Important info[edit]
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What is this bot?[edit]
This bot tries to fix link rot. It looks for dead links and replaces them with archive links. If it can't find an archive link, it asks a human for help.
- The bot is open-source software. You can find the source code on github.
- The experiment: is the bot helpful, or annoying?
- The Request for approval (
submitted,trial,withdrawn, open...) - A public discussion at VP.
An old public discussion at the village pump idea lab. - Frequently asked questions
Other bots which address link rot[edit]
- DASHBot -- Replace 404 links with archived copy (+/- 1 month
6 months), or mark {{dead link}}. BRfA. - H3llBot -- (Task ADL) Replace 404 links with archived copy (+/- 6 months), or mark {{dead link}}. BRfA.
- AnomieBOT -- (Task ReplaceExternalLinks5) Replace 404 links with archived copy (any copy earlier?), or mark {{dead link}}. Only run on demand. BRfA.
- WebCiteBOT -- Try to prevent link rot. Submit new links from Wikipedia to webcitation.org for archiving, and updates the article with the archived copy. BRfA.