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==Fixing link issues in a report== | ==Fixing link issues in a report== | ||
Here are the codes that you'll see applied to problem links in the report. | Here are the codes that you'll see applied to problem links in the report. | ||
*'''NG''': In most cases, fixing an NG ("no good") link will mean finding the desired web page in the Internet Archive's [https://archive.org | *'''NG''': In most cases, fixing an NG ("no good") link will mean finding the desired web page in the Internet Archive's [https://web.archive.org/ Wayback Machine] and linking to that archived copy instead. In some cases, an NG link will not be salvageable and should be either removed from the page or, if the link was a part of a conversation and it would be confusing for it to be absent, it should be surrounded in <code>nowiki</code> tags [[Special:Diff/40524|like this]] to prevent it from showing up in future reports. | ||
**Val automatically queries the Archive for the latest snapshot of each NG page and will put this snapshot URL in its report. Note that you should still check this snapshot to make sure it has the desired content. You may have to go further back in the Wayback Machine to find the proper snapshot to use. Sometimes the Archive simply never got around to archiving a given site. In that case, you will need to follow the advice above as to deleting the link or marking it with <code>nowiki</code> tags. | **Val automatically queries the Archive for the latest snapshot of each NG page and will put this snapshot URL in its report. Note that you should still check this snapshot to make sure it has the desired content. You may have to go further back in the Wayback Machine to find the proper snapshot to use. Sometimes the Archive simply never got around to archiving a given site. In that case, you will need to follow the advice above as to deleting the link or marking it with <code>nowiki</code> tags. | ||
**Note: In a typical run of ValExtLinks across the 3,500 links on the wiki, 1-3 sites will happen to be offline at the moment or the HTTP packets requesting them will get lost in cyberspace. Before attempting to perform any of the above fixes, try the link manually to make sure the site is really down. Even if it is, you might want to wait for next week's Val report to see if the site is permanently dead. | **Note: In a typical run of ValExtLinks across the 3,500 links on the wiki, 1-3 sites will happen to be offline at the moment or the HTTP packets requesting them will get lost in cyberspace. Before attempting to perform any of the above fixes, try the link manually to make sure the site is really down. Even if it is, you might want to wait for next week's Val report to see if the site is permanently dead. | ||