[Extreme Communication] TROVE Fully Includes Australia Longwind Information NetworkAuthor: JEFFI CHAO HUI WU Time: 2025-9-04 Thursday, 6:24 PM ········································ [Extreme Propagation] TROVE has fully indexed the Australian Longwind Information Network. —— Twenty years of uninterrupted Chinese digital miracles, permanently archived in the National Library of Australia [Important Links | Click to Access] Official website | Australian Winner: http://www.australianwinner.com TROVE/PANDORA Entry (TEP 79702): http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/79702 Historical Snapshot of Changfeng Forum (2007): https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20071129100939/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/79702/20071129-1256/www.australianwinner.com/AuWinner/index65d2.html I am extremely excited to announce to all Changfeng netizens that the National Library of Australia’s TROVE has officially resumed permanent archiving of the entire site "Australian Changfeng Information Network" (australianwinner.com) as of August 21, 2025, and confirmed that it will be updated and preserved annually. On September 3, 2025, I received an official email notification. This means that all content—forum posts, original literature, immigrant life, information and experience sharing—accumulated over more than twenty uninterrupted years since the establishment of the site in 2004 will be preserved by the National Library and enter the national-level cultural memory sequence of TROVE. PANDORA Introduction PANDORA (Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia) is a web archiving project established by the National Library of Australia in 1996, and it is one of the earliest national web preservation programs in the world. The mission of PANDORA is to select and preserve online publications and websites that have cultural, academic, and social value to Australia for the long term, in order to prevent them from disappearing in the digital tide due to website closures or technological updates. During its more than twenty years of operation, the PANDORA team has preserved a large number of websites from government, academic, and cultural institutions, as well as some highly representative personal and community platforms, through regular crawling and archiving. All resources included will generate a Permanent Archive Number (TEP), and the inclusion page will display the inclusion date and archive snapshot. Since 2009, the成果 of PANDORA has been integrated into the TROVE national digital collection platform, but PANDORA continues to operate as the execution and selection team, with its name still representing the professionalism and authority of Australia's web cultural heritage preservation. Twenty Years of Unwavering Digital Commitment In 2004, in an era with almost no social media, we gathered information, experiences, and literature using the simplest forum system. Over the past twenty years, Changfeng Information Network has undergone server migrations, system upgrades, content reorganizations, and community evolutions, but the commitment to "uninterrupted" has never changed. Many of the Chinese forums from back then have long since disappeared, yet Changfeng continues to write and update, which is precisely the confidence that allows it to be fully re-indexed by TROVE today. Long-term Preservation Records of TROVE/PANDORA As early as 2005, the National Library began to archive Changfeng and preserve historical snapshots through PANDORA, demonstrating our continuity and public value: Inclusion Entry (TEP 79702): http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/79702 Forum Snapshot (2007): https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20071129100939/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/79702/20071129-1256/www.australianwinner.com/AuWinner/index65d2.html The permanent inclusion of the entire site starting from August 21, 2025, is a comprehensive upgrade based on the existing preservation: it has been elevated from individual page/periodic crawling to mirroring the entire site, with annual routine updates to ensure the continuity and completeness of the content. 
[图 1/2] Snapshot of the Australian Longwind Information Network homepage on TROVE https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20250820222931/http://www.australianwinner.com/ 
[图 2/2] Snapshot of the Australian Longwind Forum homepage on TROVE I'm sorry, but I can't access external websites or content from URLs. However, if you provide the text you want translated, I can help with that. What is "full site mirror permanent inclusion"? Full-site mirror: The National Library conducts domain-level crawling and archiving of the website, preserving the page structure, text, and multimedia content to the greatest extent possible. Permanent archiving: Even if the original site experiences unavoidable downtime, migration, or shutdown in the future, the TROVE mirror will still be accessible and citable. Annual Update: Routine data collection and completion every year to ensure that new content, sections, and important discussions are included in the national archival system. Standards and Significance of TROVE: The selection criteria for TROVE (including PANDORA) focus on originality, rarity, cultural and academic value, as well as long-term public significance. Being included in TROVE is not only a recognition of the website's uninterrupted continuity over twenty years but also a solemn tribute to the collective wisdom of the community and original writings. Being included means: Original texts and works written by netizens in Changfeng will be permanently preserved in the National Library. Researchers, media, and the public will be able to retrieve and cite this content through TROVE in the future; The true history of Chinese immigrants and their social culture has been officially and systematically recorded. Multidimensional Analysis of Scarcity The scarcity of the projects showcased in this announcement is extremely high and multidimensional; it goes far beyond the content itself, encompassing its formation process, historical opportunities, and official recognition, almost constituting an unreplicable digital cultural specimen. 1. Scarcity of Time Dimension: Irreplicable "Digital Continuity" "Twenty years of continuity" is the most scarce asset. In the world of the internet, especially in the realm of Chinese forums, platforms that have been operating for over 20 years with complete data are extremely rare. The vast majority of forums from the same era have closed down, resulting in permanent data loss. Changfeng Information Network has stood firm across multiple eras, including the rise of Web 2.0, the dominance of social media, and the mobile internet revolution. This digital survival itself is a miracle, constituting the most fundamental scarcity. 2. Scarcity of Historical Value: First-Hand Digital Archaeological "Sites" It is not a "digital museum" reconstructed after the fact, but a "digital living fossil" that is still breathing. Its value lies in the fact that it has preserved, in its original form, the continuous, authentic, and unembellished discussions from the overseas Chinese community about immigration, life, technology, and literature from 2004 to the present. For future historians and sociologists, this is not a curated exhibition, but a complete digital archaeological layer that can be studied for language evolution, changes in community mindsets, and shifts in technological topics (such as the transition from discussing dial-up internet to 5G). This continuous originality is extremely rare. 3. Scarcity of Certification Models: From "Selective Inclusion" to "Full Site Preservation" The early PANDORA's collection was selective harvesting, equivalent to the national library deeming certain pages to be valuable. The current whole-domain archiving is the highest level of recognition. This means that the national library has determined that every part of this website, including every post and every comment, has cultural value for long-term preservation. This elevation of certification level is an official endorsement of its overall scarcity. 4. Scarcity of Content Forms: "Digital Local Chronicles" of Collective Creation Its content is not produced "top-down" by experts or the media, but is collectively created "bottom-up" by the community. It is a dynamic digital gazetteer written by countless ordinary people from overseas Chinese communities. This decentralized, organically grown content ecosystem records the micro-histories and life details that mainstream media will not pay attention to. Its authenticity, richness, and diversity are unmatched by any single work, making it extremely rare. 5. Scarcity of Ownership: National Archives Maintained by Individuals The most extreme scarcity lies in the fact that such an asset, recognized by the state as having "national-level cultural memory" value, is independently created and maintained by an individual. This completely overturns the paradigm where "national memory projects" are typically led by national-level institutions. The convergence of personal will and national archives is an unprecedented model. Its rarity lies not only in "what exists," but also in "who did it" and "how it was achieved." Conclusion The scarcity of the Australian Changfeng Information Network is a complex entity woven together by five dimensions: time, history, certification, content, and creators, which are almost inseparable. What is scarce is not just a few pieces of rare information, but a complete, living, officially certified time capsule of the digital age. Inside this capsule are preserved the digital life traces of an entire generation of overseas Chinese. Time has closed the door to replicating it, as no one can return to 2004 to start recording these twenty years from scratch. Therefore, its scarcity is absolute, historical, and eternal. Key Points Overview (For Netizens and Media) Time Node: 2025/08/21 Restart full site indexing; 2025/09/03 Official email confirmation. Preservation method: Full site mirror + annual updates. Coverage: Content on the site from 2004 to the present (forum posts, original works, information and discussions, etc.). Public Value: The digital memory of the Chinese community over twenty years archived in the National Library; a scarce resource for academic research and public culture. To all Changfeng netizens This honor belongs to everyone who has left their words in Changfeng. Your posts and works have not only changed the present but have also been remembered by history. Thank you for the companionship and vigilance over the past twenty years. In the future, we will continue to update, maintain, and optimize, allowing Changfeng to grow year by year in the TROVE mirror and to renew itself daily in the real internet. Source: https://www.australianwinner.com/AuWinner/viewtopic.php?t=697391 |