Archival and censorship do not mix

If you actually know world history, you know there are plenty of terrible people who have cropped up as time goes on for the human race. But how do we know that? Simple; true archival has no room for censorship or coverups. We know these things because historians and archeologists decided our past is more important than what opinions people may hold from it.

So our human history should be published and learned from without fear of people changing the past or hiding bits of it for their own agenda, but why should our digital history be any different? It shouldn't, but it seems this must be said.

I know I am not a perfect person, and my opinions are faulty just like the rest of the world, but it is never for me to decide who is worthy. I have stood by being unbiased in my actions even if extremely biased in my words. This isn't for everyone, but it should be enforced when it comes to preversing the past.

We learn the truths of our history because we collect all of the information we can possibly gather. Sometimes they may be incomplete and people might draw their own conclusions, this is fine. What is not fine is if you selectively archive; avoid archiving contents in which you do want to. You cannot and should not call yourself an archivists if you do not take efforts to archive and preserve ALL that you can, not just what you want to.

Seems like a no-brainer, right? Unfortunately, this problem is too common when it comes to digital archeology and archival. While I cannot name any direct examples, I've commonly seen this form of selective archival around. People will just simply ignore anything they don't like the looks too when preserving topics they put great effort to. This is wrong and in this case, these people cannot call themselves archivists.

If you see anybody claiming to be an archivist doing this very thing, I encourage you to call them out on it. It's disgusting behavior that would not fly in the real world, and should not fly in our digital world. Do you think archeologists would throw out a tablet due to disagreement?