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UPDATE: I realize this is a repost from 2004. Still worth exorcizing dead links since content is still relevant

What's up with the Turkish and Japanese translation links not working?

Are they just dead cos they rotted? I've been working on my own multilingual site upgrade lol so my mind is on this

@PG to future proof consider using archive.org's wayback machine for essential links like translations, shld hopefully be straightforward to roll into your blog software

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> What's up with the Turkish and Japanese translation links not working?

No idea about the Japanese translation, but the Turkish one was hosted on a Turkish Slashdot clone (fazlamesai.net) back then [1]. There is still a web site at that domain but I believe it is owned by someone else these days.

Key takeaway: Host translations yourself, do not let others host it for you.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20040910012806/https://fazlamesa...

NB did not bother trying the others

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