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The problem of the no longer working links

After some time it is physiological that answers may contain outdated links.
And it is a pity.

I see a couple of identification strategies:

  1. A script that actively runs across the entire database to detect inactive links (and after n failed attempts at different times of the day and on different days of the week) signals them.
  2. A passive snippet that in case someone clicks on an expired link reports it to a server.

To solve the problem also I also see a couple of solutions to this problem:

  1. A script that replaces the expired link with that of the last snapshot (e.g. from web.archive.org) prior to the answer (or before the introduction of the link in the answer).
  2. A dedicated review queue.

Is something already done/planned or can this be used as a suggestion, maybe to do a dedicated review queue?

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The problem of the no longer working links

After some time it is physiological that answers may contain outdated links.
And it is a pity.

I see a couple of identification strategies:

  1. A script that actively runs across the entire database to detect inactive links (and after n failed attempts at different times of the day and on different days of the week) signals them.
  2. A passive snippet that in case someone clicks on an expired link reports it to a server.

To solve the problem also I see a couple of solutions:

  1. A script that replaces the expired link with that of the last snapshot (e.g. from web.archive.org) prior to the answer (or before the introduction of the link in the answer).
  2. A dedicated review queue.

Is something already done/planned or can this be used as a suggestion, maybe to do a dedicated review queue?

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After some time it is physiological that answers may contain outdated links.
And it is a pity.

I see a couple of identification strategies:

  1. A script that actively runs across the entire database to detect inactive links (and after n failed attempts at different times of the day and on different days of the week) signals them.
  2. A passive snippet that in case someone clicks on an expired link reports it to a server.

I also see a couple of solutions to this problem:

  1. A script that replaces the expired link with that of the last snapshot (e.g. from web.archive.org) prior to the answer (or before the introduction of the link in the answer).
  2. A dedicated review queue.

Is something already done/planned or can this be used as a suggestion, maybe to do a dedicated review queue?

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The problem of the no longer working links

The problem of the no longer working links

After some time it is physiological that answers may contain outdated links.
And it is a pity.

I see a couple of identification strategies:

  1. A script that actively runs across the entire database to detect inactive links (and after n failed attempts at different times of the day and on different days of the week) signals them.
  2. A passive snippet that in case someone clicks on an expired link reports it to a server.

To solve the problem also I see a couple of solutions:

  1. A script that replaces the expired link with that of the last snapshot (e.g. from web.archive.org) prior to the answer (or before the introduction of the link in the answer).
  2. A dedicated review queue.

Is something already done/planned or can this be used as a suggestion, maybe to do a dedicated review queue?

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