On branch edburns/steveklabnik-wayback Use wayback machine link for non-existing blog post.

[edburns]

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[edburns]

Sloplog

User: Consider this text:

It's better to immediately close the contributions you know you don't want to accept. If your project already suffers from a large backlog, @steveklabnik has suggestions for how to triage issues efficiently.

I observe that link is broken. Make the change in this file, and all localized language files of this file, to use this link instead.

https://web.archive.org/web/20241208014624/https://steveklabnik.com/writing/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener

Let me read the Bengali file with more context to identify the exact text:

Perfect! All files have been successfully updated. Let me verify the changes:

Searched for regex words\.steveklabnik\.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener, 7 results

I found 7 additional localized files that also have the broken link. Let me update those as well:

Perfect! Let me verify that all broken links have been fixed:

Searched for regex words\.steveklabnik\.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener, no results

Excellent! Let me verify that the new link is now present:

Searched for regex web\.archive\.org/web/20241208014624/https://steveklabnik\.com/writing/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener, 20 results

Searched for regex web\.archive\.org/web/20241208014624/https://steveklabnik\.com/writing/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener, 28 results

Perfect! All updates have been successfully completed. The broken link has been replaced across 28 files (the English version and all 27 localized language versions):

✅ English (en) - best-practices.md
✅ Arabic (ar), Pidgin (pcm), Bengali (bn), Bulgarian (bg), German (de), Greek (el), Spanish (es), Farsi (fa), French (fr), Hindi (hi), Hungarian (hu), Indonesian (id), Italian (it), Japanese (ja), Korean (ko), Malay (ms), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Portuguese (pt), Romanian (ro), Russian (ru), Sanskrit (sa), Swahili (sw), Tamil (ta), Turkish (tr), Simplified Chinese (zh-hans), Traditional Chinese (zh-hant)

Old link: https://words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener
New link: https://web.archive.org/web/20241208014624/https://steveklabnik.com/writing/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener

All broken links have been replaced with the working Wayback Machine archive version.

Made changes.

[edburns]

Sloplog

Consider this text:

"It lacks such-and-such a feature". And regardless of the changes you're making, tests are essential for catching any regressions you might accidentally introduce.

— @edunham, ["Rust's Community Automation"](https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html)

I also observe this link is broken and can be replaced with this wayback machine link:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260216092149/https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html

Please do that also, again with all languages.

Now I'll read a few files to get the exact context for the replacements, then update all occurrences:

Perfect! I found all 27 files. Now I'll update all of them with the new wayback machine link:

Let me check and fix the remaining files:

Now let me verify all the broken links have been replaced:

Let me verify the wayback machine links are all in place:

Perfect! All updates are complete. I've successfully replaced the broken edunham.net link across 27 language versions of best-practices.md:

Old link: https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html
New link: https://web.archive.org/web/20260216092149/https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html

Updated languages:
✅ English (en), Arabic (ar), Bengali (bn), Bulgarian (bg), German (de), Greek (el), Spanish (es), Farsi (fa), French (fr), Hindi (hi), Hungarian (hu), Indonesian (id), Italian (it), Japanese (ja), Korean (ko), Malay (ms), Dutch (nl), Pidgin (pcm), Polish (pl), Portuguese (pt), Romanian (ro), Russian (ru), Swahili (sw), Tamil (ta), Turkish (tr), Simplified Chinese (zh-hans), Traditional Chinese (zh-hant)

All broken links have been successfully replaced with the working Wayback Machine archive version.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR updates the “best practices” guide (English + translations) to replace dead/outdated external blog links with stable Wayback Machine snapshots, reducing link rot across the site.

Changes:

• Replaces the words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener link with a Wayback snapshot of the corresponding steveklabnik.com/writing/... URL.
• Replaces the edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html citation link with a Wayback snapshot.
• Applies these link updates consistently across all translated best-practices.md pages included in the PR.

Reviewed changes

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_articles/best-practices.md	Updates two outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/ar/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/bg/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/bn/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/de/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/el/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/es/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/fa/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/fr/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/hi/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/hu/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/id/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/it/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/ja/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/ko/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/ms/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/nl/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/pcm/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/pl/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/pt/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/ro/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/ru/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/sa/best-practices.md	Updates the Steve Klabnik outbound citation to a Wayback snapshot.
_articles/sw/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/ta/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/tr/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/zh-hans/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.
_articles/zh-hant/best-practices.md	Updates the same outbound citations to Wayback snapshots.

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_articles/it/best-practices.md:225

• The link text has mismatched quotes ([Automazione comunitaria di Rust"]), which renders oddly in Markdown. Please make the quoting consistent (e.g., either remove the stray quote or wrap the title in matching quotes).

— @edunham, [Automazione comunitaria di Rust"](https://web.archive.org/web/20260216092149/https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html)

_articles/bg/best-practices.md:225

• The link text has mismatched quotes ([Общностна автоматизация на Rust"]), which renders oddly in Markdown. Please make the quoting consistent (e.g., either remove the stray quote or wrap the title in matching quotes).

— @edunham, [Общностна автоматизация на Rust"](https://web.archive.org/web/20260216092149/https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html)

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[pelonducks25-crypto]

Crean que en verdad an estado pasando cosas que ni yo tengo idea de esto pero bueno creo que ya va mejorando todo les pido una disculpa por todo lo ocacionado que esten bien y gracias por todo 🥴 El mié, 4 de mar de 2026, 2:50 p. m., Ed Burns ***@***.***> escribió:

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*edburns* left a comment (github/opensource.guide#3614) <#3614 (comment)> Sloplog Consider this text: "It lacks such-and-such a feature". And regardless of the changes you're making, tests are essential for catching any regressions you might accidentally introduce. — @edunham <https://github.com/edunham>, ["Rust's Community Automation"]( https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html) I also observe this link is broken and can be replaced with this wayback machine link: https://web.archive.org/web/20260216092149/https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html Please do that also, again with all languages. Now I'll read a few files to get the exact context for the replacements, then update all occurrences: Perfect! I found all 27 files. Now I'll update all of them with the new wayback machine link: Let me check and fix the remaining files: Now let me verify all the broken links have been replaced: Let me verify the wayback machine links are all in place: Perfect! All updates are complete. I've successfully replaced the broken edunham.net link across 27 language versions of best-practices.md: Old link: https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html New link: https://web.archive.org/web/20260216092149/https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html Updated languages: ✅ English (en), Arabic (ar), Bengali (bn), Bulgarian (bg), German (de), Greek (el), Spanish (es), Farsi (fa), French (fr), Hindi (hi), Hungarian (hu), Indonesian (id), Italian (it), Japanese (ja), Korean (ko), Malay (ms), Dutch (nl), Pidgin (pcm), Polish (pl), Portuguese (pt), Romanian (ro), Russian (ru), Swahili (sw), Tamil (ta), Turkish (tr), Simplified Chinese (zh-hans), Traditional Chinese (zh-hant) All broken links have been successfully replaced with the working Wayback Machine archive version. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3614 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/B63R2XKWUXOZVRACEHTU2GD4PCJLFAVCNFSM6AAAAACWHCDTAKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHM2DAMBQGE4DKOJRGM> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[tomthorogood]

closing/reopening to try and get codeql to run 😕