Derived analysis only. No transcripts, subtitle files or source video are hosted here; quotations are short and attributed, and every summary links to the original video.

Source archive layer

This directory documents how the database’s claims could be re-checked after the original pages, videos, or builds disappear. It contains receipts, not copies: the Internet Archive stores the page content; this database stores the snapshot URL and the time it was requested.

Files

File	Role
`source-urls.tsv`	The URLs eligible for snapshotting: 31 videos, the Miro board, and any manually added press/official pages.
`source-archive.tsv`	Receipts: one row per requested URL with the Wayback snapshot URL, HTTP status, and notes.
`source-manifest.tsv`	One row per event (610), classifying what the claim rests on and whether a web snapshot can help.
`sources/README.md`	This policy document.

What is archived today

All 31 YouTube videos. These are the primary record for everything in the database. If a video is deleted or made private, the snapshot preserves the title, description, and whatever YouTube rendered at capture time. All 31 snapshots were re-checked and returned HTTP 200.
The Miro board. A capture was recorded, but Miro refuses archived replay (HTTP 403), so the snapshot is marked blocked. the board export remains the durable copy of its contents.
Nothing else yet. The event summaries rarely record URLs for the press articles, patch notes, store pages, or datamine posts they cite. Those rows are marked unlocated in source-manifest.tsv rather than given invented links.

Current counts and the list of blocked or failed rows: sources/archive-status.md.

What a web archive cannot do

Most of the corpus is build evidence: strings, VData schemas, FGD entries, shaders, entity names, and patch diffs. Wayback cannot archive a Steam depot. Verifying those claims requires:

the game build ID and date,
the specific file path or string token,
a local, unmodified copy of that build or a trustworthy diff, and
a note of what changed in the next build.

Do not redistribute Valve game files. Record the build ID, file path, and observation; keep any extracted evidence minimal and factual.

source-manifest.tsv separates the two worlds:

evidence_type=build → needs a build snapshot.
evidence_type=press, official, resume, community → Wayback-eligible if a URL is recorded.
evidence_type=other → Tyler’s inference or uncited analysis; no artifact to archive.

Privacy

Casting and résumé evidence must never include an individual’s name, photo, or profile URL. Archive the fact of a listing only if it can be redacted; otherwise record “was public on , not archived” and treat it as follow-up. See index.md §8.3, item 3.