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English Wikipedia bans archive.today
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this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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An archive site that alters content in the archive is worse than worthless.
The DDoS is just confirmation that the site is actively harmful.
has it been proven that they alter archived content? haven't heard that before
From the article:
Evidence was presented here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Archive.is_RFC_5#Evidence_of_altering_snapshots
well, that is sad. thanks for the info