Source: The Verge
Summary
Wikipedia editors have voted to remove all links to Archive.today, a web archiving service that has been linked to over 695,000 times across the online encyclopedia. The decision was made due to concerns over the service’s reliability and accuracy. Archive.today has been used by Wikipedia editors to preserve links to web pages that may be at risk of disappearing.
Our Reading
The announcement sounds ambitious.
Wikipedia editors are breaking up with Archive.today, citing reliability concerns. The web archiving service has been linked to over 695,000 times. Because what’s a few hundred thousand links between friends? This is just another case of “preserving the internet” until it’s no longer convenient.
Author: Evan Null
