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I bet all those links weren't 404 errors in 2009. Which raises the question: How are external links in Wikipedia articles maintained? Is there some automated pr
by saint_fiasco 10y ago
I bet all those links weren't 404 errors in 2009. Which raises the question: How are external links in Wikipedia articles maintained? Is there some automated process that checks those links periodically to see if they are rotten?
Is that why Wikipedia hates external links?
- tptacek 10y agoI'm sure they weren't 404s in 2009! It's not my argument that the links were added in bad faith.
- bzbarsky 10y ago> How are external links in Wikipedia articles maintained? Until recently, "not very well". Recently, they have been doing https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/10/26/internet-archive-broken-links/ https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/10/26/internet-archive-broke...