Archiving was the least of the complaints hairball...
So pisschugger, you read Curry's blog, I see. You should also have read how Nick Stokes shredded those claims.
1. Karl made administrative decisions contrary to data integrity;
As all the data was on the server, available to anyone, that's clearly not true. It's a big lie, that is.
2. Karl used 90% rather than 95% standard;
AR5 used 90% CIs, that was what was being compared to, so using 95% would have been flat out incorrect. Yet you demand it. What a surprise, you demanding incorrect science.
3. The use of non standardized data set implied a greater uncertainty to the data that was not, could not be addressed;
Hilarious fiction. Tell us, what is a "standardized data set"? Define it for us. And how does, say, using an ASCII table instead of a file of floating point variables add to uncertainty?
4. Karl made poor data integrity decisions in order to meet a publishing date;
There's zero evidence to back up that crazy claim.
5. Karl made decisions that benefited his publication not the organization;
There's zero evidence to back up that crazy claim.
Diving into conspiracy kookery now.
7.Tried to combine two previously separate sets of records
Well, yes. That's just good science, using all the data.
8.NOAA not only failed, but it effectively mounted a cover-up
And it's pure conspiracy kookery now.
So other than the entire thing being corrupt..it is fine.
In other words, you made up a load of crap, and can't support any of it.
Here's the more accurate summary.
Bates was the QA guy. A bookkeeper, that is, not a scientist.
Bates created a horrifyingly convoluted data archiving process. Someone in upper management signed off on it because the flow chart looked pretty. Does this look like a sensible archiving system to anyone here? No, it looks like a bureaucratic horror.
Why did Bates create that monster? Why not just say "place all data files and source code on the server?" Because Bates became the gatekeeper of the horribly complex process, which gave him bureaucratic power.
Scientists pointed out the Bates monster was stupid and counterproductive. The petty bureaucrat had his feelings hurt. And he saw an opportunity to get some publicity for his new consulting business. Which, if it uses those same awful archiving processes, is something nobody would want to have a part of.