Perhaps web sites should be more like books in one basic category. Perhaps they should display basic publishing information in prominent or easily accesible parts of the site. In that way, someone who comes upon an interesting site can readily check and see whether the information on that site is recent or outdated. I've read many books that were written before I was born. I see nothing wrong with that and have often had, of course, wonderful adventures reading them. But before starting reading I inevitably knew when the book was from. Out of print books still adorn our shelves, and our libraries, as well they should. I see no reason why defunct web sites shouldn't continue to fill the shelves of cyberspace, but perhaps there should be a mandatory caveat at the top of the opening page:
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