and software."
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> Does that help?

Unfortunately, no.  But I understand the buck-passing.

The second piece of my previous message, which is definitely
in your (W3C) purview appears to have been overlooked --

>> Relatedly, it seems that file permissions need fixing on
>> the current list archives, as the web-based browser requires
>> no login --
>> 
>>  <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/>
>> 
>> -- but the directory of mbox-format archives prompts for W3C
>> credentials --
>> 
>>  <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/mboxes/>


Please advise.

Thanks,

Ted



> Ian
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>> 
>> Further, going to the main SIMILE page --
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>>  <http://simile.mit.edu/mail.html>
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>> -- the "old archive" link now points to the same place as the
>> "new messages" (i.e., current) list --
>> 
>>  <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/>
>> 
>> The loss appears to have happened between 2009 and 2011, 
>> judging by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine (which
>> doesn't actually include the "old archive") --
>> 
>>  <http://web.archive.org/web/20090715000000*/http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/linking-open-data>
>> 
>> The last snapshot that wasn't a 404 was March 28, 2009 --
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>>  <http://web.archive.org/web/20090328130957/http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/linking-open-data>
>> 
>> -- but this only leads to a dead end, a page full of links
>> to other pages that weren't themselves scraped --
>> 
>>  <http://web.archive.org/web/20090423040903/http://simile.mit.edu/mail/SummarizeList?listId=14>
>> 
>> -- e.g., --
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>>  <http://simile.mit.edu/mail/BrowseList?listName=Linking%20Open%20Data&by=date&from=2007-02-01&to=2007-02-28&first=1&count=101>
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>> -- which live page is now also a 404 --
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>>  <http://simile.mit.edu/mail/SummarizeList?listId=14>
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>> 
>> Can you please help me track down the elder archives?
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>> 
>> Your assistance is appreciated.
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>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Ted
>> 
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A: Yes.                      http://www.guckes.net/faq/attribution.html
| Q: Are you sure?
| | A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
| | | Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

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