alt.hn

2/20/2026 at 9:50:57 AM

Wikipedia has deprecated and will blacklist archive.today

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance

by gyrovague-com

2/20/2026 at 10:23:24 AM

> Change the original source to something that doesn't need an archive (e.g., a source that was printed on paper), or for which a link to an archive is only a matter of convenience.

As if paper sources are any less susceptible to becoming increasingly unavailable over time...

by LegionMammal978

2/20/2026 at 10:44:30 AM

The archive.today owner made a good suggestion: Wikipedia should make their own archive. They can migrate all archive.xx snapshots there. They have the resources and it would be as resilient as Wikipedia itself.

by armchairhacker

2/20/2026 at 10:51:12 AM

Since Wikipedia established that the archiver tampered with stored pages I doubt migrating is on the cards, the trust in those archives has been burned regardless of who hosts them going forward.

by jsheard

2/20/2026 at 11:22:11 AM

AFAIK the only evidence of tampered pages are those involved in this controversy. That archive.xx could tamper pages has always been possible (and a reason why Wikipedia should have their own archive, and migrate ASAP).

But still, Wikipedia can corroborate any archive.xx page, and if they find a matching source, archive that instead.

by armchairhacker

2/20/2026 at 4:41:18 PM

I don't understand the need to go "Hey the only bad things are these ones i already have."

That doesn't lessen anything

by halJordan