Suggestion report Link error 966

Question

I get the Link Error 966, "403 Forbidden" for all links in profiles to the site https://hembygd.se/

but myself I can reach those links with no problem.

Is it a temporary problem or could the site be blocked for access from other countries?

Link on the profile I ask about is
https://www.hembygd.se/dala-borgunda-h-gstena-hembygdsf-rening/plats/316537/text/59387

and it contains interesting information about the person.

Thanks,
Maria

Comments

Perhaps Aleš can't access it?

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For the record this sounds similar to an issue with nosorigines.

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Yes, probably Aleš' server cannot access the link, but I wonder why.

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Sometimes there are geographical restrictions on access to servers. It's also possible that blocks could be imposed if it's perceived that a particular activity is placing too high a load on a server.

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I can access the posted link from the UK.

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Just mark the suggestion as false with a note that it works.  There are plenty of sites that Ales can't access but others can OR the site could have been down when he tried to access it.

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If Aleš cannot access a site, he has a way of recording that so that it won't generate suggestions. This is a much better and easier approach than forcing dozens or hundreds of people to examine numerous suggestions and to have to mark them false when they could be spending that time making more constructive contributions to WikiTree.

Answer 1

This is just a tanget note:

Please try to arhive the sites using the internet archive so that we will not loose the websites in the future. If you go to https://web.archive.org/ there is a "Save Page Now" text box where you simply enter the URL.

Comments

Yes, thanks. I do that sometimes, but should do it more often! 

Answer 2

I checked the domain and since march it responded with 403 error. I did tweak the request a bit and now it respond wit 200 code. That should resolve 350 suggestions.

Comments

Thank you very much, Aleš.