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IABot inserts links to archive snapshots with broken document viewer
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There seems to be a problem. Text below copy/pasted from my talk page

Hi, you added a lot of archived links to old scanned journal links on sites like Biodiversity Library and Archive.org with this[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lord_Howe_swamphen&curid=532471&diff=838305258&oldid=835156983] edit, but when I click on the archive links added, they are unable[https://web.archive.org/web/20180426051443/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6381651#page/742/mode/1up] to actually show the scanned pages. Don't know whether the software used on those pages prevent such archiving, but in any case, it doesn't seem to work, so maybe it is a waste of work? [[User:FunkMonk|FunkMonk]] ([[User talk:FunkMonk|talk]]) 10:20, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
: Sorry, I only ran a bot. I was unaware of these issues. Should I self-revert, or leave a note to the bot owner pointing out this problem? [[User:Lingzhi|Lingzhi]] ♦ [[User talk:Lingzhi|(talk)]] 10:24, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
::I'm not sure what to do, actually, it's the first time I notice there is an issue. But yeah, it seems the bot should maybe skip sites that use whatever those "page turning" softwares are. The edit should probably be reverted, though it seems at least the first link (to an old html site) worked. [[User:FunkMonk|FunkMonk]] ([[User talk:FunkMonk|talk]]) 10:28, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
::I'll revert and notify, then. Sorry for the inconvenience! [[User:Lingzhi|Lingzhi]] ♦ [[User talk:Lingzhi|(talk)]] 10:32, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

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Lingzhi created this task.Apr 26 2018, 10:37 AM
Restricted Application added a project: Internet-Archive. · View Herald TranscriptApr 26 2018, 10:37 AM
Cirdan added a parent task: T193158: Detect unsuitable archive snapshots.Apr 26 2018, 12:09 PM
Cirdan renamed this task from was asked to self-revert IABOT edits to IABot inserts links to archive snapshots with broken document viewer.Apr 26 2018, 5:41 PM
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Cirdan subscribed.Apr 26 2018, 5:45 PM

Thanks for reporting this issue. However, currently the best you can do is to remove the broken archive URLs from the IABot's database so that they are not added again. You can do this yourself on the IABot's management interface.

In general, you should always verify that an archive URL added by IABot leads to a readable/usable snapshot.

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Cyberpower678 added a comment.Jul 18 2018, 3:04 AM

So this is not something IABot is going to be able to detect, but perhaps the Wayback Machine can detect these and filter them out of the resultset when IABot queries it. I have forwarded this report to Internet Archive.

Cirdan moved this task from Inbox to Backlog: Other on the InternetArchiveBot board.Jul 18 2018, 5:55 AM
Cyberpower678 closed this task as Invalid.Mar 6 2019, 8:49 PM
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