On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's the Archive's on-demand service: > > http://archive-it.org > > That would be the most reliable way to set up the partnership emijrp > proposes. And it's certainly a good idea. Figuring out how to make > it work for almost all editors and make it spam-proof may be > interesting. > > SJ > > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Ray Saintonge <sainto...@telus.net> wrote: >> David Gerard wrote: >>> On 24 August 2010 14:57, emijrp <emi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I want to make a proposal about external links preservation. Many times, >>>> when you check an external link or a link reference, the website is dead or >>>> offline. This websites are important, because they are the sources for the >>>> facts showed in the articles. Internet Archive searches for interesting >>>> websites to save in their hard disks, so, we can send them our external >>>> links sql tables (all projects and languages of course). They improve their >>>> database and we always have a copy of the sources text to check when >>>> needed. >>>> I think that this can be a cool partnership. >>>> >>> +1 >>> >>> >> Are people who clean up dead links taking the time to check Internet >> Archive to se if the page in question is there? >> >> >> Ec >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > > > -- > Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
I actually proposed some form of Wikimedia / IArchive link collaboration some years ago to a friend who worked there at the time; however, they left shortly afterwards. I like SJ's particular idea. Who has current contacts with Brewster Kahle or someone else over there? -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
