onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoEnglish Wikipedia bans archive.todayen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down10
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkEnglish Wikipedia bans archive.todayen.wikipedia.orgonehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareikt@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 days agoSo they think archive.today can be replaced with: Replace the archive link so it points to a different archive with a copy of the source, such as the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive (https://web.archive.org/), Ghostarchive (https://ghostarchive.org/) or Megalodon (https://megalodon.jp/).
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 days agoNo. They think that relying on a hostile archive will ultimately harm Wikipedia. They know the shortcomings of the other options.
So they think archive.today can be replaced with:
Replace the archive link so it points to a different archive with a copy of the source, such as the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive (https://web.archive.org/), Ghostarchive (https://ghostarchive.org/) or Megalodon (https://megalodon.jp/).
No.
They think that relying on a hostile archive will ultimately harm Wikipedia.
They know the shortcomings of the other options.