Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today after alleged DDoS attack
Wikipedia editors have chosen to eliminate all Archive.today links, previously used over 695,000 times, from the encyclopedia.
MAIN POINTS
- Wikipedia editors voted to remove Archive.today links.
- Archive.today was linked over 695,000 times on Wikipedia.
- The decision affects the entire online encyclopedia.
- Archive.today is a web archiving service.
TAKEAWAYS
- Wikipedia's decision impacts a significant number of existing links.
- Archive.today's extensive use shows its prior importance to Wikipedia.
- The removal reflects Wikipedia's editorial policy changes.
- This action may influence other web archiving practices.