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 #*Double-check that the citation is correctly formatted and supports the intended claim.
 #*Save your changes once you're satisfied.
+===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:
+*[https://archive.org WayBack Machine (archive.org)] - Most trustworthy resource for website archives
+**Websites retain interactable aspects
+**Some websites such as Twitter cannot be archived by this resource.
+*[https://archive.today archive.today] - can archive most websites
+**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.
+**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://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive (ghostarchive.org)] - additional alternative in English
+**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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