The archive should help old language become useful again.
Sometimes an old phrase was not wrong.
It was early.
Or clumsy.
Or missing the context that would make it land.
The archive should let that happen.
It should preserve the trail without freezing it.
An old note can meet a new question.
A rough phrase can get better company.
A past thought can become useful again.
Not because it was final.
Because it was alive enough to return to.