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[manual-of-style] What do we do with dead links?

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Description

Section 11.2 Spelling recommends:

[...] and the Excalibur home page [EXCAL] for Mac OS.

But the Excal link is dead.
I found https://download.cnet.com/excalibur/3000-2079_4-10000867.html which says "Last updated on April 6, 2020".

Should I simply update both the section 11.2 and References section by creating the appropriate entry and removing the EXCAL one?

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Start with section 11.2 Spelling and the References section identified in the issue. Check the EXCAL link and the proposed CNET destination; done means the example and its reference consistently use a verified replacement, or the obsolete reference is removed.

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Documentation
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