User talk:Vidamadrilena

July 2020
Hello, and thank you for your efforts to improve Wikipedia! However, you should know that it is not a good idea to remove citations or information sourced through citations simply because a link to a source is not working, as you did to Climate of Valencia. Dead links should not be deleted. Instead, please repair or replace the link, if possible, and ensure properly sourced information is retained. Often, a live substitute link can be found. Links not used as references, notes or citations are not as important, such as those listed in the "External links" or "Further reading" sections, but bad links in those sections should also be fixed if possible. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia.   Blablubbs (talk) 15:28, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello @Blablubbs, I am sorry for having removed it, but there is no trace of any 2001-2010 average and I searched a lot for it. On the AEMET website there are no 2001-2010 averages for any city, which implies the link was not valid anyway. Let me know what you think and thank you for your attention. Vidamadrilena (talk) 15:32, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for your reply. The link you removed had already been automatically archived by the wayback machine; you can find the content here. The archive link just seems to be improperly formatted (there's a download link to the dataset at the bottom of the archived page) - I'll fix the reference as soon as I get the change. Best, Blablubbs (talk) 15:36, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Correction: The archive link already seems to work as it should. Blablubbs (talk) 15:44, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Great to know - the link still does not work on my device, but when I get home I will try on my desktop. As for the climate chart at the beginning of Climate of Valencia, it is still better to have the 1981-2010 data which is more representative than the 2001-2010 one, also because the one that is sourced is that one. Vidamadrilena (talk) 15:46, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * @, I checked and the link still does not work. It opens up a page saying "La página solicitada no existe o ha cambiado de dirección.". The archived link ( https://web.archive.org/web/20140906033455/http://www.aemet.es/es/conocermas/publicaciones/detalles/Valores_normales ) opens up a page named "Valores climatológicos normales y estadísticos de estaciones principales (1981-2010)", which has nothing to do with the data. Thanks for reviewing what needs to be done, as there is no way to find 2001-2010 AEMET data that backs that up. Have a great evening!

Vidamadrilena (talk) 16:43, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks for checking. Maybe the user who added the data calculated the averages themselves, using the data from the webpage? Anyway: Sorry for troubling you (although it is still a good idea to not remove dead links or information backed up by them, especially when they're archived). I hope that you continue contributing to Wikipedia! Best, Blablubbs (talk) 17:01, 9 July 2020 (UTC)