Preserve the source.
Original documents, photographs, historical webpages, filenames and directory structures remain intact whenever practical.
Add context; don't silently rewrite.
Modern pages may explain an old source, provide today's place name, or identify its historical setting. The source itself remains distinguishable from later explanation.
Respect historical language.
Lemko, Rusyn, Ruthenian, Polish, Ukrainian and other terminology is preserved as used in the source. Original spelling and literary language are not silently modernized.
Distinguish evidence from commentary.
Newspaper articles, opinion pieces and historical interpretations are presented with their authorship and context rather than automatically treated as LEMKO.org's own conclusions.
Don't make old practical information look current.
Historical addresses, lodging, organizational contacts and external links may be preserved without implying that they remain valid today.
Preserve obsolete technology when it carries history.
MIDI, RealAudio, generated photo albums and other early-Web structures can document how material was originally experienced. They are not automatically discarded because newer technology exists.
Use today's platforms for today's strengths.
LEMKO.org preserves history and context. LemkoHUB provides modern audiovisual access. Later social/community activity can remain on the platforms where it was created.
Make several paths to the same history.
A source may be reached by village, person, date, event, subject or collection. Modern navigation should reveal those relationships without moving the original file.
Cleanup follows understanding.
No file is removed merely because it looks old, duplicated or unnecessary. References and provenance come first.