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2 corrections found
The first "webringo" first appeared in the Internet Archive in September 2006
This date is wrong. Internet Archive capture records for webringo.com begin in November 2006, not September 2006.
Full reasoning
Internet Archive CDX records for webringo.com in 2006 do not show any captures in September 2006. The earliest capture listed is 2006-11-02 04:11:29 for http://www.webringo.com/, followed by another on 2006-11-15. A broader wildcard query for *.webringo.com/* also begins in November 2006, not September. That means the article's statement that Webringo first appeared in the Internet Archive in September 2006 is contradicted by the Internet Archive's own capture index.
2 sources
- Internet Archive CDX index for webringo.com (2006)
[ [ "timestamp", "original", "statuscode", "mimetype" ], [ "20061102041129", "http://www.webringo.com:80/", "200", "text/html" ], [ "20061115112007", "http://webringo.com/", "200", "text/html" ] ]
- Internet Archive CDX wildcard index for *.webringo.com/* (2006)
The earliest entries shown are [ "20061102041129", "http://www.webringo.com:80/", "200", "text/html" ] and [ "20061115112007", "http://webringo.com/", "200", "text/html" ].
but failed in September 2011
This is incorrect: Webringo was still accessible after September 2011. Internet Archive captures show live pages in November 2011 and throughout 2012.
Full reasoning
The claim says Webringo "failed in September 2011," but the Internet Archive shows successful captures after September 2011. Its CDX index lists 200 captures on 2011-11-01, 2011-11-03, 2011-12-31, and multiple dates in 2012. One archived capture from 2011-11-03 renders the site and forum login page, showing that the site was still up well after September 2011. So September 2011 cannot be the date when the site failed.
2 sources
- Internet Archive CDX index for webringo.com after September 2011
[ "20111101084958", "http://webringo.com:80/", "200", "text/html" ], [ "20111103065923", "http://webringo.com/", "200", "text/html" ], [ "20111231224423", "http://www.webringo.com:80/", "200", "text/html" ], [ "20120110111842", "http://www.webringo.com:80/", "200", "text/html" ]
- Archived WebRingo page from November 3, 2011
Title: "Login" ... "WebRingo Forums ... Welcome To WebRingo! ... Please login or register ... Powered by SMF 1.1.13"