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by wmf 1037 days ago
There's a rule to only post the original source. You can post an archive link in a comment.
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Except there's a huge number of things where archive.org is the only source left.
In that case it's ok to submit archive.org (but only in that case).

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

And this is exactly why it's good to have dialouge about the list. If only to identiy edge cases like this. HN is fine posting old links, but sometimes old links die.
Makes sense in retrospect