User talk:Blevintron/Bot/FalsePositives

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False positive[edit]

Blevintron indicated this link from Wave power was dead, but I was able to locate an archived version.--E8 (talk) 02:29, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reporting this. I'll look into this. Blevintron (talk) 13:30, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you are interested, here's what happened: The bot looked at the archives, but it didn't find a copy that was archived within six months of the access date. Beyond six months, there is too much of a risk that the contents of the external link have changed. In those cases, we need human intelligence to repair the link since bots cannot understand the meaning of documents. The bot played it safe and did not automatically replace the link. Blevintron (talk) 16:04, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]