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The Internet Archive is still down but will return in ‘days, not weeks’ (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] TheTechnician27 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's definitely been a bit of a pain over on Wikipedia, but I'm glad that the IA is being responsible about this instead of just saying "fuck it, ship it".

[–] ripcord 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's been a pain over on...Wikipedia...?

[–] halcyoncmdr 50 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia often uses Internet Archive links for references so they don't disappear as sites change or remove content.

[–] DBT 28 points 3 months ago

That and people have been fucking with Wikipedia by adding AI generated nonsense to it lately.