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US agencies

90+ agencies identified as having web pages deleted during the Trump admin: https://asia.nikkei.com/static/vdata/infographics/deleted-website/

ω Awaiting further developments and time to go through them -- GreenC 16:46, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

State government websites in the United States

Whether or not I am supposed to add this here, I don't know, if I am not supposed to put it here, let me know. But to go along with whoever listed US federal government websites on this page. I also think there needs to be something done about sources citing the governors office websites in several states since the 2024 election. This probably needs IABOT or something to go in and archive all of them. Those include the office of governor websites in:

More states might need to be added. The reason why I am requesting these states (and really any state if you think about it) websites be archived by IABOT is because I've been noticing a couple of dead links on governor.wv.gov that were created during Jim Justice's tenure that were deleted whenever Patrick Morrisey took office. I tried to summon InternetArchiveBot (IABOT) but had problems with Oauth.

In addition, ANY state government website that deals with a particular administration, there needs to be an archive link put up if its used in a citation. That goes for office of governor, their legislative sites, and anything else that may be deleted when the next administration is elected. Hurricane Clyde 🌀my talk page! 02:46, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Hurricane Clyde absolutely right. I started going through all 50 and completed 10: Wikipedia:Link_rot/URL_change_requests/Archives/2025/June#Five_USA and Wikipedia:Link_rot/URL_change_requests/Archives/2025/July#Five_USA_set_2. I gave up on CA it's too complicated. I pinned this thread so it is not archived and a reminder to keep going. All these government sites are very difficult: they have been in existence since the 1990s, have gone through continues changes and updates with new administrations and technology. They are fragmented with sub-domains under different departments and issues. But every one I did required a lot of updates they all need work. -- GreenC 21:43, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

ift.org.mx and cofece.mx

These Mexican government agencies will likely be dissolved this month, and I'm not sure what will happen to references and other materials used within. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 19:00, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

On hold pending dissolution. -- GreenC 04:21, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
It took place on October 17 for the former and presumably a similar time for the latter. Sites are still up for now (but with the replacing agency's logo). Unclear whether they will use it or another page for their own business. I suspect the domain rpc.ift.org.mx (full of PDFs containing broadcasting technical information) will be retained intact at some other domain at some point. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 06:32, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
If it's a new agency at the same domain.. what does this mean we should do in terms of archiving URLs? Options are do nothing. Or treat all URLs as dead and add archive URLs. -- GreenC 16:06, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
With the IFT and Cofece, the sites seem to be up as an archive. I am expecting the domain https://rpc.ift.org.mx/ —which contains most of our IFT citations—to move at some point, so put a pin in this thought for now. I will let you know when that happens. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 18:01, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
@GreenC: I finally have a use for this, and then I think this section can be archived. There are 728 links to rpc.ift.org.mx that need to switch to rpc.crt.gob.mx. It took them nearly a year to get this on a CRT subdomain, and they finally did it this morning. There are no changes to URLs otherwise. I did one manual edit from the BrieBot account to demonstrate, Special:Diff/1376194867. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 17:51, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Iranian websites

Waiting for current world events to resolve. Unclear if the sites will go back online. -- GreenC 04:57, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

aftabnews.ir

Dead when I visit it. Around 200 links GrapesRock (talk) 10:08, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

mashreghnews.ir

Around 500 links. GrapesRock (talk) 10:52, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

farsnews.com

Both the "www." and the "english." version seem broken. Around 1K links.

Edit: looks like it's blocked outside of Iran. GrapesRock (talk) 11:07, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

amws.com.au

It has been usurped. Jerod Lycett (talk) 00:12, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

 Done per WP:JUDI batch #34 -- GreenC 14:20, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

bookthevote.org

Usurped by online gambling. EatingCarBatteries (contribs | talk) 06:35, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

 Done per WP:JUDI batch #34 -- GreenC 14:20, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

findarticles.com

Lots of broken links to this website. Found that if you change this to that, there's an archived copy here for Critical Masses. Most of the links do not need this change. ~12k Thank you! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:38, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

12,523 pages

This will be done in multiple passes. Issues include: domain has been usurped. Large number of archive.today links that need conversion to Wayback. Broken links can be saved by cleaning up the URLs (per MrLinkinPark333 suggestion above). I'll list the passes below and what was done in each. -- GreenC 16:07, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

History

FindArticles was est. in 2000 and was one of the foundational sources for early Wikipedia ca. 2001-2007. It contained millions of online versions of print magazine and newspaper articles. After 2007, the company was sold, and in July 2012 it was in-effect a dead website. In 2025 the domain was sold for its SEO value, and today the new owners serve AI slop with crypto and gambling advertising. Only about one-third of the links on enwiki had archive URLs. This project found more and brings it up to two-thirds. The remaining third have dead link tags. These links are deleted in Pass F: it is a usurped site and no archives exist.

Enwiki

Pass A Checked 455 pages and edited 372 pages. Made live 398 URLs. Removed 1 {{dead link}}.
Removed about 80% of archive.today links. Removal only, Wayback replacements to be added in Pass D2
Pass B: Backend process - no edits
Pass C - Part 1: Checked 1,420 pages and edited 1,420 pages. Moved 1,780 links to a new URL: 1,780 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 2 soft-404s. Removed 84 {{dead link}}. Added 2 archive URLs (2 Wayback).
Rewrite the origin URL to match an available Wayback URL (to be added in Pass D2) for those citations currently without a Wayback URL.
Pass C - Part 2: Checked 358 pages and edited 357 pages. Moved 425 links to a new URL: 425 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 1 soft-404s. Removed 63 {{dead link}}.
Continuation of C1
Pass D - Part 1: Checked 244 pages and edited 243 pages. Added 335 {{dead link}}.
Prep for Pass E special cases
Pass D - Part 2: Checked 8,437 pages and edited 8,294 pages. Added 4,587 {{dead link}}. Added 4,925 archive URLs (4,925 Wayback).
Add/replace Wayback URLs and dead link tags
Pass E: Checked 11,742 pages and edited 7,787 pages. Switched 9,240 to |url-status=usurped or {{usurped}}. Added 185 archive URLs (185 Wayback).
Convert to usurped per WP:USURPURL
Pass F: Checked 3,950 pages and updated 3,929. Modified 4,730 citations
Change citation type, or remove links, or remove citation - where no archive is available - per WP:USURPURL.
Pass G: Checked 1,375 pages and updated 1,311. Modified 1,549 citations
Remove or replace bad archive URLs
Pass H: Checked 11,742 pages and updated 5,765. Modified 6,419 citations
Cleanup: conversion of {{usurped}} to CS1|2; strip findarticles spam from titles; add missing |title=; add |volume= and |number=

IABot DB

 Done. Total is now 8,190 reflecting about a 1/3rd inventory reduction due to usurped links without working archives. -- GreenC 02:16, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

cleo.com.sg

cleo.com.sg seems to have been usurped (redirected) to cleo.asia, for example: Archived version from 2019, and current version.

"cleo.asia" has no about page, no editor, and just does not look like what Cleo (magazine) was. It seems to indiscriminately make pages like life and looks to be AI-generated. Hypnoticreflection (talk) 10:44, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done per WP:JUDI batch #34 -- GreenC 14:20, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

palmbeachpost.com

this moved to here

DiophantineEquation (talk) 21:21, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

2,144 pages

Enwiki

Batch 0001-1000: Checked 1,000 pages and edited 832 pages. Moved 31 links to a new URL: 31 ruled mapped redirects, Removed 3 {{dead link}}. Added 95 {{dead link}}. Switched 45 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 117 |url-status=live to dead. Added 890 archive URLs (890 Wayback).
Batch 1001-2146: Checked 1,146 pages and edited 947 pages. Moved 29 links to a new URL: 29 ruled mapped redirects, Removed 3 {{dead link}}. Added 83 {{dead link}}. Switched 37 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 141 |url-status=live to dead. Added 966 archive URLs (966 Wayback).

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 05:42, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

It is a bug (forgot a cfg setting). 150 articles. Tags are removed. -- GreenC 05:30, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

psv.nl

this moved to here which then moved to here

DiophantineEquation (talk) 21:39, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

479 pages

Can't move English to Dutch. But could add archive URLs preserving the old English. -- GreenC 05:49, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 14:40, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

tsingapore.com

The New York Times Style Magazine: Singapore, aka T Singapore, used to have a domain here but got usurped by an unaffiliated person with a completely different web design with an editorial team of one, that is clearly not the legitimate T Singapore, as seen from their home page Hypnoticreflection (talk) 14:08, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done per WP:JUDI batch #34 -- GreenC 14:20, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

huskers.com

this moved here and this moved here DiophantineEquation (talk) 06:34, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

1,067 pages

Enwiki

IABot Bot

 Done -- GreenC 07:54, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

rehydrate.org

Link 16 http://rehydrate.org/resources/suppliers.htm from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy redirects to a casino, even with https ~2026-43596-79 (talk) 17:37, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done per WP:JUDI batch #34 -- GreenC 14:20, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

randa.org

Found this broken link at 2017 Women's British Open. Some of the links work, like this one, at Stroke play. I think it'd be best to check all. ~170. Thank you! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:56, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 19:20, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

pen.org/page.php

Reference #9 at Mark Doty is a bare broken link. Although there is a new URL here, the content is different. I think archives would be the better solution. Some of these already have archives, like at Michael Scammell. ~80. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 23:07, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Confirming /page.php is a dead path and while replacement pages exist, the content has drifted, better to pin with an archive. -- GreenC 19:24, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 19:41, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

tribuneonlineng.com

This site has a mixture of links that can be changed to new URLs and those that are broken.

I think a full check should be done. ~2k. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:55, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 01:04, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

outlookindia.com

This link at List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Meitei redirects to the main page. I did not find a new URL. Alternatively, this broken link at is now here for Narendra Modi.

If ghost redirects can be found to convert these into new URLs, that would be great. However, please note that one of the redirects for Modi's article in IA goes to Outlook India's magazine. This URL doesn't work in the current website. The working URL is instead the society one linked above. ~6k. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 23:34, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Batch 0001-3000: Checked 3,000 pages and edited 2,025 pages. Moved 1,142 links to a new URL: 590 normal redirects, 30 ruled mapped redirects, 522 inferred mapped redirects, Resolved 2,592 soft-404s. Added 141 {{dead link}}. Switched 67 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 237 |url-status=live to dead. Added 940 archive URLs (940 Wayback).
Batch 3001-6942: Checked 3,944 pages and edited 2,628 pages. Moved 1,511 links to a new URL: 829 normal redirects, 32 ruled mapped redirects, 650 inferred mapped redirects, Resolved 4,300 soft-404s. Removed 3 {{dead link}}. Added 272 {{dead link}}. Switched 108 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 310 |url-status=live to dead. Added 1,278 archive URLs (1,278 Wayback).

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 08:02, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

latinbeatmagazine.com

This website redirects to a gambling site. Luckily, there's only 3 results. I'd like to request this to be added to the JUDI list. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:26, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done per WP:JUDI batch #34 -- GreenC 14:20, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

irishcharts.ie

Although this redirects, the certifications are no longer available. Therefore, I would like to request archives only. ~2k. Thank you! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:30, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi MrLinkinPark333, not sure how to process. Comparing for example archive with live. The content looks the same but reformatted. More significantly, 1,813 pages are the same URL (archive) which was the search landing page. The new site has no search landing page but the search button is available at https://www.irma.ie/irish-charts/ .. but this is the URL you say has no certifications (not sure what that means) and to archive it.. but if archived the search button would not work. -- GreenC 04:39, 21 August 2026 (UTC)
Per Template:Certification Table Entry, Irishcharts were used for certifications. This information is missing at irma. Irish charts ended in 2013 while first irma chart started in 2014. Therefore, these urls can't be converted over. I mentioned this just in case you noticed redirects to a different website. Template talk:Certification Table Entry also mentioned that there's archived copies of the certifications.MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 06:32, 21 August 2026 (UTC)
For example given this citation from Zara Larsson, how should it look?
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know |publisher=IRMA |access-date=20 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105231849/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archive-date=5 January 2010}} Note: Search for "Never Forget You" in the "Search by Song Title" bar. The first two results are for the correct song.</ref>
The /search/placement URLs make up the majority of citations (78%) -- GreenC 15:55, 21 August 2026 (UTC)
I forgot that search url used to be part ofTemplate:single chart. That's only for peak positions of songs. The certifications are linked here. Unless the search result has a specific artist and/or song, I think /search/placement would need to be tagged as broken unfortunately. I tried searching within the archived page but it doesn't work. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:38, 21 August 2026 (UTC)
It is still possible to search the live site. If the archived version was used, the search would be broken. Recommend moving /search/placement to here that has the working search button on the live site. For the certifications.. sorry I still don't understand. Can you edit an article by hand that demonstrates what should be done and I can look at the diff? -- GreenC 02:36, 22 August 2026 (UTC)
Update: found this works, to get to the search menu. -- GreenC 02:42, 22 August 2026 (UTC)
For the ones under /awards/, the urls should be under type of certification (gold, platinum or multi platinum) and last two digits of the year. For example She Wolf (album) is gold 09 in the article, which is here.
Unfortunately, some of the links are missing the years in the above search. I think it'd be easier to extract a list of the ones that are missing information first. Otherwise, I could update the links before archived links are added. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 04:30, 22 August 2026 (UTC)
Hi. I see that this bot/script is starting to replace links to the IRMA search page. Personally I think the script/job is incomplete. Or, at the very least, is missing an opportunity.
In this change, for example, the bot/script replaced a parameter-based link (to the "old" search page) with a generic link (to the "new" search page). "Hacking off" the parameters in the process.
If we retain the parameters then the "new" search page works broadly as before. Returning results that actually support the text they sit alongside.... Guliolopez (talk) 09:56, 25 August 2026 (UTC)
Guliolopez: I saw this problem also, last night, but needed to go to sleep before I could repair it. It is a bug, not intentional. I see you have been working hard to manually repair. I will take care of whatever you have not already fixed, sorry about that. It was caused by a missing "$" character. -- GreenC 16:12, 25 August 2026 (UTC)
Edited 263 pages. Moved 297 links to a new URL: 297 ruled mapped redirects. -- GreenC 22:47, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Certifications

The full breakdown of the 257 irishcharts.ie/awards/ citations in the current inventory (2,202 articles). "Archived" = a capture exists in the Wayback Machine, confirmed from a CDX dump of the whole /awards/ path.

PageCitationsArchived?Notes
gold06.htm11Yes
gold07.htm14Yes
gold08.htm8Yes
gold09.htm9Yes
gold10.htm9Yes
gold11.htm7Yes
gold12.htm8Yes
gold13.htm6Yes
platinum06.htm13Yes
platinum07.htm10Yes2 of these are spelled Platinum07.htm; harmless, both cases resolve to the same capture
platinum08.htm10Yes
platinum09.htm8Yes
platinum10.htm6Yes
platinum11.htm4Yes
platinum12.htm7Yes
platinum13.htm1Yes
multi_platinum06.htm14Yes
multi_platinum07.htm8Yes
multi_platinum08.htm13Yes
multi_platinum09.htm11Yes
multi_platinum10.htm17Yes
multi_platinum11.htm10Yes
multi_platinum12.htm5Yes
multi_platinum13.htm4Yes
gold.htm12YesNo year in URL. Not a problem – see below
platinum.htm8YesNo year in URL. Not a problem – see below
multi_platinum.htm14YesNo year in URL. Not a problem – see below
index.htm8YesThe awards index, not a certification page for any one record
gold17.htm2NoBroken. The site ended in 2013, so there was never a 2017 page. One citation each at Liam Gallagher discography and Louisa Johnson
gold07.htmt1NoTypo for gold07.htm, at Van Morrison discography

On the year-less URLs. I looked into whether gold.htm / platinum.htm / multi_platinum.htm need rewriting to <type><YY>.htm, and they don't – the rewrite would actually break them:

  • The year-suffixed pages only ever existed for 06 to 13. There is no gold05.htm, platinum05.htm or multi_platinum05.htm, so rewriting a 2005 citation to one of those produces a URL that never existed and has no archive.
  • The unsuffixed pages are static and hold the pre-2006 awards. gold.htm is the same across captures from 2007 to 2013, and the 2007 capture contains Bloc Party, Will Young, Charlotte Church, Ciara, Josh Groban, Goldfrapp, Hilary Duff, Bruce Springsteen and Sinéad O'Connor – i.e. every artist cited from it as "2005 gold".

So no derivation is needed and no articles need updating first: the page each citation already points at is the page holding the certification. They just need an archive link, which the bot will add.

The two red rows are the only ones needing manual work. gold17.htm and gold07.htmt have no archive because no such page ever existed, so the bot can only tag them. Five citations across three articles.-- GreenC 20:17, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

@GreenC: Fixed Van Morrison, so that one can be archived. I might have to manually remove Liam Gallagher and Louisa Johnson if they fail verification. I only saw one citation to gold17 in Johnson, not 3. Search result only shows 2. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:03, 24 August 2026 (UTC)
There was a flaw in the method used to generate the above table. It is corrected. -- GreenC 00:56, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Bot results

Enwiki

IABot DB

  • Checked 2,842 and updated 2,809

 Done -- GreenC 02:29, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

A bit late here, but there's some way to insert these archived links in the Ireland certification templates? Since Muhandes has passed away, I think there's no anyone to update these things. LuanCampSouza93 (talk) 18:11, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Baltimore Sun

There are a lot of broken links here for the entire website. I'll have to break this up into multiple sub-requests because of the rules below. The current URL format is /year/month/day/name-of-article/. Any with the date format or articles.baltimoresun.com can be skipped. Articles.baltimoresun.com were checked in 2024. Also, there are archive dot today urls as well.

I'll make multiple passes based on actions performed (similar to findarticles.com but hopefully fewer passes). Baltimore Sun fortunately has a sitemap, an API, and relevant header data, all of which are pretty good. I'll build on the rules found below + these other datasets. The problems that might arise are paywalls and rate limiting. -- GreenC 19:34, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

baltimoresun.com/news/

  • Regular redirect: This redirects here for Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
  • URLs ending in .story: This needs to be converted to this URL format to create a redirect here for Barack Obama.
  • Folders removal: Folders need to be removed in some URLs. These redirects will only have the following folders, but may not always work:
    • /news/obituaries/ -> /obituaries/
    • /news/opinion/readersrespond/ -> /opinion/
    • /news/opinion/oped/ -> /opinion/
    • /news/opinion/editorial/ -> /opinion/
    • /news/maryland/ -> /maryland/
  • Broken:
    • URLs ending in .column: Haven't figured out how to get this to go here. Tried the .story rule but no luck.
    • Local news: Similarly, tried to convert this to go here, but no result. Should be at /local-news/ for the redirect.

Some urls have multiple of these rules together. ~4k.

baltimoresun.com/sports/

The same rules apply to sports articles, with some exceptions:

  • Regular redirect: this goes here for Billy Joel.
  • Urls ending in .story: Changing this to that redirects here for Thoroughbred.
  • Folders removal: Some folders need removal to make redirects:
    • /sports/college/basketball/mens/ -> /sports/college/
  • Broken:
    • URL with subfolders ending in .story: Tried changing this to redirect here. I think its because of the subfolder.

~1k.

  • Folder removal:
    • /entertainment/arts/artsmash/ -> /entertainment/arts/
  • Broken:
    • weblogs.baltimoresun.com doesn't work.
    • Not all .story links will convert like this one. The article is missing at Baltimore Sun.

~7k. However, I'm not sure if there are articles that have both ones to check and skip in the same page. I might have missed some from the search results.

Overall, there's 13k. I want to filter out the urls with /year/month/day/ and articles.baltimore.sun. If you see patterns of URLs that don't work and not in these sections, please let me know. I'll see if I can find more rules for these. Thank you very much! --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:41, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

MrLinkinPark333: Wikipedia:Link rot/Cases/baltimoresun.com - random sample of links unable to find on the live site. -- GreenC 05:59, 23 August 2026 (UTC)
No luck converting some of those that I tested. By the way, the prince george's link in the case above is a Google groups link for some reason. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 06:16, 23 August 2026 (UTC)
That was a conversion of an arquivo.pt archive link to Wayback that showed up in the logs (unrelated to balt sun), but neither work, fixed in the article. -- GreenC 16:18, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

baltimoresun.com

Enwiki

Pass A: Checked 8,502 pages and edited 8,013 pages. Moved 15,209 links to a new URL: 8,855 normal redirects, 5,428 ruled mapped redirects, 765 inferred mapped redirects, 161 ghost mapped redirects, Resolved 308 soft-404s. Removed 62 {{dead link}}. Added 328 {{dead link}}. Switched 1,738 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 178 |url-status=live to dead. Added 721 archive URLs (721 Wayback).
There was about a 88% conversion rate to the new URL format. It deployed normal redirects, ruled redirects (per rules found by MrLinkinPark), inferred redirects (via extrapolating the |title= field and fuzzy matching), and ghost redirects. It was supported by BaltSun API data. The ones it missed appear to no longer exist on the live website.
Pass B: Edited 269 pages. Made live 82 URLs. Added 231 archive URLs (231 Wayback).
Remove/replace archive.today - removed 82 (primary link is live) and replaced 231. Another 70 left in-place because no wayback exist and primary link is dead.

IABot DB

  • Checked 27,891 URLs and updated 8,652

 Done -- GreenC 04:11, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

repositoriodigitalonemi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LinkSearch?target=http%3A%2F%2Frepositoriodigitalonemi.cl%2F seems to have expired, and partially hijacked (WP:JUDI?) can it be archived. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 19:12, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done per WP:JUDI batch #34 -- GreenC 14:20, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

highbeam.com

This service was related to findarticles.com completed above. It is an old site long dead, popular in the early days of Wikipedia, has sporadic Wayback coverage, large footprint, archive.today links, and now usurped. This last point will require complete removal of links when no Wayback exists to shield it from view (Pass B). -- GreenC 03:35, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

16,434 pages

Enwiki

PassA: Checked 16,122 pages and edited 15,256 pages. Converted 4,905 free-form references to CS1. Changed 24,258 citation metadata. Switched 19,681 to |url-status=usurped.
Convert free-form to structured. Add |url-status=usurped. Add/update |title=, |date=, |work=, |location=, |url-access=, |via=
PassB: Checked 1,465 pages and edited 1,440. Removed 1,520 usurped urls that had no archive. Deleted 154 square-link citations. Tagged 282 citations {{full citation needed}}. Replaced 162 citations that identified no source with {{citation needed}}.
PassC: Checked 37 pages and edited 37 pages. Added 1 {{dead link}}. Switched 1 |url-status=live to dead. Added 41 archive URLs (41 Wayback).
Convert archive.today to wayback

 Done -- GreenC 04:13, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

credoreference.com

This website exsited until it was bought by Infobase in 2018 per Credo Reference. Although urls redirect, it leads to infobase's login page with the user's ip address. I don't have an infobase account and cannot verify the accuracy. I believe the best solution is to treat the website as permadead. ~600 Thank you! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 10:11, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

History: Credo Reference is a subscription aggregator of reference works - encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical registers. The real source is Columbia University Press, Routledge, McFarland, Chambers, SAGE, Grey House and a few hundred others. Credo was acquired by Infobase (2018) and every anonymous request now terminates at an Infobase login.
Status: The quality of archives is very bad: exampleexample. When not logged in they scrambled it with lorem ipsilon. Many like this falsely enter a redirect maze. This form works, but not common. About 80% of archives are unusable.
Solution: If a complete archive exists (preexisting on wiki, or new) use that. About 20%. For everything else, extract metadata from the soft-404 archive page if possible (author, work, date, page, etc). Nuke existing archives and urls, and make the citation cite book or encyclopedia, with no url and no archive, but enriched with better metadata. This clears out junk and frees up the citation for new links pointing elsewhere.
-- GreenC 23:30, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

kamadenu.in

kamadenu.in (kamadenu.in) is a dead link. --Kailash29792 (talk) 13:36, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 18:03, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

speedtv.com

Speed TV used to be a channel in a 2000s before fox sports 1 took over in the 2010s. Removing subdomains like here redirects to home page of Fox sports 1. Unfortnately, the articles I checked are not there. Therefore, I think this website needs to be marked as fully broken. ~500 Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 09:43, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 19:28, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

notebookreview.com

notebookreview.com used to provide news and reviews of laptops, along with having a community forum. Their parent company seems to have been sold, and eventually everything was shut down in 2022. The domain now redirects to informatechtarget.com/technologyguide/ which hosts an apology for the forum closure.

All use of notebookreview.com in citations should thus be updated with archive URLs and marked either dead or perhaps usurped. DiscreetParrot (talk) 19:09, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done Dealt with it all manually. 80 pages; about 120 links. Some already had archives set so just needed status adjusting. DiscreetParrot (talk) 21:11, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

boxrec.com

Some links have been moved to new URLs while others are broken. However, I got sent to the login page after my 5th link click. Luckily, the search bar still works after the login page comes up. I made an account to search through the site and see what needs to be fixed here on Wikipedia. Not sure if the bot will run into the same issue. I also saw an archive today link at James Broad.

The URLs follow the format boxrec.com/en/foldername/idnumber => Folder names and id numbers need to be extracted. Sometimes the folder names need to be changed or an additional id number is needed. Here are the changes:

No extension (not PHP)

person/number


PHP links

list_bouts.php

Others

If you spot other links that don't work, outside of ratings and titles, please let me know. I'll see if I can fix them as well. ~5k for the entire website but ~2k after filtering it out. Thank you very much! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:00, 29 August 2026 (UTC)

MrLinkinPark333, I've tried to get past site defenses. As you noted it rate limits after only a few pages, and if you go too fast they automatically delete your account and you can't even get to the home page, it redirects to a login page. The site hits back! Two options: contact them for temporary access to fix Wikipedia links. Or make "blind moves", where links are moved blindly with no verification. This will create some percentage of bad links. -- GreenC 04:36, 7 September 2026 (UTC)
If you could contact them first, that might be an easier fix. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 07:39, 7 September 2026 (UTC)
I can try, but in all the years doing this it has never worked. Thought of another idea. When adding the new URL, at the same time add a new archive-url for the old URL (snapshots predating 2026 are clear). It mitigates errors, users can still find the old URL archive. About 65% have an archive available. In the mean time, if the sysadmins at boxrec reply, I can redo the domain later. -- GreenC 16:02, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 15:15, 9 September 2026 (UTC)

lgu.org

Ladies' Golf Union became part of The R&A during 2017. Unfortunately, the articles redirect to a 404 page at The R&A. Therefore, this website needs to be marked as permanently broken. Good news is that there's only 30 articles. Some of these already have IA URLs. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 23:02, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 16:22, 9 September 2026 (UTC)

yp.scmp.com to youngpostclub.com/yp

https://yp.scmp.com/entertainment/music/article/111259/singaporean-singer-songwriter-jasmine-sokko-wants-you-judge-her (archive)

moved to

https://www.youngpostclub.com/yp/discover/entertainment/music/article/3059002/singaporean-singer-songwriter-jasmine-sokko-wants

i'm not really sure how to recover the new ID, but maybe u have an idea? if its not possible, no big deal. Hypnoticreflection (talk) 09:37, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Tried various methods but no data exists to determine the digit-slug (eg. "3059002"). Converting to archives. -- GreenC 17:56, 9 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 17:56, 9 September 2026 (UTC)

pandd.demon.nl

This moved to This I would like to request replacing similar links. Thank you! PklingensNL (talk) 17:28, 6 September 2026 (UTC) (Moved it to the end...thanks MrLinkinPark333!)

PklingensNL: Was it done? 0 pages. -- GreenC 18:04, 9 September 2026 (UTC)
It is on the dutch wikipedia pages...20 pages PklingensNL (talk) 20:23, 9 September 2026 (UTC)
Ah, can only do English wiki. I'm working on internationalizing the bot but it's a big project, not sure when it will be ready. This looks like an easy job though, either manually or with AWB search/replace. -- GreenC 23:47, 9 September 2026 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply and all your efforts. 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained' I guess.
Good luck on the internationalizing! I will try and give AWB search/replace maybe a go (and/or maybe end up doing it manually) PklingensNL (talk) 20:03, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

christies.com

Christie's changed their url structure at some point. All the old urls with "christies.com/Lotfinder/lot_details.aspx" have a parameter "intObjectID=", which is a number. That parameter became part of the url under the new structure. As an example "https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5685694" becomes "https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5685694". "intObjectID=" isn't always the only parameter or the first one. About 630 articles are effected. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 19:46, 8 September 2026 (UTC)

OK good rule. Whole domain eg. redirects (no longer .aspx). 3,120 pages. -- GreenC 18:10, 9 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Batch 0001-1000: Checked 1,000 pages and edited 622 pages. Moved 855 links to a new URL: 110 normal redirects, 745 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 103 soft-404s. Added 9 {{dead link}}. Switched 11 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 6 |url-status=live to dead. Added 69 archive URLs (69 Wayback).
Batch 0001-3302: Checked 2,301 pages and edited 1,484 pages. Moved 1,998 links to a new URL: 400 normal redirects, 1,598 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 455 soft-404s. Added 15 {{dead link}}. Switched 24 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 20 |url-status=live to dead. Added 233 archive URLs (233 Wayback).

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 23:50, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks GreenC. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 11:41, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

bet.com

BET Digital News Wipeout - 2,488 pages. Previous URLREQ: July 2024 -- GreenC 18:30, 9 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 00:04, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

worldjunior2016.com

usurped by a gambling ad. Шахматист2025 (talk) 15:02, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

Same story with worldjunior2015.com, worldjunior2017.com. Шахматист2025 (talk) 21:24, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

ω Awaiting next WP:JUDI batch -- GreenC 00:09, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

femalemag.com.sg

These links automatically redirect to new URLS at fzine.com. There's only 22 articles to check. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 14:11, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 00:25, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

stagedoordish.com

These links don't work anymore. They now point to a web host. I'm not sure if this is classed as usurped, but it's not JUDI.

12 articles. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 14:16, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

Will treat dead until evident usurped. -- GreenC 00:33, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot API

 Done -- GreenC 00:44, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

thehindu.com

Found this broken link at Cyanobacteria. The website was previously checked in 2021. Looking around, I found the following:

Broken

  • Broken .ece links generally don't have the title in their URL. However, redirects might exist like this to that for A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
    • An .ece exemption is frontline.thehindu.com, which works at this for Dhaka.
  • Articles ending in .htm are broken.
  • Note that there are archive today links, such as in Mumbai.

Working

  • Working .ece links are under this URL format for WhatsApp. The difference is that the title of the article comes after the folders. The sitemaps at the home page and subfolders could help filter these URLs, which have between one to three folders.
    • Working .ece links with four folders are /news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/ and /news/cities/mumbai/business/. I didn't see them in the sitemap.

~52k for all of them, but I think it'd be better to filter out the .ece ones with folder names. Not sure how to filter the working ones out. If you want to do all of them, I suggest doing the broken ones first. Thank you very much! --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:52, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

MrLinkinPark333, I'm guessing you meant to put this at somewhere like WP:URLREQ? Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:32, 18 September 2026 (UTC)
Whoops. Thought I had the right page open. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:19, 18 September 2026 (UTC)
A large sub-set about 20% of URLs contain /todays-paper/ (Example). The text downloads, flashes, then JavaScript hides it. It is a paywall. This paywall problem has come up in the past. So, I added a new configuration feature for subscription websites. It adds |archive-url= + |url-status=live + |url-access=subscription. This recognizes the link is still live in reality, but behind a paywall, and provides an archive for those who want the content that way. -- GreenC 05:37, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

PassA - standard run
Batch 00001-10000: Checked 10,000 pages and edited 4,745 pages. Moved 4,479 links to a new URL: 337 normal redirects, 2,231 ruled mapped redirects, 1,547 file mapped redirects, 364 ghost mapped redirects, Resolved 1,352 soft-404s. Removed 3 {{dead link}}. Added 589 {{dead link}}. Switched 200 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 1,116 |url-status=live to dead. Added 2,222 archive URLs (2,222 Wayback).
Batch 10001-20000: Checked 10,000 pages and edited 4,850 pages. Moved 4,637 links to a new URL: 373 normal redirects, 2,192 ruled mapped redirects, 1,687 file mapped redirects, 385 ghost mapped redirects, Resolved 1,543 soft-404s. Removed 7 {{dead link}}. Added 522 {{dead link}}. Switched 466 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 605 |url-status=live to dead. Added 1,968 archive URLs (1,968 Wayback).
Batch 20001-30000: Checked 10,000 pages and edited 4,795 pages. Moved 4,311 links to a new URL: 336 normal redirects, 2,133 ruled mapped redirects, 1,498 file mapped redirects, 344 ghost mapped redirects, Resolved 1,403 soft-404s. Removed 6 {{dead link}}. Added 539 {{dead link}}. Switched 402 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 570 |url-status=live to dead. Added 1,920 archive URLs (1,920 Wayback).
Batch 30001-40000: Checked 10,002 pages and edited 4,924 pages. Moved 4,476 links to a new URL: 324 normal redirects, 2,199 ruled mapped redirects, 1,611 file mapped redirects, 342 ghost mapped redirects, Resolved 1,538 soft-404s. Removed 4 {{dead link}}. Added 526 {{dead link}}. Switched 344 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 597 |url-status=live to dead. Added 2,108 archive URLs (2,108 Wayback).
Batch 40001-53039: Checked 13,044 pages and edited 6,387 pages. Moved 5,625 links to a new URL: 442 normal redirects, 2,687 ruled mapped redirects, 2,037 file mapped redirects, 459 ghost mapped redirects, Resolved 1,920 soft-404s. Removed 6 {{dead link}}. Added 709 {{dead link}}. Switched 445 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 790 |url-status=live to dead. Added 2,645 archive URLs (2,645 Wayback).
PassB - archive.today links swapped to Wayback
001-723: Checked 723 pages and edited 718 pages. Added 21 {{dead link}}. Switched 84 |url-status=live to dead. Added 929 archive URLs (929 Wayback).
PassC - missed repairs from PassA Batch 00001-10000
0001-1942: Checked 1,942 pages and edited 1,651 pages. Moved 45 links to a new URL: 1 normal redirects, 19 ruled mapped redirects, 10 file mapped redirects, 15 ghost mapped redirects, Resolved 395 soft-404s. Removed 1 {{dead link}}. Added 247 {{dead link}}. Switched 1,930 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 1 |url-status=live to dead. Added 329 archive URLs (329 Wayback).

IABot DB

  • Checked 106,843 URLs and updated 24,198

 Done -- GreenC 18:58, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

cmfr-phil.org

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility is shutting down. External links search shows 278 hits. Chlod (say hi!) 03:54, 19 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi User:Chlod. https://cmfr-phil.org/ is still live, along with every link I spot checked. Sometimes organizations will keep content online as a digital archive. It's relatively cheap to keep a static copy of the content online. How long that lasts is impossible to say, depending whoever funds it. The question for us: do we mark links as dead even though the site is live, but the organization itself is dead. It raises philosophical questions what counts as dead vs. live .. For simple news articles it's probably doesn't matter either way, but they also have some interactive databases which won't work in the WaybackMachine, but do work at the live site, thus marking those links dead would be a regression. I notice the website is failing technically in a few non-critical areas, like the clock on the homepage. -- GreenC 18:45, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

rap-up.com

website seems to have been changed to revolt.tv, with all links at rap-up directing back to the revolt.tv homepage Majash2020 (talk) 04:59, 19 September 2026 (UTC)

3,280 pages. There was corporate merger in April 2025 and REVOLT still has some old articles: this now here. -- GreenC 05:28, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass A: Standard run
  • Checked 3,236 pages and edited 3,116 pages. Moved 227 links to a new URL: 227 file mapped redirects, Added 37 {{dead link}}. Switched 1 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 2,116 |url-status=live to dead. Added 4,256 archive URLs (4,256 Wayback).
Pass B: Convert archive.today to WaybackMachine links

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 01:26, 8 October 2026 (UTC)

rep-am.com

This newspaper redirects to CT Insider, which is part of this umbrella. Unfortunately, the Republican-American articles I checked are not at CT Insider. Therefore, I think this website should be considered fully broken. 199 articles. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:26, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 05:40, 8 October 2026 (UTC)

vault.si.com

This one was already requested by me in 2024. However, it looks like all of Sports Illustrated's vault is now gone after checking links at Babe Ruth . ~2900. Thank you! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:36, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 18:43, 8 October 2026 (UTC)

popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/

As far as I can tell, all 325 of these produce soft 404's, so archive links need to be added. In the couple of cases I checked, the content is available on the live web but there's almost but not quite a pattern between the old and new URL's, due to extra numbers being added in the new URL scheme ((e.g. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/23755/nickelcreek-thisside/ is now https://www.popmatters.com/23755-nickelcreek-thisside-2496013213.html and https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/54008/nick-cave-and-warren-ellis-music-from-the-motion-picture-the-assassination-/ is now https://www.popmatters.com/nick-cave-and-warren-ellis-music-from-the-motion-picture-the-assassination-2496181445.html). Thanks! Graham87 (talk) 09:28, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

Ok. It is possible to map the extra numbers to a new URL, with site map and CDX data. Looks like most of them can be converted to a live URL. -- GreenC 20:32, 8 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 23:06, 8 October 2026 (UTC)

tollbooth.org

Another music review site, this one with 839 uses ... it still seems to be going but has lost most of its content and is returning dead links on almost all of its pages linked from here, at least some of which have soft 404's. InternetArchiveBot didn't touch http://www.tollbooth.org/2002/reviews/ncreek.html but did archive this link. As for links that actually are live, I checked all the HTTPS links manually (assuming them to be newer) and the only working one I found was https://tollbooth.org/music-reviews/michael-sweet/master-plan-michael-sweet. Thanks again. Graham87 (talk) 09:37, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

I spent a while tracking what happened. In March 2024, the site moved CMS from Joomla to Drupal, and this is when nearly 30 years of articles from 1995 -> February 2024 simply vanished. It looked suspicious like the domain expired and it was taken over by scammers, but nope, the same people appear to run it, the content does not exist anywhere else on the website, and no other websites have the content. Even the same authors continue to publish from 2024-present. They just deleted the old content, for whatever unknown reason. -- GreenC 01:27, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 03:22, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

asiaplustj.info

Old domain: asiaplustj.info (incl. www.)
New domain: asiaplus.news

Asia-Plus, an independent news agency in Tajikistan (founded 1996), moved from asiaplustj.info to asiaplus.news in March 2026. Old article URLs return a 301 redirect to the same article on the new site. The old domain stays registered and keeps redirecting for now, but we'd like citations on Wikipedia to point directly to the current URLs.

On en.wikipedia this covers about 413 links in 282 articles. I checked each link and compared the date in the old URL with the date in the final URL:

Existing |archive-url= values can be kept as they are. Only |url= needs updating.

Disclosure: I work for Asia-Plus. That's why I'm asking here instead of editing the articles myself. Бахманёр Надиров (talk) 06:12, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Update: the links that redirect to the wrong article (7 distinct URLs, 11 links) are now resolved by hand and added to the mapping page, so they no longer need to be skipped. For these, please use the listed target rather than following the redirect. Everything else in the request is unchanged. Бахманёр Надиров (talk) 07:03, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
Looks all clear, except the old.* and archive URLs. -- GreenC 07:03, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 07:14, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

philly.com/MovieReviewID

this moved to here DiophantineEquation (talk) 05:17, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

There are only 9 articles with MovieReviewID, and 8 of them were already converted to inquirer.com. The remaining one at Thumbsucker (film) I converted by hand.
 Done -- GreenC 16:04, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

djournal.com

Found that this is now here for Rae Sremmurd. Unfortunately, this doesn't redirect. If your bot can find ghost redirects to the new versions, that'd be great. Otherwise, I think they'll have to be tagged as broken. Note that working links will lead to a paywall. ~520 Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 18:07, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Was able to map 142 via sitemaps and CDX (ie. ghost). The rest archived. -- GreenC 21:36, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass A: normal run
Pass B: Convert archive.today
  • Checked 9 pages and edited 9 pages. Switched 1 |url-status=live to dead. Added 9 archive URLs (9 Wayback).

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 22:08, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

questia.com

This was requested in 2022 but not sure if it was done. Questia Online Library used to exist until 2020. This hosted books, magazines, newspaper articles, etc. I found a broken link to this site at Freddie Mercury. These citations could potentially be converted to structured citations if links can't be found, like how it was done at highbeam.com above. ~5900. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 18:27, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Some archives are not available for Questia, but the original HighBeam is available: Special:Diff/1371567909/1379562481. Filling in metadata and structured citations: Special:Diff/1377479771/1379562426. Replaced archive.today in about 10% of cases, the rest have no replacements: Special:Diff/1379183494/1379479013 -- GreenC 19:09, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass A: standard run
  • Checked 5,949 pages and edited 5,511 pages. Removed 716 {{dead link}}. Added 438 {{dead link}}. Switched 310 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 2,001 free-form references to CS1. Switched 1,107 to |url-status=usurped. Added 4,154 archive URLs (4,154 Wayback).
Pass B: convert archive.today
  • Checked 11 pages and edited 11 pages. Switched 7 |url-status=live to dead. Added 12 archive URLs (12 Wayback).

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 07:34, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

news.virginia.edu

University of Virginia has removed or archived several articles.

this redirects to here

this has completely disappeared, but has an archive. DiophantineEquation (talk) 09:16, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

386 pages

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 07:49, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

hrcak.srce.hr

Moved from User talk:GreenC

Hey GreenC. I was wondering if IAB can replace hrcak.srce.hr links to PDFS such as https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/36682 that are now marked as dead (because they're disallowing robots) with https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/36682 (file/ → clanak/). I've fixed a few dozen, like in Special:Diff/1377516001 or hr:Special:Diff/7604785/7609629, but for any future work this should better be automated. WP:RICHMEDIA applies anyway. Ponor (talk) 20:36, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Ponor, I will do on Enwiki, but no support yet for URL moving on other wikis. -- GreenC 02:24, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
Thank @GreenC. Is it possible to have IAB not mark the /file links as dead? They're only "dead" for robots, since recently. Many journals are hosted there and people will keep adding these links. Ponor (talk) 02:33, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
IABOt is limited. The best I can do is mark the entire domain as subscription site eg. skip taking any action for any URL under the domain hrcak.srce.hr .. checking it was already set that way. -- GreenC 03:38, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

444 pages

Enwiki

(nothing for IABot DB to do)

 Done -- GreenC 02:45, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

atoptics.co.uk

Requesting a URL move for the Atmospheric Optics reference site.

Requested change

Examples

Scope

Iannuttall (talk) 14:46, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

51 pages

Enwiki

IABOt DB

 Done -- GreenC 04:20, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

archive.macleans.ca

Found this broken link at Shania Twain. No luck with finding a replacement link at the main site. Looks like none of the archived articles are there anymore. ~760. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:13, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

They might exist, but hidden in a subscription service . One option is like thehindu.com: |url-access=subscription + |archive-url= + |url-status=live .. it's sort of a guess though as I have no way of verifying the content is there; and meanwhile the "live" link returns 404 and provides no paywall or subscription notification, looking exactly like a dead link. Given this, I think it is technically a dead link, not a subscription link. -- GreenC 04:16, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 07:01, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

charlotteobserver.com

Articles with /year/month/day/ are broken. The live articles end with article[numberid].html. For example, this is now here for Deshaun Watson. Unfortunately, this doesn't redirect to the new link. It would be great if ghost redirects could be found. ~630 for this format. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:28, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass A: normal run
Pass B: convert archive.today

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 04:54, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

cornell.edu

This website has a mixture of working, broken and redirects. For example, This goes here for Thailand while this doesnt work for Pennsylvania. As there are so many subdomains, I can't predict which ones need fixing.

I think it might be easier to check a handful of links in each subdomain/main website first. Then, the request could focus on the areas that are redirecting or broken. Otherwise, the entire website is ~18k. Let me know what you think. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 23:01, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

It was difficult to determine the exact pages with cornell.edu URLs due to WMF API timeouts, so I took a broad sweep of all possibilities ~ 42k and let the program sort out which ones contain a URL during processing. Cornell has a rich variety of subdomains so it was not practical to break into smaller chunks.

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 00:01, 20 October 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

This bot keeps marking links as broken that, when I click them, work fine. –jacobolus (t) 22:05, 17 October 2026 (UTC)

–jacobolus: Can you provide some examples? This was a challenging site due to bot blockers and rate limiters, and the scale, but anything can be fixed if I know the problem. -- GreenC 22:19, 17 October 2026 (UTC)
Based on your edit history, it looks like you found some math books that redirect to HathiTrust. For example this redirects to this. In total there are 31 URLs across 30 articles. I suggest the bot replace the cornell.edu link with the destination URL at Hathi. Redirects are fragile and these are actually a double redirect so the chances of it failing are high; it is safer not to use a proxy. The HathiTrust URLs (handle.net) are persistent identifiers meaning they never change or redirect. -- GreenC 22:35, 17 October 2026 (UTC)
That sounds good. Can the bot change all of the links of this type? –jacobolus (t) 23:17, 17 October 2026 (UTC)
Done updated 30 pages eg. Special:Diff/1380711733/1380801630 -- GreenC 00:29, 18 October 2026 (UTC)
(in that example I notice Notes on Roulettes and Glissettes points to the wrong book, a pre-existing error) -- GreenC 00:33, 18 October 2026 (UTC)

bollywoodlife.com

Came across broken link at Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat. Looks like this website needs to be tagged as fully broken. ~770. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:42, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 03:56, 20 October 2026 (UTC)

theaustralian.com.au

this moved to here

this moved here

couldn't find this, seems dead, no archive. DiophantineEquation (talk) 12:20, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

10,102 pages

Paywall site, bot blockers, rate limiter, old-style URLs, broken links, missing archives, missing |url-access=subscription and {{subscription}} tags. -- GreenC 17:20, 20 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass A: normalish run
Pass B: convert archive.today
  • Checked 58 pages and edited 57 pages. Switched 3 |url-status=live to dead. Added 72 archive URLs (71 Wayback). Changed 4 citation metadata.
72 archive.today converted to Wayback Machine

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 19:36, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

news.com.au

this moved to here DiophantineEquation (talk) 12:25, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

15,668 pages


Enwiki

Pass A: standard run
  • Batch 00001-05000: Checked 5,000 pages and edited 3,394 pages. Moved 2,238 links to a new URL: 262 normal redirects, 801 ruled mapped redirects, 1,175 file mapped redirects, Removed 7 {{dead link}}. Added 406 {{dead link}}. Switched 530 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 180 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 762 structured references. Added 951 archive URLs (951 Wayback). Changed 2,682 citation metadata.
  • Batch 05001-15597: Checked 10,597 pages and edited 7,020 pages. Moved 4,633 links to a new URL: 535 normal redirects, 1,818 ruled mapped redirects, 2,280 file mapped redirects, Resolved 3 soft-404s. Removed 12 {{dead link}}. Added 801 {{dead link}}. Switched 1,009 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 434 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 1,551 structured references. Added 1,866 archive URLs (1,866 Wayback). Changed 5,269 citation metadata.
Pass B: convert archive.today
  • Checked 136 pages and edited 136 pages. Switched 8 |url-status=live to dead. Added 151 archive URLs (151 Wayback). Changed 143 citation metadata.
Converted 151 archive.today to Wayback

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 01:02, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

seattletimes.nwsource.com

Noticed that the archived broken link at Andrew Garfield is now live here. Unfortunately, removing nwsource from the URL doesnt make a redirect. If ghost redirects can be found, that'd be great. I filtered out the community links as they were done last year. ~3k. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:49, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

Multi-tier paywall: metered, subscriber, free-exemptions, subscriber tiers. IP range blocker. Bot WAF challenger. Rate limiter.
This site was a bit of war. I need to let it cool for a while before trying the IABot DB links. Enwiki I was able to complete except a couple dozen articles. The "file mapped redirects" were ghost redirects that were mapped ahead of time to a file. The "file mapped redirects" is a catch-all for any method done ahead of time (sometimes multiple methods). -- GreenC 00:09, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

hrw.org

Many of these links redirect. With the ones I checked, they start with the following URLs:

However, since this website has a lot of other folder names, I think it'd be better to check them all. ~8k. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:49, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass A standard run
Pass B convert archive.today
  • Checked 49 pages and edited 49 pages. Added 52 archive URLs (52 Wayback). Changed 2 citation metadata.

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 00:56, 30 October 2026 (UTC)

pastemagazine.com

Follow up on an older request - it looks like some Paste (magazine) redirects are broken (Paste originally redirected a bunch of older articles to Endless Mode with a new masthead & when they shuttered that website, redirected them to The A.V. Club with that masthead). For example, https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/10/storm-kings-thunder-is-a-performative-dungeon-mast.html redirects to a "not found" at https://www.endlessmode.com/video-games/dungeons-dragons/storm-kings-thunder-is-a-performative-dungeon-mast but you can find the article at https://www.avclub.com/storm-kings-thunder-is-a-performative-dungeon-mast. Not sure if this is just an issue of Paste → Endless Mode → A.V. Club or also original Endless Mode articles → A.V. Club.

I think even if the Paste/Endless Mode urls can be matched with an A.V. Club url, it should be instead marked as dead with an archive link showing the original masthead if that is available. The A.V. Club version does not indicate anywhere these articles were originally published by other news outlets and it could lead to confusion (ie. a reader or editor could see "Cameron Kunzelman, for Paste, wrote ..." & then wonder why the citation says A.V. Club instead). Sariel Xilo (talk) 23:20, 17 October 2026 (UTC)

The site has many internal redirects ie. pastemagazine.com -> pastemagazine.com .. other redirects to a different domain are treated as dead links. I didn't check Endless Mode or AV Club they would need separate URLREQs (bot can do 1 domain). -- GreenC 16:45, 30 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass A: standard run
Pass B: archive.today conversions
  • Checked 54 pages and edited 50 pages. Switched 5 |url-status=live to dead. Added 51 archive URLs (51 Wayback). Changed 3 citation metadata.

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 00:32, 31 October 2026 (UTC)

upenn.edu

Came across an archived link at Kevin Werbach. Unfortunately, this website has lots of domains with various issues. This one at Massachusetts soft redirects to the main page. While this one at Augustine of Hippo works, it took a long time to open. I think this might need to be resolved fully like at cornell.edu due to the huge amount of pages. 12k. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 21:36, 19 October 2026 (UTC)

614 hosts total, with 45 of them covering 80% of 14,993 unique URLs. -- GreenC 19:15, 30 October 2026 (UTC)
This was an overgrown community garden with some plots well tended and others not. Some areas fenced others not. Added a couple new core-bot features that will benefit future projects. -- GreenC 17:58, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass A: standard run
Pass B: archive.today conversions
  • Checked 15 pages and edited 15 pages. Switched 3 |url-status=live to dead. Added 28 archive URLs (28 Wayback).
Pass C: Repair repository.upenn.edu incorrectly marked dead
About 362 URLs in enwiki, and 320 in IABot DB

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 01:37, 2 November 2026 (UTC)

alertnet.org

this redirects to Reuter's website, should be marked as a permadead website and archives where possible DiophantineEquation (talk) 08:20, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABOt DB

 Done -- GreenC 15:18, 30 October 2026 (UTC)

accesshollywood.com

this link redirects to YouTube for some reason. DiophantineEquation (talk) 08:24, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

673 pages
Every url tested redirects to the accessonline.com home page, then to youtube.com/accessonline ie. a dead domain. -- GreenC 03:06, 31 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done

wired.com

this moved here and this moved here DiophantineEquation (talk) 09:37, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

18,404 pages

Enwiki

Pass A:
Pass B: archive.today conversions

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 23:54, 2 November 2026 (UTC)

Comments

Batch 1 marked this as dead, but it is here. This is also here if that's helpful. DiophantineEquation (talk) 10:15, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

Hi, this is what I found.

  • The old slug jay-zs-new-album-could-the-release-help-avoid-a-leak and the new one jay-z-samsung-leak share almost nothing.
  • The old url returns 404 with no redirect, and its Wayback lookup gave nothing usable.
  • The only way to find it would be to match the page title against the sitemap, which there is no title data for. This one has to be fixed by hand.
  • The old url is .../2007/11/gallery_helicopter. The sitemap has https://www.wired.com/2007/12/gallery-helicopter/, the same slug one month later
  • The map rule required an exact month match.
  • It looks like wired re-dated galleries to the month the gallery went up.
After batch 3 completes I can revisit the gallery URLs and allow match on ±1 month in the sitemap. -- GreenC 17:42, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

news.cnet.com

this moved here

this moved here DiophantineEquation (talk) 09:42, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

2,790 pages
Rate limiter, bot detector. -- GreenC 01:52, 3 November 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass A
  • Checked 2,806 pages and edited 2,601 pages. Moved 2,876 links to a new URL: 2,876 file mapped redirects, Removed 6 {{dead link}}. Added 26 {{dead link}}. Switched 609 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 88 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 477 structured references. Added 498 archive URLs (498 Wayback).
Pass B: convert archive.today
  • Checked 105 pages and edited 103 pages. Switched 9 |url-status=live to dead. Added 123 archive URLs (123 Wayback).

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 20:16, 3 November 2026 (UTC)

apnews.excite.com

this is here. DiophantineEquation (talk) 09:59, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

170 pages
AP has an insurmountable bot mitigation fortress. Relying on CDX records to infer if the destination at apnews.com is live or dead. Whatever the case, all instances get Waybacked. -- GreenC 22:34, 3 November 2026 (UTC)
Nothing works, not even CDX records. Treating the entire domain as dead (it is) and adding archives. The example URL above is used 15 times that one worked. -- GreenC 03:16, 4 November 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 04:45, 4 November 2026 (UTC)

koreajoongangdaily

These links either redirect or are broken. Working links are at koreajoongangdaily.com like this at Incheon International Airport. Here is what I found:

As the majority of them are either joins.com or joinsmsn.com, I think the entire website should be checked. ~5k. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 15:35, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

koreajoongangdaily.com

Checked, in near perfect condition, only about 10 structured citation changes.

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

5,408 pages
Bot mitigation and rate limiting.
Enwiki
Pass A: main run
  • Checked 5,408 pages and edited 5,199 pages. Moved 9,537 links to a new URL: 9,537 file mapped redirects, Added 5 {{dead link}}. Switched 158 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 175 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 128 structured references. Added 271 archive URLs (271 Wayback).
Pass B: archive.today conversion
  • Checked 98 pages and edited 98 pages. Switched 6 |url-status=live to dead. Added 133 archive URLs (133 Wayback).
IABot DB
  • Uploaded 5,021 URLs

 Done -- GreenC 01:35, 5 November 2026 (UTC)

koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com

In 2023, about 800 pages were done as a standalone usurpation. At the time it added over 400 archive.today, because there were no Wayback available.

eurosport.com

this now redirects to tntsports at here

I've noticed that several archive links go to the archived version of https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml DiophantineEquation (talk) 15:42, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

4,762 pages
Bot mitigation and geo blocking

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
  • Checked 4,754 pages and edited 4,378 pages. Moved 4,528 links to a new URL: 3,559 normal redirects, 969 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 814 soft-404s. Removed 7 {{dead link}}. Added 345 {{dead link}}. Switched 164 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 165 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 251 structured references. Added 936 archive URLs (936 Wayback).
Pass B: archive.today conversion
Pass C: geoblock error cleanup
  • The geoblock is causing errors in citations: cites observed to have |url=...geoblocking.shtml, and/or an archive URL to geoblocking.shtml, and/or a |title= to the geoblock page. This impacts CS1|2 and square/bare links differently. Some refs deleted as unverifiable.

IABot DB

I could only check about half the URLs due to bot mitigation. The rest are left in current state, no worse than before.

 Done -- GreenC 16:45, 5 November 2026 (UTC)

9news.com.au

9news.com.au is now nine.com.au. this is now this DiophantineEquation (talk) 16:05, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

1,999 pages

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
Pass B: archive.today conversions
  • Checked 30 pages and edited 31 pages. Switched 2 |url-status=live to dead. Added 35 archive URLs (35 Wayback). Changed 9 citation metadata.

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 02:19, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

nine.com.au

this redirects here

9Honey moved this to here.

this is dead but has archive.

this is dead but has archive. DiophantineEquation (talk) 07:22, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

2,740 pages

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
Pass B: archive.today conversions

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 15:37, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

archive.epa.gov

"The EPA Is Quietly Killing its Web Archive", Trump admin plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the year, a move that would wipe tens of thousands of publicly available environmental resources from the web. -- GreenC 16:07, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

191 pages
Preemptive convert to archive. Includes SPN to capture about 20 URLs that had no existing Wayback.

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 05:17, 5 November 2026 (UTC)

sportspromedia.com

sportspromedia.com redirects to sportspro.com, for example this moved to here DiophantineEquation (talk) 07:32, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

1,062 pages
bot mitigation and rate limiter

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 16:48, 5 November 2026 (UTC)

4-traders.com

this redirects here but not to the actual news article. Archive available. DiophantineEquation (talk) 08:27, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

218 pages
On hold pending next WP:JUDI batch -- GreenC 05:24, 5 November 2026 (UTC)

theage.com.au

news.theage.com.au is dead this has moved to here

theage.com.au/articles redirects this redirects to here. DiophantineEquation (talk) 09:34, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

16,845 pages
rate limiter

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
Batch 1 (00001-03000): Checked 3,000 pages and edited 2,136 pages. Moved 2,996 links to a new URL: 390 normal redirects, 2,604 ruled mapped redirects, 2 ghost mapped redirects, Resolved 53 soft-404s. Removed 2 {{dead link}}. Added 29 {{dead link}}. Switched 133 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 8 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 629 structured references. Added 55 archive URLs (55 Wayback). Changed 181 citation metadata.
Batch 2 (03001-10000): Checked 7,000 pages and edited 4,829 pages. Moved 6,942 links to a new URL: 813 normal redirects, 6,129 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 127 soft-404s. Removed 4 {{dead link}}. Added 55 {{dead link}}. Switched 349 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 32 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 1,372 structured references. Added 116 archive URLs (116 Wayback). Changed 436 citation metadata.
Batch 3 (10001-16991): Checked 6,911 pages and edited 4,750 pages. Resolved 102 soft-404s. Removed 3 {{dead link}}. Switched 284 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 32 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 1,397 structured references. Added 131 archive URLs (131 Wayback). Changed 430 citation metadata.
Pass B: archive.today conversions
  • Checked 95 pages and edited 95 pages. Added 122 archive URLs (122 Wayback). Changed 5 citation metadata.

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 00:47, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

seacoastonline.com

this moved here

this redirects here DiophantineEquation (talk) 09:22, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

1,009 pages
bot mitigation

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
Pass B: archive.today conversions

IABot Db

 Done -- GreenC 03:04, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

jezebel.com

New owner of Jezebel has just deleted a bunch of articles, seemingly for political reasons. 1,149 pages need to be checked. NotBartEhrman (talk) 00:09, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
  • Checked 1,149 pages and edited 561 pages. Moved 305 links to a new URL: 1 normal redirects, 304 file mapped redirects, Resolved 1 soft-404s. Removed 1 {{dead link}}. Added 1 {{dead link}}. Switched 81 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 45 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 57 structured references. Added 153 archive URLs (153 Wayback). Changed 100 citation metadata.
Pass B: archive.today conversions
  • Checked 13 pages and edited 13 pages. Switched 4 |url-status=live to dead. Added 14 archive URLs (14 Wayback). Changed 2 citation metadata.

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 06:29, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

query.nytimes.com

These ones redirect to new links. Examples include this to that for France and this to that for Television. Paywall notice will appear after loading the page. If archives or new links aren't found, I think the references could be converted to hardcopies. ~21k. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:32, 31 October 2026 (UTC)

Requested 8 months ago and I was unable then due to security. I can try again with new approaches. It probably won't be complete. Query.nytimes.com is an old CMS system and vulnerable to lost redirects. -- GreenC 19:41, 1 November 2026 (UTC)
Ah, forgot I requested it earlier. If you can't move then, no worries. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:01, 1 November 2026 (UTC)
It now looks possible, at least partially. Today I will begin downloading data, while continuing to work on other projects. The NYT has an API that is helpful, they cap how many requests per day. Likewise IA CDX records to download. -- GreenC 20:13, 1 November 2026 (UTC)
If you have to do chunks of it per day to avoid the cap, that's fine with me. Thank you for looking into it. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:24, 1 November 2026 (UTC)
It worked very well converting a high pct. The bot never touched the live site, only the NYT API and Wayback CDX. Data took about 4 days to retrieve and process, the final run is relatively fast everything is on disk.

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
  • Batch 1 (00001-03000): Checked 3,000 pages and edited 2,807 pages. Moved 3,781 links to a new URL: 3,781 file mapped redirects, Removed 1 {{dead link}}. Added 20 {{dead link}}. Switched 83 |url-status=dead to live. Converted 913 structured references. Added 1 archive URLs (1 Wayback). Changed 32 citation metadata.
  • Batch 2 (03001-21461): Checked 18,464 pages and edited 17,285 pages. Moved 23,343 links to a new URL: 23,343 file mapped redirects, Removed 8 {{dead link}}. Added 182 {{dead link}}. Switched 436 |url-status=dead to live. Converted 5,703 structured references. Added 1 archive URLs (1 Wayback). Changed 325 citation metadata.
Pass B: archive.today conversions
  • Checked 8 pages and edited 8 pages. Switched 3 |url-status=live to dead. Added 8 archive URLs (8 Wayback).

IABot DB

  • Nothing to be done IABot does not support URL moves.

 Done -- GreenC 17:29, 7 November 2026 (UTC)

int.soccerway.com

this redirects here

this is dead but is available here DiophantineEquation (talk) 07:15, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

105,896 pages including {{soccerway}}

Enwiki

Pass A: main run, cite templates and {{soccerway}}
  • Batch 1 (000001-003000): Checked 3,000 pages and edited 2,791 pages. Updated 2,420 {{Soccerway}} templates (1,256 new ID, 1,164 archive). Moved 2,226 links to a new URL: 2,224 normal redirects, 2 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 1,702 soft-404s. Added 95 {{dead link}}. Switched 11 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 40 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 88 structured references. Added 1,466 archive URLs (1,466 Wayback). Changed 286 citation metadata.
  • Batch 2 (003001-013000): Checked 10,000 pages and edited 9,323 pages. Updated 7,906 {{Soccerway}} templates (4,000 new ID, 3,906 archive). Moved 8,165 links to a new URL: 8,140 normal redirects, 25 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 5,797 soft-404s. Added 304 {{dead link}}. Switched 44 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 178 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 262 structured references. Added 4,727 archive URLs (4,727 Wayback). Changed 1,001 citation metadata.
  • Batch 3 (013000-023000): Checked 10,000 pages and edited 9,154 pages. Updated 7,636 {{Soccerway}} templates (4,082 new ID, 3,554 archive). Moved 8,410 links to a new URL: 8,374 normal redirects, 36 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 5,596 soft-404s. Removed 2 {{dead link}}. Added 287 {{dead link}}. Switched 40 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 107 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 375 structured references. Added 4,670 archive URLs (4,670 Wayback). Changed 1,163 citation metadata.
  • Batch 4 (023001-033000): Checked 10,000 pages and edited 9,278 pages. Updated 7,816 {{Soccerway}} templates (4,116 new ID, 3,700 archive). Moved 7,434 links to a new URL: 7,405 normal redirects, 29 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 5,241 soft-404s. Added 363 {{dead link}}. Switched 19 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 87 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 400 structured references. Added 4,508 archive URLs (4,508 Wayback). Changed 805 citation metadata.
  • Batch 5 (033001-053000): Checked 20,000 pages and edited 18,645 pages. Updated 15,735 {{Soccerway}} templates (8,289 new ID, 7,446 archive). Moved 16,053 links to a new URL: 15,987 normal redirects, 66 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 11,077 soft-404s. Removed 1 {{dead link}}. Added 575 {{dead link}}. Switched 59 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 226 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 699 structured references. Added 9,533 archive URLs (9,533 Wayback). Changed 1,680 citation metadata.
  • Batch 6 (053001-073000): Checked 20,000 pages and edited 18,597 pages. Updated 15,863 {{Soccerway}} templates (8,279 new ID, 7,584 archive). Moved 16,062 links to a new URL: 16,054 normal redirects, 8 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 10,980 soft-404s. Removed 126 {{dead link}}. Added 654 {{dead link}}. Switched 145 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 331 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 921 structured references. Added 9,214 archive URLs (9,214 Wayback). Changed 2,100 citation metadata.
  • Batch 7 (073001-093000): Checked 20,000 pages and edited 18,554 pages. Updated 15,788 {{Soccerway}} templates (8,224 new ID, 7,564 archive). Moved 15,024 links to a new URL: 15,017 normal redirects, 7 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 9,688 soft-404s. Added 459 {{dead link}}. Switched 70 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 248 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 698 structured references. Added 7,875 archive URLs (7,875 Wayback). Changed 1,834 citation metadata.
  • Batch 8 (093001-105896): Checked 12,896 pages and edited 12,012 pages. Updated 10,038 {{Soccerway}} templates (5,166 new ID, 4,872 archive). Moved 9,225 links to a new URL: 9,202 normal redirects, 23 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 7,236 soft-404s. Added 395 {{dead link}}. Switched 52 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 173 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 562 structured references. Added 6,158 archive URLs (6,158 Wayback). Changed 1,300 citation metadata.

canadasoccer.com

this redirects here

this redirects here

this dead, available here DiophantineEquation (talk) 07:27, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

1,573 pages

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
Pass B: archive.today conversions
Checked 8 pages and edited 8 pages. Added 9 archive URLs (9 Wayback).

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 03:22, 7 November 2026 (UTC)

venturebeat.com

this redirects here

venturebeat.com/games articles moved this to gamebeat.com here DiophantineEquation (talk) 07:46, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

5,846 pages
rate limits, bot mitigation

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
  • Checked 5,860 pages and edited 5,274 pages. Moved 7,178 links to a new URL: 3,724 normal redirects, 3,454 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 10 soft-404s. Removed 34 {{dead link}}. Added 20 {{dead link}}. Switched 1,113 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 182 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 280 structured references. Added 328 archive URLs (328 Wayback). Changed 376 citation metadata.
Pass B: archive.today conversions
  • Checked 40 pages and edited 40 pages. Switched 39 |url-status=live to dead. Added 51 archive URLs (51 Wayback). Changed 1 citation metadata.

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 05:42, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

rpg.net

Could not find where all the rpg.net articles have moved to on forums.rpg.net. e.g. this. Archives if cannot be found please. DiophantineEquation (talk) 08:22, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

1,170 pages

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
  • Checked 1,192 pages and edited 1,149 pages. Added 45 {{dead link}}. Switched 90 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 296 structured references. Added 1,358 archive URLs (1,358 Wayback). Changed 384 citation metadata.
Pass B: archive.today conversion
  • Checked 5 pages and edited 6 pages. Switched 3 |url-status=live to dead. Added 5 archive URLs (5 Wayback). Changed 1 citation metadata.

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 21:15, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for this @GreenC and @DiophantineEquation! I too have been frustrated that the RPG net game index is not currently available, so I'm glad you put in this bot request. BOZ (talk) 21:58, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

arstechnica.com

Found redirects and broken links here:

8k. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:23, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
  • Batch 1 (0001-4000): Checked 4,000 pages and edited 1,259 pages. Moved 1,386 links to a new URL: 1,146 normal redirects, 240 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 2 soft-404s. Added 3 {{dead link}}. Switched 25 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 7 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 200 structured references. Added 14 archive URLs (14 Wayback). Changed 167 citation metadata.
  • Batch 2 (4001-8264): Checked 4,264 pages and edited 1,361 pages. Moved 1,882 links to a new URL: 1,205 normal redirects, 677 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 3 soft-404s. Added 3 {{dead link}}. Switched 43 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 9 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 193 structured references. Added 18 archive URLs (18 Wayback). Changed 197 citation metadata.
Pass B: archive.today conversion
  • Checked 30 pages and edited 30 pages. Added 36 archive URLs (36 Wayback). Changed 3 citation metadata.

IABot DB

  • Updated 1,574 URLs

 Done -- GreenC 16:48, 9 November 2026 (UTC)

Comment
Bug found and fixed. It treated a commented-out archive.today link as a real archive and removed the dead-link tag. -- GreenC 07:31, 9 November 2026 (UTC)

und.com

und.com redirects to fightingirish.com

this redirects to here but is a 404.

this successfully redirects.

this redirects to 404 but is available here DiophantineEquation (talk) 20:30, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

899 pages

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
  • Checked 904 pages and edited 825 pages. Moved 1,473 links to a new URL: 808 normal redirects, 1 ruled mapped redirects, 664 file mapped redirects, Removed 1 {{dead link}}. Added 31 {{dead link}}. Switched 207 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 5 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 101 structured references. Added 188 archive URLs (188 Wayback). Changed 405 citation metadata.
Pass B: archive.today conversions
  • Checked 3 pages and edited 4 pages. Added 3 archive URLs (3 Wayback). Changed 4 citation metadata.

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 21:16, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

sudantribune.com

There are 500 dead links left. I already added archives for the other 800. Almost all the links are dead. Thepharoah17 (talk) 02:16, 2 November 2026 (UTC)

1,308 pages
bot mitigation, subscription, rate limiting

Enwiki

Pass A: main run
  • Checked 1,318 pages and edited 959 pages. Removed 2 {{dead link}}. Added 410 {{dead link}}. Switched 1,115 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 177 structured references. Added 1,058 archive URLs (1,058 Wayback). Changed 233 citation metadata.
Pass B: archive.today conversion
  • Checked 14 pages and edited 15 pages. Switched 9 |url-status=live to dead. Added 16 archive URLs (16 Wayback). Changed 3 citation metadata.

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 16:46, 9 November 2026 (UTC)

library.la84.org

library.la84.org redirects to digital.la84.org

this redirects here but not to the right page. If you want the pdf, you can go here.

this redirects to here which is dead but is here.

Not sure if helpful, but most have archives if that's easier. DiophantineEquation (talk) 11:38, 2 November 2026 (UTC)

1,899 pages
bot mitigation
Because of the high rate of availability of archives for this site, and error proneness of trying to find a live page due to the bot mitigation, I will archive the whole site. Nearly every link is a PDF and they display equally well as archives. -- GreenC 02:57, 9 November 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

IABot DB

 Done -- GreenC 16:43, 9 November 2026 (UTC)

biospace.com

this is dead but is here.

this redirects here DiophantineEquation (talk) 11:32, 4 November 2026 (UTC)

693 pages
Status: done – GreenC bot (talk) 07:33, 11 November 2026 (UTC)

Enwiki

Pass Archive.today
  • Checked 1 pages and edited 1 pages. Switched 1 |url-status=live to dead. Added 1 archive URLs (1 Wayback).
Pass Main
  • Checked 694 pages and edited 464 pages. Moved 791 links to a new URL: 453 normal redirects, 338 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 4 soft-404s. Removed 2 {{dead link}}. Added 5 {{dead link}}. Switched 34 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 2 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 23 structured references. Added 38 archive URLs (38 Wayback). Changed 50 citation metadata.

IABot DB

  • Updated 402 URLs

iwrp.net

Moved from WP:BOTREQ
 – * Pppery * it has begun... 16:34, 4 November 2026 (UTC)

About 109 external links in 89 articles (mostly weightlifters and weightlifting championships) point to the IWRP results database (iwrp.net) using its old URL format with query parameters. After the site moved to a new engine these URLs no longer work – they only open the home page instead of the results. The numeric IDs did not change, so the fix is mechanical:

Because a bare /zawodnik/N only redirects to the full address, I have already resolved the full canonical URL for every link: User:Blanchard-BTI/iwrp (old URL → new URL, one row per link). A few unusual links (one athlete page that no longer exists, plus 4 links in other formats) are listed separately for manual fixing. Links generated by {{IWRP}} (/public/zawodnik/…) still work through a redirect and can be left alone.

The same task was recently done on the Polish Wikipedia (about 120 pages, by PBbot). Thanks, Blanchard-BTI (talk) 16:32, 4 November 2026 (UTC)

Status: done – GreenC bot (talk) 00:00, 12 November 2026 (UTC)

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Discussion
Thank you very much, GreenC – the result looks great. A follow-up question: the same dead old-format iwrp.net URLs (?view=contestant&id_zawodnik=N, ?view=contest&id_zawody=N) are also common on other Wikipedias. Approximate counts in article space: ru 354, fr 339, it 272, de 267, fa 266, pt 237, ko 194, hy 96, es 66, sv 35, tr 34, bg 31, no 24, lv 13, uk 12, plus a few on ~20 smaller wikis (about 2,300 links in total). The mapping is the same as here (IDs unchanged; the new pages are iwrp.net/zawodnik/N and iwrp.net/zawody/N). Is it possible for the bot to run on some of these wikis, or should I file requests on each wiki locally? (I have already updated the old URL format in fa:الگو:IWRP and ko:틀:IWRP, copying the current en:Template:IWRP.) Blanchard-BTI (talk) 17:35, 12 November 2026 (UTC)
Blanchard-BTI. You are welcome. For now, we can't support URL transforms anywhere but Enwiki. However during the IABot DB step I processed every URL the bot knows about on all wikis - I recorded the results in a local map intended for future work. I'll make the map available. Other wiki bots can easily search/replace URLs. Here is the map: Wikipedia:Link rot/Cases/iwrp.net -- GreenC 00:38, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

swisscharts.com

Swisscharts.com used to be a music chart website per Wikipedia:Record charts. While the links work, it looks like its duplicating hitparade.ch.

Since swisscharts.com are still active, I was wondering a copy could be saved at IA before changing the links to hitparade.ch on Wikipedia. ~3k. If any links don't convert, please let me know. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 21:29, 4 November 2026 (UTC)

User:MrLinkinPark333: This is what I found (AI-based search with copyedits):

Based on the above might be better to leave swisscharts.com as the English-language entry to the site. Possibly even switch the German-language hitparade.ch over to the English swisscharts.com but seems unnecessary to maintain that since the differences in pages are minor, probably advertising banners and interface localizations. -- GreenC 16:12, 11 November 2026 (UTC)

I did not realize that hitparade.ch was also by Hung Medien. In that case, there are links that redirect on swisscharts.com. For example, this to that for Kelly Rowland and this to that for NSYNC. If the links break in the future, they could be updated later to hitparade.ch. Theres ~400 with this URL format. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:49, 11 November 2026 (UTC)
The site has insurmountable bot mitigation, I can't determine live redirects. But was able to build a map with Wayback ghost redirects. This is a bit uncertain there is no way to verify the new link works, spot checks look good and the new URL shapes check out with known working URLs. I'll try it and if you see problems let me know, it can always be reverted. About 560 URls total. -- GreenC 03:59, 12 November 2026 (UTC)
Status: done – GreenC bot (talk) 02:52, 14 November 2026 (UTC)

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  • Checked 513 pages and edited 511 pages. Moved 603 links to a new URL: 603 file mapped redirects, Removed 1 {{dead link}}. Added 2 {{dead link}}. Switched 47 |url-status=dead to live. Switched 1 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 62 structured references. Added 13 archive URLs (13 Wayback).

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Institutet för språk och folkminnen

From meta:User talk:InternetArchiveBot#Teach IABot how to save these URLs:

on sv:Haiku, the URL declared dead 2025-04 contained (I fixed it) the part svar=45569.

This can be used to fix it, with the only required parameter. (It will result in a redirect, but to an URL with another number, and I don't know how to translate.)

On the two older domains formats are:

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ponken (talk • contribs)

Harej (talk) 21:42, 4 November 2026 (UTC)

Ponken, I did what is possible on English Wikipedia (below). Unfortunately we have no tools to make URL moves on other wikis nor can InternetArchiveBot. It remains for each wiki to do this kind of work. Hope this situation changes in the future. -- GreenC 03:29, 12 November 2026 (UTC)

isof.se

This can be used to fix a dead link, with the only required parameter svar=. It will result in a redirect to a URL with a different number.

116 pages
Status: done – GreenC bot (talk) 23:15, 11 November 2026 (UTC)
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sprakochfolkminnen.se

Two domains formats that can be transformed:

48 pages
Status: done – GreenC bot (talk) 21:06, 11 November 2026 (UTC)
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spraknamnden.se

7 pages
Status: done – GreenC bot (talk) 22:23, 11 November 2026 (UTC)
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  • Checked 7 pages and edited 5 pages. Switched 1 |url-status=live to dead. Converted 3 structured references. Added 2 archive URLs (2 Wayback).
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  • Updated 73 URLs

screenonline.org.uk

From meta:User talk:InternetArchiveBot#Redirects to UKGWA?:

I'm hoping someone can help me with fixing some broken links by pointing them at the UK Government Web Archive, and I hope that this is the correct place to ask. If not, please just move me along.

So, it would be relatively easy to rewrite all the existing screenonline links to the archived version of the site at UKGWA by simply prepending 'https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/', which also preserves the original screenonline URL (in case eg UKGWA ever goes down but Wayback machine does not)

I think that the links should be rewritten in this way, and to redirect to UKGWA rather than the wayback machine, as requested by the original site's owners, the BFI.

Is InternetArchiveBot a legitimate way to do this? I tried to look at the bot itself to see if it could be configured to do this, but the bot queue is currently disabled.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by TheDannyBirchall (talk • contribs)

TheDannyBirchall, this is done (per below). The site is completely hostile to bots (automated queries). I was able to find a quirky CDX API and doing some difficult non-standard things extract enough information to finally determine the timestamps for each URL. It's understandable in this age of AI bot scrapers, but as an end user I found the UKGWA system almost unusable.-- GreenC 15:59, 12 November 2026 (UTC)
Thanks so much GreenC ! It looked to me like you could just leave the timestamp out of the URL, but did that not turn out to be the case? -- TheDannyBirchall (talk) 10:29, 13 November 2026 (UTC)
You are welcome. The timestamps are required otherwise other bots (InternetArchiveBot) do not recognize it as a valid archive URL and delete it from wiki. Visible in this test: Special:Diff/1385121191/1385121286. IABot switched the non-timestamp archive to a Wayback URL. IABot requires timestamps in |archive-url URLs -- GreenC 17:04, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

Harej (talk) 21:43, 4 November 2026 (UTC)


TheDannyBirchall (talk) 10:29, 13 November 2026 (UTC)


2,950 pages
bot mitigation at UKGWA

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salon.com

Hi! I see GreenC is already aware that Salon (website) has ceased publication. Their announcement from today does not say how long their articles or website will remain up; is URLREQ the place to ask if it is possible to put |archive-url and |archive-date with |url-status=live in citations that don't already have them? I am aware that WP:SALON.COM does not say the source is generally reliable, but making the citations resilient in the face of changes to salon.com itself will give us more time to determine what to do with the references. Thank you! Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 21:42, 5 November 2026 (UTC)

A reasonable idea. 9,122 pages -- GreenC 05:02, 6 November 2026 (UTC)
Rotideypoc41352: Salon is a defacto gambling usurpation Talk:Salon_(website)#Usurpation so we could take it a step further and usurp the domain. That means changing |url-status=usurped which renders only the archive URL not the primary URL. It can also result in the removal of links when there is no archive available. At the moment the site is still clean, so it would be considered preemptive if it was done. -- GreenC 17:47, 6 November 2026 (UTC)
I think we should hold off on preemptive usurpation. More editors would need to be aware before that happens, as someone just checking through citations will see the site is live, probably get confused, and change the |url-status back to live. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 18:03, 6 November 2026 (UTC)
Ok. Also, Salon Explorer is being populated right now. -- GreenC 19:51, 6 November 2026 (UTC)
Wahoo! I was just telling an off-wiki friend that I was worried about potentially losing articles not already cited here and an easy way to search through them. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 20:32, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

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  • Batch 1 (0001-4500): Checked 4,500 pages and edited 3,702 pages. Moved 1,454 links to a new URL: 77 normal redirects, 1,377 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 44 soft-404s. Removed 5 {{dead link}}. Added 15 {{dead link}}. Switched 912 |url-status=dead to live. Converted 580 structured references. Added 2,424 archive URLs (2,424 Wayback). Changed 826 citation metadata.
  • Batch 2 (4501-9144): Checked 4,644 pages and edited 3,783 pages. Moved 1,537 links to a new URL: 82 normal redirects, 1,455 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 47 soft-404s. Removed 2 {{dead link}}. Added 22 {{dead link}}. Switched 947 |url-status=dead to live. Converted 615 structured references. Added 2,383 archive URLs (2,383 Wayback). Changed 876 citation metadata.
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  • Checked 81 pages and edited 49 pages. Added 58 archive URLs (58 Wayback). Changed 13 citation metadata.
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  • Checked 184 pages and edited 179 pages. Moved 34 links to a new URL: 34 ruled mapped redirects, Resolved 2 soft-404s. Added 6 {{dead link}}. Switched 7 |url-status=dead to live. Converted 6 structured references. Added 23 archive URLs (23 Wayback). Changed 2 citation metadata.
Over 99% of salon citations now have an archive. Before the run, 42% did.

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  • Updated 7,303 URLs

 Done -- GreenC 14:06, 14 November 2026 (UTC)

cineartistes.com

This website has been used as a reference for many artist's biographies, but has recently been usurped by online gambling.

Seems like it was archived, so the content should be accessible via archived links.

example page : Joan Fontaine (references)

all pages that use this website (search link) : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?limit=500&ns0=1&search=cineartistes&searchToken=3mpxcywwp8besh6wwnwvjoy7v&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default Benderisgreat98 (talk) 17:52, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

On hold for next WP:JUDI batch -- GreenC 17:52, 11 November 2026 (UTC)

smh.com.au

this redirects here

this is dead but is here since it was moved by the Sydney Morning Herald, but may be easier to just place archives (already one for this article).

this redirects here

this redirects here


37037 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 20:21, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

Status: in progress – Pass Main – GreenC bot (talk) 06:07, 14 November 2026 (UTC)

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  • Checked 427 pages and edited 426 pages. Switched 1 |url-status=live to dead. Added 623 archive URLs (623 Wayback).

couriermail.com.au

this is dead.

Could not find many live articles. 4961 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 20:32, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

Status: in progress – GreenC bot (talk) 00:07, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

gpo.gov

many gpo.gov moved to govinfo.gov

this redirects here

this redirects here. 5835 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 05:17, 7 November 2026 (UTC)

Status: in progress – GreenC bot (talk) 00:23, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

opsi.gov.uk

opsi.gov.uk redirects to legislation.gov.uk, this goes here. 1418 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 05:23, 7 November 2026 (UTC)

Status: in progress – GreenC bot (talk) 00:37, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

minnesota.publicradio.org

news.minnesota.publicradio.org still works but minnesota.public.org redirects for example to here. 1108 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 18:41, 7 November 2026 (UTC)

Status: in progress – GreenC bot (talk) 00:37, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

cdc.gov/niosh/blogs

www.cdc.gov/niosh/blogs/... needs to be changed to www.cdc.gov/niosh/bulletin/... The later part of the URL is unchanged. Thanks. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 19:48, 7 November 2026 (UTC)


Status: in progress – GreenC bot (talk) 05:52, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

spiegel.de

This website has various redirects:

There's various other folders as well. Since I cannot predict which ones will redirect, I think the entire site should be checked. As it's a magazine, any links that dont have archives could be converted to hard copies eg. cite news without a |url=. ~13k. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 04:22, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

Status: in progress – GreenC bot (talk) 06:07, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

radionz.co.nz

radionz.co.nz is rnz.co.nz, for example, this redirects here. 2451 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 06:34, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

Status: in progress – GreenC bot (talk) 06:07, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

newshub.co.nz

newshub.co.nz moved to stuffed.co.nz, for example, this redirects here. 2201 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 06:36, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

Status: in progress – GreenC bot (talk) 06:07, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

nzherald.co.nz

this is dead but is available here.

this is available here.

19289 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 06:41, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

i.stuff.co.nz

this is dead but is available here. 483 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 06:48, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

todayonline.com

todayonline.com redirects to channelnewsasia.com. 2604 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 08:06, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

tnp.straitstimes.com

all tnp.straitstimes.com links are dead. e.g. this. Need archives. 850 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 08:13, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

voxeu.org

voxeu.org redirects to cepr.org, for example, this to here. 344 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 08:43, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

Global Compositae Database

There seems to have been a change of URLs which has made many links dead:

Can you set your Amazing Bot off to do a quick and easy replace? It's only four characters :/gcd

Thanks! Big Blue Cray(fish) Twins (talk) 14:27, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

theregister.co.uk

theregister.co.uk redirects to theregister.com, e.g. this to here. 3577 pages

DiophantineEquation (talk) 06:59, 9 November 2026 (UTC)

mashable.com

Old mashable.com articles moved to mashable.com/archive. e.g. this moved here. 5424 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 07:06, 9 November 2026 (UTC)

joystiq.com

joystiq redirects to engadget home page, but is available here on engadget.

this is here too. 2239 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 07:09, 9 November 2026 (UTC)

nbcsports.com

nbcsports.com/boston: this redirects to here

profootball.nbcsports.com: this is dead, but is available here

nba.nbcsports.com: this redirects to here

olympic.nbcsports.com this redirects here

motorsports.nbcsports.com: this is dead, could not find.

sportsworld.nbcsports.com this is dead, could not find.

prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com: this is dead, available here

offthebench.nbcsports.com: dead could not find.

nascar.nbcsports.com: this goes here

soccer.nbcsports.com: this goes here.

hardballtalk.nbcsports.com: this is dead, but available here

mlb.nbcsports.com: this goes here.

Might be more. DiophantineEquation (talk) 07:19, 10 November 2026 (UTC)

dw.de

dw.de redirects to dw.com e.g. this goes here. But the article titles seem different for some reason? Article text is the same. DiophantineEquation (talk) 07:42, 10 November 2026 (UTC)

abc.net.au

this moved here. I see this was done back in 2025, but wondering if there are now new methods to move them to a live site? If not, that's fine, can we maybe move the archive.today links to archive.org links where available? Thanks. DiophantineEquation (talk) 09:05, 11 November 2026 (UTC)

whonamedit.com

Reported at meta:User_talk:InternetArchiveBot#Dead_link_had_many_archives by User:Treetear. General cleanup domain looks alldead and needs archives. -- GreenC 03:44, 12 November 2026 (UTC)

skynews.com.au

skynews.com.au rebranded to news24.com.au, e.g. this moved here 1216 pages DiophantineEquation (talk) 07:35, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

bloombergquint.com

this is available here. bloombergquint.com is dead. 398 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 07:55, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

dailytelegraph.com.au

this goes here. Many others are dead. 7682 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 08:05, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

autoweek.com

this goes here and this goes here. 2255 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 21:13, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

www1.skysports.com

this redirects here. 3353 pages. DiophantineEquation (talk) 21:27, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

nydailynews.com

Nydailynews has working and broken links. New URLs will load momentarily before a paywall comes up.

If any of these links don't work, they could be converted to hard copies with cite news. 19k. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 23:47, 13 November 2026 (UTC)

hindu.com

This website is broken. New URLs may be at thehindu.com. The entire website is under a paywall, including the homepage. Some of these already have archived copies from IA.

If working links can't be found, they could be converted over with cite news. 10k. Thanks! MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 23:59, 13 November 2026 (UTC)