User:DASHBot/WebCite

In an effort to combat link rot, DASHBot archives new links added in references.

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Procedure

 * The bot listens to the IRC channel #wikipedia-en-spam on freenode.net, and logs all urls added to the article space.


 * The bot verifies in 24 hours that the url still exists on the page, and also that the url is used in at least one reference.


 * The bot checks its local cache for an archive within the past 100 days. If none exists, it requests that WebCite create an archive.


 * The bot checks that the archive was a success one hour after the request was made.
 * The bot then inserts the archive into the article using either a WebCite template or the appropriate parameters in a Citation template.

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