If we are to say that not everything is worthy of archiving, who, then, is to decide what is? The 'net shouldn't be just another memory hole when there is the potential to create a respository of information that far exceeds the scope of anything possible before. That said, people who wish to cite to information published in an electronic form should be careful to cite only to sources that are reputable not only for veracity but also for longevity.
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If we are to say that not everything is worthy of archiving, who, then, is to decide what is? The 'net shouldn't be just another memory hole when there is the potential to create a respository of information that far exceeds the scope of anything possible before. That said, people who wish to cite to information published in an electronic form should be careful to cite only to sources that are reputable not only for veracity but also for longevity.