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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. Not all web pages can be archived, however.
WebCite can archive a range of content, including [[HTML]] web pages, [[PDF]] files, [[style sheets]], [[JavaScript]], and [[digital image]]s. Another web archiving service is the [[Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine|Wayback Machine]]. The two operate differently, and certain pages can be archived by one but not the other. The Wayback Machine takes snapshots of webpages at certain times; WebCite requires someone to actively archive a link.
==How to archive==
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