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[edit]Hello! I've opened a discussion regarding the copyright status of this file. Since you've interacted with it recently, I wanted to invite you to share your thoughts at the discussion log. I am suggesting we retain it as Fair Use instead of moving it to Commons. Thanks for your attention! Oona Wikiwalker (talk) 22:24, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
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Value of mass archiving of sources?
[edit]Hello - I'm curious why you feel an edit like Special:Diff/1366391935 is needed or useful. Some of the sources are updated annually (example, the IUCN), so should not be archived to a source a few years old. Do you take the time to review each source before executing the mass archive?
I know IABot has useful functions, but don't like its mass application without checking the actual status of sources.
For a highly reviewed and edited article like hummingbird, other sources will likely be updated in due course with new or better sources. I don't see harm to the article leaving them as they were.
Where did you learn to do this mass archiving? Zefr (talk) 19:47, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
- Well, I didn't know that there were any other downsides of IABot (besides inflating the article size). I usually enable the "add archives to all non-dead references" function, out of habit (which explains the large amount of sources that were archived) to help prevent potential link rot. So, I probably should disable that option. (:]) Wikistander (talk • contribs • in solidary ) 01:39, 28 July 2026 (UTC)