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==Project Archive== | ==Project Archive== | ||
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived. | Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived. | ||
Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so. | Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so. | ||
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===What you need to do=== | ===What you need to do=== | ||
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible | The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all. | ||
The correct formatting for an archived citation will look something like this | The correct formatting for an archived citation will look something like this: | ||
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{{Cite web |author=BwE |title=BwE PS4 NOR Validator & BwE SerialReader Script by BetterWayElectronics |url=https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |website=PSHAX |date=27 Nov 2018 |access-date=12 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408175450/https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |archive-date=8 Apr 2025}} | |||
</nowiki> | |||
</code> | </code> | ||
The full list of possible fields can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web. All you need to do is archive the relevant webpage, and then | The full list of possible fields can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link. | ||
==The list== | ==The list== | ||
Below is a table of all pages on the wiki (hopefully sortable), and the current status of their references. | Below is a table of all pages on the wiki (hopefully sortable), and the current status of their references. | ||