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Add a mechanism for documenting dead links
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Description
From [a conversation on Gitter](https://gitter.im/imagej/imagej.github.io?at=60b8d63814d9cd234a74ed67):
@velissarious wrote:
> Why not link to https://archive.org/web/ based on the date of the last edit and the dead link?
>
> For example this is the page with the instructions found in the dead link https://web.archive.org/web/20110123084336/http://developer.amd.com/gpu/AMDAPPSDK/downloads/Pages/default.aspx
@ctrueden wrote:
> Ah yeah, that's a good idea!
>
> What would be really slick would be something like: `{% include deadlink url='...' %}` and then it links to web.archive.org, but with a little "broken link" icon after the link, which has a tooltip explaining that this is a dead link that might have a newer live replacement, and the reader is encouraged to edit the page to improve it.
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Research direction
Start by locating the site's existing page templates and include mechanisms, then review how documentation links are authored. The work is done when a deadlink include can point to an archived URL, display a broken-link indicator with explanatory tooltip, and encourage readers to update the page.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100