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After some time it is physiological that answers may contain outdated links.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:
- 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.
- 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:
- 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).
- 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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