Affected wiki(s):
en.wikipedia.org, but presumably any that are set up to use WebCite as an archive source.
Diff(s) (if applicable):
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sideswipe9th/sandbox&oldid=1089842914
What is happening?:
IABot is adding WebCite (webcitation.org) archives to references without archive-url fields. However all archives on that website have been offline since 29 October 2021.
What should happen instead?:
IABot should not add WebCite based archive-urls, it should instead use one of the other archival websites if archives exist for a URL.
List of steps to reproduce (step by step, including full links if applicable):
- Add the following citation to any Wiki page:
<ref name="FeigeFuture">{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/28/marvel-studios-boss-kevin-feige-on-the-possibility-of-thor-3 |title=Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige on the Possibility of Thor 3 |website=[[IGN]] |date=October 28, 2013 |access-date=October 28, 2013 |last=Vejvoda |first=Jim |archive-date=June 28, 2014}}</ref>- Run IABot on that page.
- IABot will replace that with
<ref name="FeigeFuture">{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/28/marvel-studios-boss-kevin-feige-on-the-possibility-of-thor-3 |title=Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige on the Possibility of Thor 3 |website=[[IGN]] |date=October 28, 2013 |access-date=October 28, 2013 |last=Vejvoda |first=Jim |archive-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6QfiKnY4V?url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/28/marvel-studios-boss-kevin-feige-on-the-possibility-of-thor-3 |url-status=live }}</ref>- For this specific example there is an available archive copy on web.archive.org, so the output should instead look like:
<ref name="FeigeFuture">{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/28/marvel-studios-boss-kevin-feige-on-the-possibility-of-thor-3 |title=Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige on the Possibility of Thor 3 |website=[[IGN]] |date=October 28, 2013 |access-date=October 28, 2013 |last=Vejvoda |first=Jim |archive-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316093002/https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/28/marvel-studios-boss-kevin-feige-on-the-possibility-of-thor-3 |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>Other information: