[0cf8612b2e1e]

I do not see how that becomes possible without the Internet archive effectively mirroring a large percentage of YouTube. I recall at one point, IA wanted to archive just the video metadata and realized even that would be technically challenging.

[judge2020]

IA does seems to archive YT video content, at least last time I tried to watch a deleted but popular video.

[sodality2]

Only if a user chooses to submit the URL - I think parent comment is referring to an organized attempt by IA to archive a significant portion of YT's videos.

[RockRobotRock]

It would be nice to prioritize videos which are deemed at "high risk" of being deleted, with bayes statistics or machine learning or something like that.