https://wiki.squidge.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=FandomResources%3ALink_rotFandomResources:Link rot - Revision history2026-05-11T11:34:30ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.3https://wiki.squidge.org/index.php?title=FandomResources:Link_rot&diff=77&oldid=prevBluedreaming: added a link to another useful wikipedia help page2023-10-15T03:11:28Z<p>added a link to another useful wikipedia help page</p>
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</table>Bluedreaminghttps://wiki.squidge.org/index.php?title=FandomResources:Link_rot&diff=76&oldid=prevBluedreaming: created this page to move some of the help text off the main page, paraphrased the main page relevant section2023-10-15T03:08:45Z<p>created this page to move some of the help text off the main page, paraphrased the main page relevant section</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Wikipedia's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing%20sources Preventing and repairing dead links] has some helpful guidelines for citations and dead links. In particular, when citing sources for guides and other information that may later be lost (such as an inactive Tumblr account loses its URL, a blog or journal is deleted, a web service changes its help site, an editing program removes its documentation), archiving the linked reference may be very helpful to prevent the loss of information.</div>Bluedreaming