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remove mementoweb.org usage with memento_client
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Description

Remove usage of unreachable Mementoweb services in tests

Description:

  • Neither mementoweb.org nor timetravel.mementoweb.org is reachable. Their usage in tests produces a lot of errors.
  • Remove references to these services from tests.
  • The memento client may still be used with http://web.archive.org/web. See weblinkchecker as an example, but test it.

Note: The memento client package has not been maintained for 8 years and TimeTravel was shut down on 5 September 2025

Event Timeline

Xqt changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Bug Report".Oct 18 2025, 1:17 PM

Change #1197011 had a related patch set uploaded (by Xqt; author: Xqt):

[pywikibot/core@master] [Bugfix] Replace timetravel.mementoweb.org with web.archive.org

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1197011

Change #1197011 merged by jenkins-bot:

[pywikibot/core@master] [Bugfix] Replace timetravel.mementoweb.org with web.archive.org

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1197011