Editing Lost media

'''Lost media''' refers to films, broadcasts, games, advertisements, websites, or other works that are missing, incomplete, or publicly inaccessible, and to the hobbyist communities that search for them. The phrase is also used more loosely for obscure uploads that are merely hard to find.

==Overlap with icebergs==
Lost-media items frequently appear on mid-to-deep tiers of topic [[Iceberg chart|iceberg charts]], and entire charts exist for "lost media icebergs." [[YouTube iceberg|YouTube iceberg]] and adjacent [[Commentary YouTube|commentary]] channels often dedicate segments to recovery stories, partial finds, and confirmed destructions.

==Methods and sources==
Serious lost-media work relies on archives (e.g. library deposits, Wayback Machine captures), former staff testimony, and catalogue numbers—not on chart folklore alone.

==See also==
* [[Internet folklore]]
* [[Internet mystery]]
* [[Deep lore]]
* [[YouTube iceberg]]

==Sources==
* Lost Media Wiki and journalism on media-preservation hobbyists (general reference).
* Observational overlap with iceberg video topics.

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[[Category:Internet folklore]]
[[Category:Fandom]]