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The minute an archive is created, all links are broken, and the user is expected to manually search through Archive 111, 110, 109 etc. until he finds the original link. E.g., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Geocoding#Template:Object_location_should_not_zap_item_from_map There must be a better way. What's worse is such links are not only in Special:Contributions but also for Special:Notifications... "A quick click on a notification" leads to "an archivist's hour long effort digging through the archives for a broken non-permalink".

The minute an archive is created, all links are broken, and the user is expected to manually search through Archive 111, 110, 109 etc. until he finds the original link. E.g., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Geocoding#Template:Object_location_should_not_zap_item_from_map There must be a better way. What's worse is such links are not only on Special:Contributions but also on Special:Notifications Wikimedia-wide... "A quick click on a notification" leads to "an archivist's hour long effort digging through the archives for a broken non-permalink".

The minute an archive is created, all links are broken, and the user is expected to manually search through Archive 111, 110, 109 etc. until he finds the original link. E.g., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Geocoding#Template:Object_location_should_not_zap_item_from_map There must be a better way. What's worse is such links are not only ion Special:Contributions but also foron Special:Notifications Wikimedia-wide... "A quick click on a notification" leads to "an archivist's hour long effort digging through the archives for a broken non-permalink".