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===Archived citations=== | ===Archived citations=== | ||
{{Main|Projects:Archive everything}} | |||
To maintain verifiability for our articles, archiving these citations are crutial in case websites go offline temporarily or permanetely (also known as [[wikipedia:Link rot|link rot]]). Here are resources for archiving websites yourself or acquiring past archives: | To maintain verifiability for our articles, archiving these citations are crutial in case websites go offline temporarily or permanetely (also known as [[wikipedia:Link rot|link rot]]). Here are resources for archiving websites yourself or acquiring past archives: | ||
*[https://archive.org WayBack Machine (archive.org)] - Most trustworthy resource for website archives | *[https://archive.org WayBack Machine (archive.org)] - Most trustworthy resource for website archives | ||
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**Websites are shown as snapshot; cannot be interacted with completely | **Websites are shown as snapshot; cannot be interacted with completely | ||
**Good for archiving Twitter urls or websites that do not load with the WayBack Machine. | **Good for archiving Twitter urls or websites that do not load with the WayBack Machine. | ||
**Recently, this website has come under fire for [https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/21/wikipedia-blacklists-archive-today-after-alleged-ddos-attack/ using Captchas to DDoS critics] of the site maintainer and altering a small amount of captures. | **Recently, this website has come under fire for [https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/21/wikipedia-blacklists-archive-today-after-alleged-ddos-attack/ using Captchas to DDoS critics] of the site maintainer and allegedly altering a small amount of captures. For that reason, don't use this one resource for future captures. | ||
*[https://megalodon.jp/ megalodon.jp] - Japanese alternative to archive.today | *[https://megalodon.jp/ megalodon.jp] - Japanese alternative to archive.today | ||
*[https://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive (ghostarchive.org)] - additional alternative in English | *[https://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive (ghostarchive.org)] - additional alternative in English | ||
**Can archive nitter.net URLs to archive Twitter posts with comments included. | **Can archive nitter.net URLs to archive Twitter posts with comments included. | ||
*[https://preservetube.com/ PreserveTube (preservetube.com)] – Used for archiving YouTube videos | |||
**While the WayBack Machine might have some older videos archived, that is often not the case for newer and larger sized videos. | |||
*[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/collection Australian Web Archive] - For Australian websites specifically | |||
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