Forum:CT:Deadlinks wording tweak

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The result of the debate was Support. —spookywilloww^talk 11:18, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

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Following up on a portion of this SH. While leaving most for whenever Nano eventually comes back to it, some of it is best not left in place because it's not active practice and hasn't been for a long time. For Wookieepedia:Sourcing:

• The Wookieepedia community, particularly the article-reviewing panels through the article-nomination processes, may judge the validity of expired external links, including social media posts, that cannot produce a backup link or screenshot. The original URL must be provided in the reference, accompanied by a note indicating that its content has expired, such as (Information no longer available). and the |nobackup=, |nolive=, and |oldversion= parameters, depending on the needs of the specific template, must be used to indicate the content is expired and no longer available.

Somewhat self-explanatory; we've been using the parameters for years now instead of just {{C}}. Struck text to be removed, bolded to be added.—spookywilloww^talk 00:53, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

Support

1. —spookywilloww^talk 00:53, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
2. Lewisr (talk) 00:57, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
3. This wasn't a thing already? Huh. Cade Calrayn 01:05, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
4. JMAS ^{Hey, it's me!} 01:12, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
5. ThePedantry (talk) 02:02, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
6. CometSmudge (talk) 03:06, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
7. Fan26 (Talk) 03:41, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
8. Yasen Nestorov (talk) 03:52, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
9. Mor9347 ^(Talk) 08:15, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
10. Imperators II^(Talk) 10:17, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
11. StarWarsFan327 (talk) 10:37, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
12. Tommy-Macaroni (he/they) 16:42, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
13. Bonzane10 13:23, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
14. I disagree with the existing policy giving the review boards formal authority over archival links, but I suppose that's slightly beyond the scope of this tweak. OOM 224 22:53, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
15. NBDani (they/them)^{Yeager's Repairs} 14:28, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
16. Master Fredcerique(talk) (he/him) 17:34, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
17. あざした (talk) 05:26, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

Discuss