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minus-squareNewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoWhen a link is dead, does Wikipedia allow you to change it to an archived copy of the webpage from before it was taken down?
minus-squareMrEff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoNot sure. I have typically just done a Google search and refound the link under the same domain but with a different sub routing.
minus-squarecucumberbob@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoEven if the link isn’t dead, most citation templates that accept a |url= parameter also accept |archive-url=, |archive-date=, and |url-status= Also, newly added links are automatically archived on the Wayback Machine iirc.
When a link is dead, does Wikipedia allow you to change it to an archived copy of the webpage from before it was taken down?
Not sure. I have typically just done a Google search and refound the link under the same domain but with a different sub routing.
Even if the link isn’t dead, most citation templates that accept a |url= parameter also accept |archive-url=, |archive-date=, and |url-status=
Also, newly added links are automatically archived on the Wayback Machine iirc.