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Archiving a site involves scraping the content, moving it to a read-only archive site, adding a note about the content being out of date to the top of the pages and setting up redirects (for example, if http://mozillaservice.org was archived someone going to that URL would be taken to http://website-archive.mozilla.org/mozillaservice.org/). | Archiving a site involves scraping the content, moving it to a read-only archive site, adding a note about the content being out of date to the top of the pages and setting up redirects (for example, if http://mozillaservice.org was archived someone going to that URL would be taken to http://website-archive.mozilla.org/mozillaservice.org/). | ||
Turning off a site simply involves taking it down from Mozilla's web servers. If there are relevant links, redirects could be set up (for instance, pointing traffic to a blog post about why the site was taken down). | Turning off a site simply involves taking it down from Mozilla's web servers. If there are relevant links, redirects could be set up (for instance, pointing traffic to a blog post about why the site was taken down). If desired, all visitors to the website could be redirected to a blog post describing the site, its purpose and the reason it was retired. | ||
We propose the following steps for determining how to identify abandoned sites and what the best course of action is in a given situation. | We propose the following steps for determining how to identify abandoned sites and what the best course of action is in a given situation. | ||
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Once a site has been identified as a candidate for archiving or deletion, the following steps should be followed: | Once a site has been identified as a candidate for archiving or deletion, the following steps should be followed: | ||
* A bug should be filed | * A bug should be filed in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Websites&component=website-archive.mozilla.org Bugzilla] using the website-archive.mozilla.org component. | ||
* An attempt to identify the owner of the site should be made to confirm the site is no longer active. If no owner can be found, the websites task force will make a decision about the site's status. | * An attempt to identify the owner of the site should be made to confirm the site is no longer active. If no owner can be found, the websites task force will make a decision about the site's status. | ||