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▲ chrisjj 5 hours ago

> an analysis of existing links has shown that most of its uses can be replaced.

Oh? Do tell!

▲that_lurker 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I would be suprised if archive.today had something that was not in the wayback machine

▲chrisjj 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Archive.today has just about everything the archived site doesn't want archived. Archive.org doesn't, because it lets sites delete archives.

▲bombcar 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wayback machine removes archives upon request, so there’s definitely stuff they don’t make publicly available (they may still have it).

▲zahlman 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Trying to search the Wayback machine almost always gives me their made-up 498 error, and when I do get a result the interface for scrolling through dates is janky at best.

▲ribosometronome 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Accounts to bypass paywalls? The audacity to do it?

▲that_lurker 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Oh yeah those where a thing. As a public organization they can't really do that.

I personally just don't use websites that paywall important information.

▲nobody9999 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>> an analysis of existing links has shown that most of its uses can be replaced.

>Oh? Do tell!

They do. In the very next paragraph in fact:

   The guidance says editors can remove Archive.today links when the original 
   source is still online and has identical content; replace the archive link so 
   it points to a different archive site, like the Internet Archive, 
   Ghostarchive, or Megalodon; or “change the original source to something that 
   doesn’t need an archive (e.g., a source that was printed on paper)
▲chrisjj 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Well, that's an odd idea of "can be replaced".

> editors can remove Archive.today links when the original source is still online and has identical content

Hopeless. Just begs for alteration.

> a different archive site, like the Internet Archive,

Hopeless. It allows archive tampering by the page's own JS and archive deletion by the domain owner.

> Ghostarchive, or Megalodon

Hopeless. Coverage is insignificant.

▲Kim_Bruning 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> archive.today

Hopeless. Caught tampering the archive.

The whole situation is not great.

▲ 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]
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▲nobody9999 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I just quoted the very next paragraph after the sentence you quoted and asked for clarification.

I did so. You're welcome.

As for the rest, take it up with Jimmy Wiles, not me.

▲mikehotel an hour ago | parent [-]

aka Jimbo Wales

▲nobody9999 10 minutes ago | parent [-]

Thanks for the correction. I can't type the letter 'a'[0].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ewY8CnFae0&t=56s