Original QUOTES web archive is still available.

by Incognito 6 Replies latest jw friends

  • Incognito
    Incognito

    Hi again.

    I just learned about a web archiving site that keeps a library of many web sites, even ones no longer registered.

    I thought I'd check to see if the deactivated quotes.watchtower.ca site was archived. Sure enough, much of the Quotes site is still available, although not all updates or photos are displayed. Perhaps links to items hosted on web servers other than the archived site aren't available through the normal links.

    The name of the site is The Internet Archive and is at www.archive.org. It currently states that it has 85 Billion pages on record.

    Once there, you can enter the URL of the site of interest, as it was when it was active & hit the "Take Me Back" button.

    The resulting page will have various linked dates that the site has changed, but not all dates necessarily have archived information available.

    The latest available Quotes archive appears to be December 19, 2005 although later dates are listed. Its link is here: http://web.archive.org/web/20051219001238/http://quotes.watchtower.ca/

    I also checked to see if archives of the original www.quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com site were available, which they are. Here's the link to the earliest one: http://web.archive.org/web/19990125091600/http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/

    The Watchtower fights to have sites such as this deactivated, and spends considerable time & money doing so. As we know, numerous sites replicating the same information became active, but it's interesting that the originals never really go away. Most likely, a copy of anything posted exists somewhere. The trick is to know where to look.

    Remember! Be careful what you say. If posted, it most likely can't be denied.

  • Dismembered
  • Incognito
    Incognito

    Dismembered,

    It wasn't the point of my post to look for the Quotes website. It is the ability to find older information on sites that are no longer around. The QUOTES site is an example of one of common interest on this site. I'm sure that there are other deactivated sites that some members have an interest in finding.

    I am familiar with the reexamine site. Thank you just the same.

    Incognito

  • Incognito
  • jgnat
    jgnat

    That's the problem with trying to contain and control information flow. It's about as effective as squeezing water.

    • Nice to know that old sites are never really dead.
    • Glad to see reexamine back up and running.

    I'm ready to make a prediction. The new literature arrangement in 2008 will have absolutely no impact on the ability of the internet community to keep current with the Watchtower.

  • Incognito
    Incognito

    Thanks for your reply jgnat,

    It's about as effective as squeezing water.

    I like your analogy. Very true. They can fight all they want to have information removed, but once created, it never really goes away.

    I'm ready to make a prediction. The new literature arrangement in 2008 will have absolutely no impact on the ability of the internet community to keep current with the Watchtower.

    You are probably very correct. This has been shown time & again with the posting of the restricted distribution 'Flock' book.

    It seems that the more something is restricted, the more challenge and fun it is to 'hack' the restriction by those restricted from access. Many times, it becomes a matter of bragging rights in the ability to 'beat the system'. Some individuals intent of obtaining the restricted information wouldn't necessarily care about the information in the first place, if it was unrestricted.

    Once something restricted is broken open, it many times becomes more widely distributed than if it was unrestricted. Hey, wait. Do you think that this might actually be their plan?....... Naaaahh!

    Incognito

  • Confession
    Confession

    I've continued to use information from the original Quotes site--in the same format at the below link.

    http://cchasson.free.fr/quotes/

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