Help request for updating dead calculation links

[Antvasima]

As I wrote in the rules section of the front page:

If you notice a dead link to a calculation for a feat, we would very much appreciate if you could either please insert the old URL into the Wayback Machine, and update the link to the archive's most recently stored functional version of the calculation page, and/or that you contact the VS Battles Staff to inform them about and get help with this issue.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Antvasima]

You can also help out by saving the archived calculations in this forum thread.

 

[The_Living_Tribunal1]

ok

 

[Antvasima]

Thank you for the help.

 

[Red_robinn]

I don't get it

 

[Antvasima]

To evaluate the character statistics we frequently use calculations of their feats. Links to these calculations are featured in lots of our profile pages.

However, recently ClassicGameGuys deleted all of his calculations from the internet, leaving us with several dead links.

The calculations have, however, usually been backed up by the Wayback Machine archive, and can be accessed by inserting the URL into the archive's search function.

We can then replace the dead link URL with the one stored in the Wayback Machine archive.

 

[Antvasima]

In addition, we saved most of his calculations before he deleted them, and these can be downloaded via the forum thread that I linked to above. These calculations can then be posted as blogs, and also be linked to in the profiles through this method.

 

[AidenBrooks999]

I dont understand how the Wayback Machine works

 

[Antvasima]

You insert the old link URL into the search bar featured in the Wayback Machine page, and check if it has stored a copy of the page before it was removed. Then you can link to that saved page instead.

 

[Lina_Shields]

This is a very convenient tool.

If any dead links are found in some of the calculations, I will replace them if time is available. With that said, is the thread about the uploaded calculations still avaliable?

 

[Antvasima]

Yes. Not all calculations are backed up by the Wayback Machine, so if it does not work, I am afraid that you will have to search for the calculation in question via the stored files from the forum thread that I linked to in my second post here.