Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2015/Programme/Tools/In search for outdated sources - the bot to find dead links

Add links
From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki

Title of your proposal[edit]

masti <dyskusja>
Marek Stelmasik / User:masti
Type of submission (Please choose one)
  • Lecture + discussion
Summary

Wikipedia relies heavily on Internet sources. They sometimes become obsolete, either because the site goes down or changes the link structure. The bot can help in identifying such links and change them to the right ones. Checking Internet Archive also helps. There are also challenges not to report too many links the are in reality alive as those can influence how the users react to them. Putting information in-line in articles versus notifications on Talk pages. Cleaning after links get repaired or new links used as sources.


Preliminary preparation (if necessary)

none

Expected outcomes
Duration (without Q&A)

20 mins

Specific requirements
Slides or further information
Interested attendees (Please add yourself, and you may indicate your questions to the presenter).
  1. →Spiritia 08:50, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I will have a piece of news to share regarding the Internet Archive. Ijon (talk) 22:29, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Retrieved from "https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2015/Programme/Tools/In_search_for_outdated_sources_-_the_bot_to_find_dead_links&oldid=13317929"