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There are many collections of tennis across the internet, most of which reupload content that may have been taken down. | There are many collections of tennis across the internet, most of which reupload content that may have been taken down. | ||
=Spreadsheets= | |||
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10cpwoIfVKUZLDYPYNmOMH6X3oG5g3D4Q6O3JDCcfyf0/ - The "Tournament Masterlist", started in the early 2020's for keeping track of tournament rounds as well as tracking deadlines. | |||
https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/tennis-rosters-thread.234/ - The Tennis Rosters thread on [[YellowTealPurple|{{YellowTealPurple}}]]. Contains rosters for active players as well as a "meta-roster" maintained by the [[Tennis Staff]] that contains archives of old and new rosters. | |||
=YouTube Accounts= | =YouTube Accounts= | ||
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https://www.youtube.com/@tennisseashore - '''Tennis Sea Shore''', an archive channel run by {{TheBronzeCat}}. | https://www.youtube.com/@tennisseashore - '''Tennis Sea Shore''', an archive channel run by {{TheBronzeCat}}. | ||
https://www.youtube.com/@BleepBlup - '''Purple Cat Archive'''; run by | https://www.youtube.com/@BleepBlup - '''Purple Cat Archive'''; run by Yottifferent. | ||
https://www.youtube.com/@RaymanChromeReuploads - Another archive channel, this one by RaymanChrome. Lots of reuploads from the "younger side" of the community. | https://www.youtube.com/@RaymanChromeReuploads - Another archive channel, this one by RaymanChrome. Lots of reuploads from the "younger side" of the community. | ||
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=Archive.org Collections= | =Archive.org Collections= | ||
= | =YouChew Video Backups= | ||
For a period of time, [[YouChew]] had a feature where videos uploaded to its showroom would be backed up on its own servers. When the site went down, this ~300 gigabyte archive was shared with varying levels of availability. A few tennis staff are known to have local copies of it as well. | |||
==Tennis Ark== | ==Tennis Ark== | ||
The "Tennis Ark" is an archival initiative started by infinitysnapz to preserve the videos of newer players, who haven't had the chance to become archived yet. The end goal is to eventually compile and track all the known individual archives of every known Tennis player - both active and inactive. The sheet can be seen [ | The "Tennis Ark" is an archival initiative started by {{infinitysnapz}} to preserve the videos of newer players, who haven't had the chance to become archived yet. The end goal is to eventually compile and track all the known individual archives of every known Tennis player - both active and inactive. The sheet can be seen [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1swDHHaaFsACo7Ils15lT7jF8t0ZLcG-D28XyjOY-FfA here.] | ||
Other spreadsheets for tracking the state of archival include the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qwceXUq9UWupwRaVi5o_vrZ4kQgjnshA89GFNFfjyMY/edit?gid=0#gid=0 YTP Archive Masterlist spreadsheet], as well as the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nhcxvWTbjhfAEl0qncTqxvaCKXJ8nPvYOa8QbF2yV0s/edit#gid=0 Kneesocks' version of the YTPMV archive directory.] | |||
=Forum Backups= | |||
The tennis community has had many forum sites they have called home over the years. Going through these forum archives is very useful when exploring tennis history or researching various topics. | |||
==YouChew== | |||
A good chunk of [[YouChew]] exists on archive.org. Local complete archives of the website exist, however an online archive exists in a browsable state [https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/index here]. Browsing the site is somewhat finicky, however; make sure to remove any ".html" in URLs or it will redirect to a 404 page. | |||
The second, short-lived revival of YouChew was ''not'' archived. Few pages exist on archive.org, however they are hard to access. | |||
==YTPMania== | |||
[[YTPMania]] still stands to this day in read-only form. | |||
==Pinchbacks== | |||
Both the short-lived forum and discord server for [[Pinchbacks]] were not archived. Most notably this means the loss of much of the forum activity for the [[Doubles Cup 4]], however not much else was done there tennis-wise. | |||
==YellowTealPurple== | |||
[[YellowTealPurple]] is the current home for video tennis discussion. Archives are not needed at this time, but proactive webmasters very likely will have backups available if the site goes down. | |||
Latest revision as of 18:49, 6 October 2025
There are many collections of tennis across the internet, most of which reupload content that may have been taken down.
Spreadsheets
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10cpwoIfVKUZLDYPYNmOMH6X3oG5g3D4Q6O3JDCcfyf0/ - The "Tournament Masterlist", started in the early 2020's for keeping track of tournament rounds as well as tracking deadlines.
https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/tennis-rosters-thread.234/ - The Tennis Rosters thread on YellowTealPurple. Contains rosters for active players as well as a "meta-roster" maintained by the Tennis Staff that contains archives of old and new rosters.
YouTube Accounts
These accounts specialize in archiving tennis, as well as various YTP content.
Active Archives
https://www.youtube.com/@TennisFacksJr - TennisFacksJr, the official Tennis Staff run tennis archive. Has the largest majority of reuploads, especially tournament rounds. Was formerly known as Son of ChewFacks. It is the second iteration of the titular ChewFacks/TennisFacks, which held no uploads, only playlists. It unfortunately no longer exists.
https://www.youtube.com/@maniafax / https://www.youtube.com/@videotennisarchive - YouWouldBeWelcome, the other official Tennis Staff archive, primarily posting video compilations of matches.
https://www.youtube.com/@anothertennisarchivechanne1013 - An archive channel run by nonojuju, has many gophrmann reuploads among many other things.
https://www.youtube.com/@aw8qn_reup - An archive channel run by aw8qn
https://www.youtube.com/@tennisseashore - Tennis Sea Shore, an archive channel run by BortLoco.
https://www.youtube.com/@BleepBlup - Purple Cat Archive; run by Yottifferent.
https://www.youtube.com/@RaymanChromeReuploads - Another archive channel, this one by RaymanChrome. Lots of reuploads from the "younger side" of the community.
https://www.youtube.com/@emptyhous - One of vel 17's archive channels.
Inactive Archives
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVQPzavuB2xL60Q6D3gSmUA - One of the very first tennis archive channels, mostly IceSumo videos.
https://www.youtube.com/@tnuoccAtlA - Another very old alt account, run by MycroProcessor.
https://www.youtube.com/@Raz0rEdgeALTERNATE - Another one of vel 17's archive channels, much older than the former.
https://www.youtube.com/@vidtens443alternate8/ - VidTens443's alt account, mostly used for tennis reuploads. This was largely abandoned when they became tennis staff and gained access to TennisFacksJr and YouWouldBeWelcome.
Archive.org Collections
YouChew Video Backups
For a period of time, YouChew had a feature where videos uploaded to its showroom would be backed up on its own servers. When the site went down, this ~300 gigabyte archive was shared with varying levels of availability. A few tennis staff are known to have local copies of it as well.
Tennis Ark
The "Tennis Ark" is an archival initiative started by infinitysnapz to preserve the videos of newer players, who haven't had the chance to become archived yet. The end goal is to eventually compile and track all the known individual archives of every known Tennis player - both active and inactive. The sheet can be seen here.
Other spreadsheets for tracking the state of archival include the YTP Archive Masterlist spreadsheet, as well as the Kneesocks' version of the YTPMV archive directory.
Forum Backups
The tennis community has had many forum sites they have called home over the years. Going through these forum archives is very useful when exploring tennis history or researching various topics.
YouChew
A good chunk of YouChew exists on archive.org. Local complete archives of the website exist, however an online archive exists in a browsable state here. Browsing the site is somewhat finicky, however; make sure to remove any ".html" in URLs or it will redirect to a 404 page.
The second, short-lived revival of YouChew was not archived. Few pages exist on archive.org, however they are hard to access.
YTPMania
YTPMania still stands to this day in read-only form.
Pinchbacks
Both the short-lived forum and discord server for Pinchbacks were not archived. Most notably this means the loss of much of the forum activity for the Doubles Cup 4, however not much else was done there tennis-wise.
YellowTealPurple
YellowTealPurple is the current home for video tennis discussion. Archives are not needed at this time, but proactive webmasters very likely will have backups available if the site goes down.