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[–] 7fb2adfb45bafcc01c80@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Yes, some wikipedia editors are submitting the pages to archive.org and then linking to that instead of to the actual source.

So when you go to the Wikipedia page it takes you straight to archive.org -- that is their first stop.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Because if you're referencing something specific, why would you take the chance that someone changes that page? Are you going to monitor that from then on and make sure it's still correct/relevant? No, you take what is effectively a screenshot and link to that.

You aren't really thinking about this from any standpoint except your advertising revenue.

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