skua, 23 days ago

@internetarchive
@edsu

Figures given are AIUI low.
Study estimates the percentages of webpages that are known to have existed that now are broken links.

Webpages that existed and have no accessible digital record of existing are not included in this study.

Know if #Wikipedia had #WikipediaDeletedArticles archived for perpetuity? Would be one way to #CoverUpTheBullyingAndAbuse that was (/is?) such a poisonous feature of the culture of a large online community project. Train for online abuse.

HN414, 23 days ago

@skua Deleted Wikipedia articles are never really deleted but can be restored at any time. Since anyone can download a database dump of Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download) restoration of deleted Wikipedia articles is possible for anyone.

skua, 23 days ago

@HN414
Thanks for sharing that.

"anyone" does seem to exclude those without access to considerable technical IT skill and equipment.

But at least research by funded experts is possibile.

HN414, 23 days ago

@skua Yes, of course. Anyone with access to technology and the necessary knowledge/skill.

GhostOnTheHalfShell, 24 days ago

@internetarchive the myth of digital immortality, right?

Doomed_Daniel, 24 days ago

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> 23% of news webpages contain at least one broken link

LOL - if news websites linked sources etc as much as they should, that would be 100% (unless they already have an automated fallback to archive.org for broken links)

And as someone who has restored a (game modding) Wiki, that suddenly went offline "due to spam" and never came back, from The Wayback Machine: Yes, it's absolutely invaluable.