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[-] RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.world 61 points 5 months ago

54% of Wikipedia pages contain at least one link in their “References” section that points to a page that no longer exists.

It would be interesting to know how many of these references don't exist anymore and how many have just moved. Web has come a very long way since 2013 and I bet that websites hosting the references have undergone several iterations altering the URLs in some way.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

That, in and of itself, is also a problem! First of all, because such pages often fail to return a HTTP 301 moved permanently response, and second (but perhaps even more importantly) the reason they move is because the site transitioned from using static, human-readable URLs to some kind of unstable CMS-managed non-descriptive gibberish that breaks caching and linking. It's an intentional siloing and hoarding of content.

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago

And how many are the site completely re-jigging their CMS with no forwarding set up.

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