Dollieh Sanctuary is shutting down

I’m sorry. That’s really sad news.

 

I wanted to share this just in case, but you can upload web pages to the internet archive (Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine) so they can be preserved for future reference. All information is information worth preserving, and although I'm not familiar with Dollieh, I'd hate for the community to lose a forum with potential resources. I hope this helps!

 

On that note, is DOA archived? I feel like with how the internet is going in general it may be worth it to back it up if no one has. My partner and I had been discussing how we'd go about doing that if it hadn't been, but I am thinking that's beyond my skill.

 

I hope there's some sort of backup or archive already for DoA. Luckily, using the Wayback Machine is super simple and there's already some very interesting snapshots of DoA dating back to the year 2005 (almost 20 years ago now! )
  **aimee's dolls**
Very interesting to see the old website layout from back then!

Internet archiving and lost media are fascinating topics so I'm very happy to be able to share what I know about it!

 

YUP. Seconding this. The Wayback machine is... another website. And image hosting is pricey.
I've started archiving personal copies of websites that are important to me. If someone else needs a copy, I'll share via a Google Drive link (cuz I pay for extra storage) with the caveat that it's a personal copy I am sharing for personal (i.e., not commercial) use. I've noticed that academic papers have started doing this - they'll post the website link, the last time it was accessed, and follow with "personal copy on file with author" or something like that.
The internet is ephemeral, sadly. If you need something - best save a copy and make sure you have an offline back-up copy.