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	Over on the other wiki where I have mod rights, we have a tag "Unavailable" that indicates a particular free download isn't to be found legally anywhere - even in the Wayback Machine. But we keep the pages for these items because somebody might have copies of them saved locally, and might need to reference things like the re-use license terms or the name of the download's creator. And rarely - ''very'' rarely - something becomes available legally again; having the page means we don't need to re-do all the investigative work from scratch.		Over on the other wiki where I have mod rights, we have a tag "Unavailable" that indicates a particular free download isn't to be found legally anywhere - even in the Wayback Machine. But we keep the pages for these items because somebody might have copies of them saved locally, and might need to reference things like the re-use license terms or the name of the download's creator. And rarely - ''very'' rarely - something becomes available legally again; having the page means we don't need to re-do all the investigative work from scratch.

	Bringing that idea here: Sometimes books go out of print, movies get put into "the vault", and websites disappear. Less often, ~~they~~ come back. Why not keep the data that we've already turned into information? Besides, disk space is relatively cheap nowadays.		Bringing that idea here: Sometimes books go out of print, movies get put into "the vault", and websites disappear - but there are still copies out there. Less often, works come back. Why not keep the data that we've already turned into information? Besides, disk space is relatively cheap nowadays.