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===Archived citations===
===Archived citations===
{{Main|Projects:Archive everything}}
{{Main|Projects:Archive everything}}
To maintain verifiability for our articles, archiving these citations are crutial in case websites go offline temporarily or permanetely (also known as [[wikipedia:Link rot|link rot]]). Here are resources for archiving websites yourself or acquiring past archives:
 
*[https://archive.org WayBack Machine (archive.org)] - Most trustworthy resource for website archives
To maintain verifiability for our articles, archiving these citations are crucial in case websites go offline temporarily or permanently (also known as {{Wplink|link rot}}). Here are resources for archiving websites yourself or acquiring past archives:
 
*[https://archive.org WayBack Machine (archive.org)] - The most used and trustworthy resource for website archives.
**Websites retain interactable aspects
**Websites retain interactable aspects
**Some websites such as Twitter cannot be archived by this resource.
**Some websites such as [[X]] cannot be archived by this resource, or are [[List of companies that block Internet Archive|specifically excluded]] (''e.g.'' [[Bambu Lab]])
*[https://archive.today archive.today] - can archive most websites
**Honors [[DMCA]] take-down requests (see [[Internet Archive#Archived website removal]]
**Websites are shown as snapshot; cannot be interacted with completely
 
**Good for archiving Twitter urls or websites that do not load with the WayBack Machine.
*[https://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive (ghostarchive.org)] - An English alternative.
**Recently, this website has come under fire for [https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/21/wikipedia-blacklists-archive-today-after-alleged-ddos-attack/ using Captchas to DDoS critics] of the site maintainer and allegedly altering a small amount of captures. For that reason, don't use this one resource alone (more archives are better than one/none).
**Can archive nitter.net URLs to archive Twitter/X posts with comments included.
*[https://megalodon.jp/ megalodon.jp] - Japanese alternative to archive.today
 
*[https://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive (ghostarchive.org)] - additional alternative in English
*[https://megalodon.jp/ megalodon.jp] - A Japanese alternative. Some web browsers, such as [[Mozilla Firefox]], have a built-in web page translation function
**Can archive nitter.net URLs to archive Twitter posts with comments included.
**May have a better result if experiencing trouble with both the Wayback Machine and Ghost Archive.
 
*[https://preservetube.com/ PreserveTube (preservetube.com)] – Used for archiving YouTube videos
*[https://preservetube.com/ PreserveTube (preservetube.com)] – Used for archiving YouTube videos
**While the WayBack Machine might have some older videos archived, that is often not the case for newer and larger sized videos.
**While the WayBack Machine might have some older videos archived, that is often not the case for newer and larger sized videos.
*[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/collection Australian Web Archive] - For Australian websites specifically
 
*[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/collection Australian Web Archive] - For Australian websites specifically.
 
'''IMPORTANT:''' Archive.today is no longer used for archiving due to its owner {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Archive.is RFC 5|weaponizing the website}} against a blog writer, which involved exploiting unknowing users to initiate {{Wplink|DDoS}} attacks and editing the content of archived pages.


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