[to anyone looking at this, I'm working on making a project page for the wiki. Assuming you're allowed to edit it, feel free to have a go at fixing/implementing things!]
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.
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 , but it certainly won't hurt to do so.
Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or reliance on video content (e.g. Youtube videos), and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page.
What you need to do
[add a step by step guide of how to archive a webpage, which archive tools to use, etc.] [information about how citation formatting works, and what needs to be changed when editing a citation. recommend use of source editor, but support both.]
The list
Below is a table of all pages on the wiki (hopefully sortable), and the current status of their references. [making this both able to dynamically adapt to new pages being added to the wiki, and also allow contributors to add in their name when they sort out an article, and change the status of that article]
| Article title | References archived? | Archived by |
|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo account fraud scandal | yes | TestUser |
| Volkswagen emissions scandal | no |
unrelated note to self
proposed left sidebar changes: replace recent changes with a section that shows off the last few changes like is done here https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/ move switch to old look down to the bottom move join the discord up into the main bit