Re: Controlling outdated FAQs (was Re: Preventing mirroring)

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> > I also find hundreds of pointers to my FAQs that point to out-dated
> > or dead archive sites.
>
> So how about putting a link or a list at the beginning of your FAQ
> which points to the approved mirroring locations...

I do. Doesn't everyone?

But this does not help with:

- archived copies that are so old that they do not point to the current site
(I have found archived copies that predate the web).

- archived copies that are so old that they do not use the current archive-
name (I changed from multi-part to single-part a year ago, and hence changed
archive names).

- pointers to dead sites

- pointers with out-dated archive names

One of my major problems is that the Ohio State archive (and thus everyone
that mirrors it) still maintains out-dated as well as current copies of some
of my FAQs. Requests to OSU to delete the old versions generate no response.

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