[WikiEN-l] Dealing with disappearing online sources

[WJhonson at aol.com]

I myself have removed dead links and in some cases where some claim is  
amazing such as "John Carradine has appeared in over 750 films" I add a fact  tag.  
When we write, our statements must be *able* to be verified and  amazing 
claims require amazing citations.  Dead links are really sub-par,  esp.so if the 
link citation itself does not make it clear *how* to re-verify the  source with 
dead trees.
 
A link to some dead-fan-site cannot tell the new editor anything about  
whether or not the dead-fan-site itself had a proper source or was just being  
gushy and hyperbolic.
 
Perhaps you could give the exact case with exact details.
 
Will Johnson
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