Background
I recently came across an answer where an archived link (the one that point to the web archive) was used instead of the direct link.
When I asked the user for the intention I got a reply from another stating
because it might not keep working in the future.
Issue
The problem with this approach is that when the original link stops working we can find an archive link using the original and replace it. But if the archive link stops working we will not be able to trace back the original link from it (https://archive.fo/QGtny
) and the reference will be gone forever.
Questions
Should we prefer original links to archives? (And create a snapshot in archive maybe).
If the answer to the first question is Yes, then should we replace the archive links with original one when we come across it? (And point the author to this meta post maybe).