no banana@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoWikipeter founded the website in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library lemmy.worldimagemessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down13
arrow-up1134arrow-down1imageWikipeter founded the website in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library lemmy.worldno banana@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square85linkfedilink
minus-squareNewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months 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-squarecucumberbob@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months 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.
minus-squareMrEff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoNot sure. I have typically just done a Google search and refound the link under the same domain but with a different sub routing.
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?
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.
Not sure. I have typically just done a Google search and refound the link under the same domain but with a different sub routing.