User:BlevintronBot

Important info

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What is this bot?
This bot tries to fix link rot. It looks for dead links and replaces them with archive links. If it can't find an archive link, it asks a human for help.
 * The bot is open-source software. You can find the source code on github.
 * The experiment: is the bot helpful, or annoying?
 * The Request for approval ( submitted, trial , withdrawn , open...)
 * A public discussion at VP.  An   old public discussion at the village pump idea lab.
 * Frequently asked questions

Other bots which address link rot

 * DASHBot -- Replace 404 links with archived copy (+/- 1 month 6 months ), or mark dead link.  BRfA.
 * H3llBot -- (Task ADL) Replace 404 links with archived copy (+/- 6 months), or mark dead link. BRfA.
 * AnomieBOT -- (Task ReplaceExternalLinks5) Replace 404 links with archived copy (any copy earlier?), or mark dead link. Only run on demand.   BRfA.
 * WebCiteBOT -- Try to prevent link rot. Submit new links from Wikipedia to webcitation.org for archiving, and updates the article with the archived copy.  BRfA.

Other things

 * BlevintronBot's edit stats