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Using the above format is discouraged. The request is redirected to the long-form URL, including a 14-digit datetime stamp, for the latest archive copy thereby defeating the purpose of using the archive to link directly to a specific old version of the page. Likewise, a similar archive URL but with the number 1000 links to the oldest archive copy.
Editors are encouraged to add an archive link as a part of each citation, or at least submit the referenced URL for archiving, at the same time that each citation is created or updated. New URLs added to Wikipedia articles (but not other pages) are usually automatically archived by a bot.
Use |url-status=dead if the old URL does not work. Use |url-status=unfit or |url-status=usurped if the old URL has been usurped for the purposes of spam, advertising, or is otherwise unsuitable (see WP:USURPURL). Use |url-status=live if |url= still works and still gives the correct information, but you want to preemptively add an |archive-url=.
The URLs selected for publication appear to have greater longevity than the average URL. A 2015 study by Weblock analyzed more than 180,000 links from references in the full-text corpora of three major open access publishers and found a half-life of about 14 years, [ 6 ] generally confirming a 2005 study that found that half of the URLs cited ...
An archive does exist, and it shows what is shown with the url replacement: Archived old link vs Live updated link Chewsterchew 04:59, 27 October 2024 (UTC) Enwiki. Checked 2,951 pages and edited 2,905 pages. Moved 4,195 links to a new URL: 3,954 ruled soft-redirects, Removed 5 {{dead link}}. Switched 287 |url-status=dead to live. Added 33 ...
The Internet Archive began archiving cached web pages in 1996. One of the earliest known pages was archived on May 10, 1996, at 2:08 p.m. (). [5]Internet Archive founders Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat launched the Wayback Machine in San Francisco, California, [6] in October 2001, [7] [8] primarily to address the problem of web content vanishing whenever it gets changed or when a website is ...
The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the Revision as of 00:00, 1 January 1970 by Example ( talk | contribs ) (Example summary) Important: In the case of vandalism , there may be multiple consecutive vandal edits or they may be interspersed between constructive edits.
This can specify a new URL to replace one page with another. This is supported by most web browsers. [14] [15] A timeout of zero seconds effects an immediate redirect. This is treated like a 301 permanent redirect by Google, allowing transfer of PageRank to the target page. [16] This is an example of a simple HTML document that uses this technique: