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Remove archive.today alternative source#2061

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Pull Request Description

This PR removes archive.today as an alternative source after the recent controversy surrounding it.

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Issue Number: https://lemmy.world/post/43495098

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  • If a new package was added, did you ensure it uses an appropriate license and is actively maintained?
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micahmo commented Mar 3, 2026

Man, for some reason archive.today always felt like a ticking time bomb, but I couldn't put a finger on it. Maybe it was too good to be true! 😆

Per the Ars Technica article on this topic...

The guidance says editors can remove Archive.today links when the original source is still online and has identical content; replace the archive link so it points to a different archive site, like the Internet Archive, Ghostarchive, or Megalodon; or “change the original source to something that doesn’t need an archive (e.g., a source that was printed on paper), or for which a link to an archive is only a matter of convenience.”

So maybe we could add Ghostarchive and Megalodon?

It looks like the format for Ghostarchive is https://ghostarchive.org/search?term=<encoded-url>

Megalodon appears to be Japanese, so I'm not sure exactly how to navigate the site, but it could still be useful.

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