What happened to Poole's Nearctica.com?

Been inactive for many years, but still available

Poole stopped contributing to the site when he retired, or maybe before then, about 10 years ago--which is a big bummer because he was an excellent Noctuidae systematist, but I suppose enjoying life is important too :)

You can access Nearctica via the Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220123120350/http://www.nearctica.com/index.htm

… Kevin Keegan, 24 September, 2024 - 7:03pm

That's the nature of the Internet

Website leases aren't permanent. If they a domain name or hosting isn't renewed (with payment), then it expires and can be leased by someone else. Some may actually be hosted by a university rather than by the researcher directly. On a cursory look, I don't see any publications from Poole in just over a decade. Free resources end up being money sinks. Domain snipers (or drop catchers) often get in almost immediately when a domain name lapses and becomes available (and that's presuming this isn't something more malicious, though less likely, like domain hijacking during a lease). So for now, we're left with the web archive. I'll note it on the reference page.

… Jonathan Hoskins, 11 June, 2024 - 10:19pm