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 # Ritherdon REST
 
-A package which grabs data from the [Return to
+## Note: The REST API is no longer active
+
+The server hosting the REST API this code calls out to is no longer activer. This means the code in this repository no longer works. I have decided to achive the project so the code can still be referenced.
+
+## About this Project
+
+This is a Common Lisp system which grabs data from the [Return to
 Ritherdon](http://ritherdon.abbether.net/) project's REST API server.
 
 The intended way to use this code is within a Lisp REPL -- something