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This page gives information about using [[WebCite]], which is an on-demand [[web archiving]] service. It is located at [http://www.webcitation.org http://www.webcitation.org]. By using [[WebCite]], Wikipedia editors can reduce [[link rot]] by preserving a copy of an online [[WP:RS|source]] that can be accessed if the original page is moved, changes, or disappears.

==How to archive==

At the WebCite archive form, users identify the URL they wish to archive, as well as additional source-identifying information. WebCite requires users to submit an email address that will receive a confirmation or failure email. WebCite will then send you to a page with the links to your archived webpage.

Previously archived web pages are accessible through a searchable database. Users may search by URL, date, or by "Snapshot ID."

==Use within Wikipedia==

Links archived with [[WebCite]] may appear in two forms. The first format displays the original URL and the date of archiving within the URL itself: <code><nowiki>http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.example.com&date=2009-11-04</nowiki></code>. The second form uses a 9-digit [[hexadecimal]] "Snapshot ID," similar to [[URL shortening]] services, to provide a more convenient link: <code><nowiki>http://www.webcitation.org/XXXXXXXXX</nowiki></code> Either is appropriate for use within Wikipedia. This URL can be inserted into the <code><nowiki>archiveurl=</nowiki></code> and its supporting <code><nowiki>archivedate=</nowiki></code> parameters in any of the [[Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation templates]].

<nowiki>{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = | work = | publisher = | date =| url = | archiveurl = | archivedate = }}</nowiki>

== See also ==

*[[Wikipedia:Linkrot]]

*[[Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine]]

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