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If you find an external link that doesn't work, add the <code><nowiki>{{dead link}}</nowiki></code> template immediately after the link to point it out. Don't delete the link; we'll usually want to attempt to find the page that was originally being linked.
If you know for a fact that the reason the link doesn't work is because the website has been taken down, replace it with a link that works! There's always the [[Wayback Machine]], of course. If that doesn't help, [[Google]] it, even if you have no reason to expect results. You may be pleasantly surprised.
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