Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Archive.is RFC 4: Difference between revisions

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#:My concern is that if the folks running archive.is are the ones running the spambots, which seems likely, I worry about why. Maybe it's to help Wikipedia, but that seems unlikely. If they, for example, start using it to distribute malware (which isn't impossible, they've been associated with botnet attacks already), that is a huge problem for us. [[User:Hobit|Hobit]] ([[User talk:Hobit|talk]]) 02:12, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

# '''Support''' - As stated below sometimes crucial sources are trapped and are only archived in one place. I don't buy the argument that if it's only archived in one place it's insignificant, based upon my experience with one link about [[Lycee Seijo]] being closed. I requested whitelisting for that link anyway, but I think I will let my opinion known here in this RFC. [[User:WhisperToMe|WhisperToMe]] ([[User talk:WhisperToMe|talk]]) 06:18, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

# '''Support''' – The service is useful, and the block hurts Wikipedia. - <font color="#ff7f00" face="monospace">[[User:Nellis|Ne]]</font><fontspan colorstyle="color:#ff7f00"; face="font-family:monospace;">Ne</span>]][[User talk:Nellis|ll]]</font><fontspan colorstyle="color:#ff7f00"; face="font-family:monospace;">ll</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Nellis|<span style="color:#ff7f00; font-family:monospace;">is]]</fontspan>]] 20:17, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

# '''Support''' – I dislike spam, but truly despise dead reference links. In an ideal world, WMF would be putting some of its considerable resources into developing some new and improved archive service, but until that happens we have to work with the options available to us. If a reliable online source is deadlinked, and Internet Archive and WebCite both lack versions we can use, then we should have the option of adding a link from this archive service if doing so preserves content. I'd prefer using either of the two alternatives myself, but they are not perfect, between the risk of losing IA links to robots.txt and the need to proactively create WebCite links. If the archive.is people try spamming Wikipedia, all we have to do is put the site back on the blacklist. It's a risk that I feel is worth taking, at least until a better option presents itself. [[User:Giants2008|<font color="blue">Giants2008</font>]] ([[User talk:Giants2008|<font color="darkblue">Talk</font>]]) 23:33, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

# ''''Support'''' - Its usefulness appears to outweigh the concerns, which to the best of my knowledge have not resulted any concrete detriment to Wikipedia. --[[User:Dtaylor1984|Dtaylor1984]] ([[User talk:Dtaylor1984|talk]]) 15:36, 4 June 2016 (UTC)