User talk:Wayne Palmer

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Hello, Wayne Palmer, and Welcome to Wikipedia! As you have just started editing, I hope you find the following selection of links helpful and that they provide you with some ideas for how to get the best out of Wikipedia. Happy editing! Fæ (talk) 10:34, 16 February 2012 (UTC) Getting started Introduction The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Intuitive guide to Wikipedia Guide for younger editors Finding your way around Table of contents Department directory Editing articles How to develop an article Manual of Style Getting help Frequently asked questions Cheatsheet Where to ask a question Help pages New contributors' help page Article Wizard - a Wizard to help you create articles Request departments How you can help Contributing to Wikipedia Community Portal Follow Wikipedia etiquette Practice civility

Using archived webpages

Hi Wayne Palmer,

Dead links in articles are often worth noting with the template {{deadlink}} but if they meet the external links guideline, it may be better to leave a previously valuable link in an article in case someone can find an equivalent alternative or replace the link with an archived version. The Wayback Machine is helpful in finding archived versions, or if you are concerned about a valuable link disappearing in the future, then WebCite provides an easy to use service for adding archived versions of a web page to a citation or external link. For more information about this issue and how best to handle it, please see Wikipedia:Link rot.

Thanks, Fæ (talk) 10:46, 16 February 2012 (UTC)