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If the original link in a source is dead, I find it more accessible to format the citation like [[Donkey_Kong_Planet#cite_note-3|this]]. Basically, the original link is replaced with the archived one, so that the sole working link becomes more readily available. The original link is then moved to the archive's summary through an added "from the original" field; I don't really know if there is a formal, established reason for doing so, but I think it's a helpful feature to have in the (unlikely, but possible) event one reads a wiki article through, say, the Wayback Machine, as clicking the original link from there will lead the user to an archive of it directly. (The archive link itself can't be used with Wayback Machine, since it obviously does not archive its own archives.)<br>Could a <code>deadlink</code> parameter be added to the code so that, when given a value, the template is reorganized as I explained above? {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 20:22, February 7, 2024 (EST) | If the original link in a source is dead, I find it more accessible to format the citation like [[Donkey_Kong_Planet#cite_note-3|this]]. Basically, the original link is replaced with the archived one, so that the sole working link becomes more readily available. The original link is then moved to the archive's summary through an added "from the original" field; I don't really know if there is a formal, established reason for doing so, but I think it's a helpful feature to have in the (unlikely, but possible) event one reads a wiki article through, say, the Wayback Machine, as clicking the original link from there will lead the user to an archive of it directly. (The archive link itself can't be used with Wayback Machine, since it obviously does not archive its own archives.)<br>Could a <code>deadlink</code> parameter be added to the code so that, when given a value, the template is reorganized as I explained above? {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 20:22, February 7, 2024 (EST) | ||
:Should be good to go. --{{User:Porplemontage/sig}} 00:22, February 8, 2024 (EST) | :Should be good to go. --{{User:Porplemontage/sig}} 00:22, February 8, 2024 (EST) | ||
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Is it possible that this template could automatically add the http or https prefix when using the url parameter? [[User:Super Mario RPG|Super Mario RPG]] ([[User talk:Super Mario RPG|talk]]) 12:40, February 8, 2024 (EST) | |||