
InternetArchiveBot, also known as IABot, combats link rot and makes other improvements to references on Wikipedia. Originally developed by Cyberpower678 as a volunteer, this bot is now funded by the Internet Archive. The bot was originally approved as Task 5 of Cyberbot II.
Run InternetArchiveBot on a specific Wikipedia article
Source code is available on GitHub.
Bot tasks
- Looks for tagged dead links and adds an archive link to the tagged references.
Approved. Approval request
- Looks for non-tagged dead links and adds an archive link to the reference.
Approved. Approval request
- Looks for book references and adds a link to the reference to a readable copy of the book.
Approved. Approval request