# Mothballed Worlds
> Virtual worlds disappear when their servers close, their communities scatter and the software needed to enter them becomes obsolete.

## Entries
- [Reconstructing a Late-1990s Text-Based Social World from Forum Posts and Chat Logs](https://mothballed-worlds.pages.dev/text-based-worlds-from-archived-records/): A text-based social world can be reconstructed from forum discussions, chat logs, software documentation and contemporary accounts, provided each source is.
- [Upscaling 480p Virtual World Recordings: How to Identify Invented Detail](https://mothballed-worlds.pages.dev/upscaling-480p-virtual-world-recordings/): AI upscaling can make low-resolution recordings of virtual worlds easier to view, but it can also generate convincing details that were never present in the.
- [Transcribing Voice Chat from Past Virtual World Gatherings: Consent, Accuracy and Names](https://mothballed-worlds.pages.dev/transcribing-virtual-world-voice-chat/): Archived voice chat can preserve conversations, community events and social interactions that screenshots and text logs cannot capture.
- [Labelling AI-Altered Archives: A Disclosure Standard for Digital Restoration](https://mothballed-worlds.pages.dev/labelling-ai-altered-archives/): Every AI-assisted archive should identify the original source, the processing applied, the resulting derivative and the uncertainties introduced during.
- [Running a Virtual World Fan Server: Decisions Before Opening the Doors](https://mothballed-worlds.pages.dev/running-a-virtual-world-fan-server/): A fan server needs a clear preservation purpose, a defensible approach to software and assets, an operating plan and community rules before it accepts players.
- [Documenting Character-Driven Virtual Platforms: A Worked Snapshot](https://mothballed-worlds.pages.dev/documenting-character-driven-platforms/): A useful record of a character-driven virtual platform describes what a visitor can encounter on a specific date, how its interface organises interaction and.

## About
- [About Mothballed Worlds](https://mothballed-worlds.pages.dev/about/): what the site covers and how entries are made

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