2015-01-21 13:40 GMT+02:00 geni geniice@gmail.com:
On 21 January 2015 at 00:01, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
The two articles combined make me wonder: if I cite a Wikimedia projects page in a long-term document, should I link something like perma.cc or to the oldid? I prefer the oldid, because I think it's every website's responsibility to offer really permanent links.
Mediaviewer does not in fact offer a permanent link.
Mediawiever makes it harder to reach the permanent link (at least 1 extra click), it does not get rid of it. The problem you describe also occurs for articles moved without redirect, that's why the oldid exist.
I too believe that it's every site's responsibility to offer permalinks and 3rd party services are risky, because out of both the site's and reuser's control.
Strainu