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Wikipedia's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: | Wikipedia's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Preventing_and_repairing_dead_links Preventing and repairing dead links] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Archiving%20a%20source Help:Archiving a source] have 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. | ||
Latest revision as of 03:11, 15 October 2023
Wikipedia's Preventing and repairing dead links and Help:Archiving a source have 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.