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The process is being carrying out through API downloader links at a rate of only a few each day depending on the allowed quotas; one source is reported to be anonymous, with initial requests sent through a chain of connections between the team and the one fetching the files. Recovery is additionally only possible if existing links exist for those works that were under terminated accounts, making the [[YouChew]] archives, the Wayback Machine and collections of crawled YouTube data indispensable resources for locating the desired material, the latter especially regarding certain videos for which no other source of a link exists. Initially progressing at a snail's pace, recovery efforts increased in activity dramatically once {{dani_phantump}} themselves gained access to a downloader link, and produced the bulk of restored videos from BMATF vs. conradslater(2007) onward. | The process is being carrying out through API downloader links at a rate of only a few each day depending on the allowed quotas; one source is reported to be anonymous, with initial requests sent through a chain of connections between the team and the one fetching the files. Recovery is additionally only possible if existing links exist for those works that were under terminated accounts, making the [[YouChew]] archives, the Wayback Machine and collections of crawled YouTube data indispensable resources for locating the desired material, the latter especially regarding certain videos for which no other source of a link exists. Initially progressing at a snail's pace, recovery efforts increased in activity dramatically once {{dani_phantump}} themselves gained access to a downloader link, and produced the bulk of restored videos from BMATF vs. conradslater(2007) onward. | ||
The name "The Great Restoration" has its origins in messages about tennis recovery written by {{dani_phantump}} in the [[Tennis Isles]] discord as early as September 2024, which they have subsequently jokingly described as "mad, prophetic visions" about the potential restoration of many matches that have been long lost. As of this writing, many names that contributed throughout tennis who had their accounts terminated by a third party | The name "The Great Restoration" has its origins in messages about tennis recovery written by {{dani_phantump}} in the [[Tennis Isles]] discord as early as September 2024, which they have subsequently jokingly described as "mad, prophetic visions" about the potential restoration of many matches that have been long lost. As of this writing, many names that contributed throughout tennis who had their accounts terminated by a third party have had anywhere from a few to many of their their works recovered, including TyrannosaurusReich, {{theHappyFungus}}, SergeantBacon, HighVoltageChrist, Ishkibibl, BMATF from his original account BigMarioAndTailsFan, Terroristx123, sonicnerd23, SushieBoy, Gallers, MVJ52197, seconteen13, MilkR0und, Y2Zero, MasuginaChicken, Christoph2772, scimath12, KonXII, {{Nuthead}} from her original account jellytime69, Gnomebob, Tentor521, pimpsahoy, Glitchboyadvance, Zatchy, TangerineImpz, AmazingCucumber, RideTheCatfish, BSP666c's original account, ZippZapp, ADHDYoshi, mYZterbattyX and others.<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/tennis-backup-archives-history.2293/post-43753</ref> | ||
=Matches Restored Through The Great Restoration= | =Matches Restored Through The Great Restoration= | ||