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Offline Arnox

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A Word on Links
« on: November 12, 2014, 05:18:46 am »
First thing I'd like to say is that it's awesome how people contributing to the more serious sub-forums. Seriously, I mean it. Keep it up.

However, I am seeing a lot of links to other sites for the core of the information itself. While this is definitely sometimes the more practical solution when, for example, an article on a site is too long really for a copypasta of it to be practical. Keep in mind though that websites can and do shut down constantly. And while the Wayback Machine MAY have the link archived, it can be rare and you should NOT count on it. Actually, it doesn't even have to shut down for the link to be dead. A lot of times, the owner of a website may restructure the whole site and that old link may not be valid anymore as well.

So remember, if at all possible, copypasta that sucker into a post and cite it with a link to the original article. That way, if people still want to view the article, they can still do so no matter the current state of the site. Anyway, that's about it. Keep it good, everyone.


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Re: A Word on Links
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2014, 05:22:19 am »
Your wish is my command. Anything to further the totse army.