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Deadlinks
Please do not removed deadlinks. Thanks. See wp:dead links.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:54, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
 * According to WP:ELDEAD, there's nothing wrong with removing deadlinks from the External links section: "Links to dead URLs in a list of external links are of no use to Wikipedia articles. Such dead links should either be updated or removed." 32.218.41.218 (talk) 23:45, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
 * That's interesting. It's confusing. WP:KDL says: "'A dead, unarchived source URL may still be useful. Such a link indicates that information was (probably) verifiable in the past, and the link might provide another user with greater resources or expertise with enough information to find the reference. It could also return from the dead. With a dead link, it is possible to determine if it has been cited elsewhere, or to contact the person originally responsible for the source. For example, one could contact the Yale Computer Science department if http://www.cs.yale.edu/~EliYale/Defense-in-Depth-PhD-thesis.pdf were dead. Place dead link after the dead URL and just before the  tag if applicable, leaving the original link intact. Placing dead link auto-categorizes the article into Articles with dead external links project category, and into specific monthly date range category based on date parameter.  Do not delete a URL just because it has been tagged with dead link for a long time.'"


 * Most of that would seem to apply to ELs as well -- they could return from the dead, when the bot gets to them, or someone could use them as a starting point for research and restoration. Odd. Epeefleche (talk) 00:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC)


 * That appears to apply to references. The intro to WP:KDL refers to sources. Also, the continuation to the quote above from WP:ELDEAD makes a distinction between deadlinks in sources and deadlinks in the External links section: "Note however, that the matter is different for references." 32.218.41.218 (talk) 00:09, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Understood. My point above is that the rationale would seem to apply to ELs as well -- they could return from the dead, when the bot gets to them, or someone could use them as a starting point for research and restoration.  That's why I see it as odd. Epeefleche (talk) 00:12, 13 December 2014 (UTC)