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Investigate if we should communicate cited URL is broken or goes to a 404 page
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Description

As a third-party reusers attempting to understand the quality of a new revision in its context, I would want to know if existing references/citation on an article are of quality as well. If a URL is broken or goes to a 404 page on website, it is a negative signal of quality for a page.

We seek to understand if we can, in realtime, understand if an article has broken references.

To Do

  • hit the webpage itself
  • go to internet archive, see their DB if 404
  • go to google get pagerank score

Acceptance criteria

  1. Document options and feasibility in a doc, making a point of cost.
    • Even if doable, would it worth doing given cost and any added latency?
    • Should enterprise be storing this info?

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FNavas-foundation renamed this task from [STUB] Investigate if we should communicate cited URL is broken or goes to a 404 page to Investigate if we should communicate cited URL is broken or goes to a 404 page.Dec 21 2023, 6:00 PM
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