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Pages archived count

I removed the table of Archived pages counts from the Internet Archive article because it was too detail for a summary. There are also discrepancies between the figures in that table and the bar chart in this article so I could use someone's help figuring which numbers are correct. The table is also seems to be better sourced, refs can be added to the bar chart after the year. Samuel Wiki (talk) 11:24, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

URL redirect

https://web.archive.org/ redirects to https://wayback.archive.org/ and this site is still offline since yesterday. Achmad Rachmani (talk) 12:15, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This does not happen to me. Can you clear cache try again? In fact wayback.archive.org is redirecting to web.archive.org -- GreenC 00:54, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wayback Machine in India 2024.

It is no longer blocked in india, maybe it was temporarily blocked due to the copyright case.

Jimpyarri (talk) 03:32, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Flash error

There is some files not saved and only shows a message that says "Access to fetch has likely been blocked by CORS policy", it can be appear as of many pages. YuSkinsColombianos (talk) 01:13, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oldest archive

Found an archive dated October 2, 1995. Not sure if this is commonplace or an error, but isn't this the oldest archived page and one to replace the May 10, 1996 archive under History?

https://web.archive.org/web/19951002212148/http://www.ci.eugene.or.us:80/Library/staffref/books.htm Themashup (talk) 04:48, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Found older archives on this site dating to 8 May 1995, a year before the May 10, 1996 archive listed here.

https://web.archive.org/web/19950508213132/http://www.ci.eugene.or.us:80/Library/libhours.htm

An overview of the site, if you can find an older page:

https://web.archive.org/web/19970710031315/http://www.ci.eugene.or.us/Library/

https://web.archive.org/web/19961017002952/http://www.ci.eugene.or.us/DEFAULT.HTM Themashup (talk) 04:54, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The 1996 origin date is evidently not accurate and original research. Updated: Special:Diff/1280168025/1281180362 -- GreenC 20:10, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine

https://www.topspeed.com/ ..."SEO bait" content?

I have seen others. Should there be a list article?

Piñanana (talk) 19:30, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you can't get independent third-party sources discussing websites excluded by Wayback Machine, then it is not noteworthy. Also, these questions belong to the WP:Reference desk. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 21:28, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

search: excluded from the Wayback Machine

https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/List_of_websites_excluded_from_the_Wayback_Machine/Partial_exclusions

Piñanana (talk) 21:48, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Tertiary sources. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 21:52, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And once again, this page is not the place to discuss this. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 21:53, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]